SRH vs RR Highlights, IPL 2021: Williamson, Roy fifties take Hyderabad to a convincing 7-wicket win over Rajasthan

FOUR! After dragging the first ball down the leg for a wide, he drags the first legal delivery down the leg and this time, Samson gets enough bat to find the boundary behind deep square leg. 

DROPPED! Sandeep Sharma puts one down and Holder is not happy. Lomror goes for a big hit through the on side but top edges it over short third man. Sandeep backpedals and gets to the ball but fails to hang onto the ball.

10 FROM THE OVER.

RR ARE 153/3 after 18 overs.

FOUR! This is just pure class from Samson. This is an exhibition! Bhuvi pitches it just short of length and Samson makes room and crunches it over extra cover for four.

10 off it. 

RR are 143/3 after 17

FOUR! FIFTY! A shot and a half from Samson. Backs away and smacks the bowler over mid-off for four. He brings up his second consecutive 50!

SIX! As straight as an arrow, that! Lifts the ball over the bowler's head and just cleared the boundary ropes.

SIX! Short and straight from Kaul, Samson pulls the ball over deep mid-wicket for six!

This is some acceleration.

50 partnership is also up!

RR are 133/3 after 16 overs.

SIX! Lovely from Samson. Good intent! A stock leg-spinner from Rashid. Samson dances down the track, plays with turn and deposits the ball into the stands over wide long-off. 

11 off it. RR are 113/3 after 15 overs.

Rashid finishes with figures of 1-31 after 4 overs.

SIX! STAND AND DELIVER! Cramped for room but into the slot. Lomror tonks Holder over deep mid-wicket for 6. 100 up for RR.

RR are 102-3 after 14 overs.

FOUR! Brilliant shot! By the looks of it, the shot looked pre-meditated. Rashid turns the ball into the batter from length and Lomror throws the kitchen sink at it and goes over mid-wicket for four. 

RR are 92-3 after 13 overs.

2 from it. A brilliant momentum-breaking over from Kaul. 

RR are 83/3 after 12 overs.

OUT! Livingstone mistimes his pull and holes out to the deep backward square fielder. Another failure for Liam.

RR are 77/3 after 10.1 overs.

Mahipal Lomor is the new man in.

FOUR! Samson welcomes Abhishek Sharma into the attack with a gorgeous four. Pitched in line but floated up. Samson makes room and smacks him extra cover for four.

RR ARE 77/2 after 10 overs.  

SIX AND OUT, YET AGAIN! Jaiswal smacks Sandeep Sharma for a massive six over covers before chopping onto his own stumps. He is gone for 36. He comes down the track but lost his shape while trying to attack. Loses his footing and ends up chopping onto his off stump. Samson and Jaiswal had put on 56 for the 2nd wicket.

RR are 67/2 after 8.4 overs.

Liam Livingstone is the new man in

Holder, brilliant with the ball again. His medium pace troubling RR just enough. 3 off it. 

RR are 60/1 after 8 overs.

FOUR! A late cut from Jaiswal to end the over. 8 off it. 

RR are 57/1 after 7 overs.

FOUR! SIMPLY GORGEOUS! A classic cover drive from Samson. No need to run for those.

FOUR! Overcorrects himself! Goes short and wide. Samson opens the face of the bat and guides the ball past wide third man for four off the backfoot

RR are 49/1 after 6 overs.

A good first over from Holder, conceded just 4 singles from it. 

RR are 37/1 after 5 overs.

  Just so easy to the eyes. Short and wide from Bhuvneshwar, swinging away, Samson rocks on the backfoot and runs his hands to find a boundary in front of square. 

FOUR!Short from Bhuvi. Jaiswal is rushed into the pull shot. He gloves the ball to the fine leg boundary for four. 

11 off the over. SRH are 33/1 after 4 overs.

FOUR! Crunched for four! That's not streaky, that's convincing. Short and wide from Sandeep. Even though the ball was angling away, it was the width that helped Jasiwal slash the ball fiercely through point for 4. 

BEATEN!  A much better delivery. On good length and just outside off. Beats Jaiswal's outside egde by a whisker. 

FOUR! Wow, this is some battle. Sandeep bowls in in-swinger. Jaiswal predicts it. So he makes room, dances down the track, and smacks him over deep mid-wicket for four. 

11 of the over. RR are 22/1 after 3 overs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar begins in trademark Bhuvi style. 
Begins with a maiden over as Sanju Samson, in at no.3, plays 5 dots.

RR are 11/1 after 2 overs.

OUT! The plan works perfectly and Bhuvi strikes first ball. Short and into Lewis' body. The Windies opener turns and pulls the ball but directly to deep backward square leg. Abdul Samad takes the catch.

RR are 11/1 after 1.1 overs

FOUR! Just putting bat to ball, is Lewis. After both the openers take a single off their first balls, Lewis carves the ball through the short third man and backward point gap for four. He played with the swing and it was easy picking in the end.

SWING AND A MISS! Jaiswal charges down the track for a massive hoick but misses the ball! 

FOUR! He gets his first boundary eventually. He is cramped for room on the last delivery and throws his hands for a lofted shot over the leg side but the ball flies off the outside edge and flies over backward point for four.

RR ARE 11/0 AFTER 1 OVER.

Right, then! The men of the moment are out. The umpires walk out first followed by the fielding team and the RR openers.

Sandeep Sharma begins SRH's attack with the new ball

LET'S PLAY!

THE MOMENT SANJU WON THE TOSS

• 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad has lost the last 5 games in this season.

• 41: runs David Miller needs to complete 2000 IPL runs.

• 10: sixes David Miller needs to complete 100 IPL sixes.

• 5: sixes Chris Morris needs to complete 100 T20 sixes

• 99: runs Riyan Parag needs to complete 1000 T20 runs

• 150: Jason Holder will be playing his 150th T20 match.

• 8: wickets M Nabi needs to complete 300 T20 wickets.

• 200: Wriddhiman Saha will be playing his 200th T20 match if he takes the field against RR.

• 6: wickets Chris Morris needs to complete 100 IPL wickets.

34: runs Sanju Samson needs to become the leading run-getter against SRH in IPL.

Most runs vs SRH in IPL:

Shane Watson- 566 | Virat Kohli 564 | Samson 533

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Kane Williamson(c), Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Evin Lewis, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman

“We would have had a hit as well. But we will look to adapt early with the ball and limit their total. Few young players are getting opportunities. Jason Roy is at the top for David Warner. Pandey, Kedar miss out. Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma are playing. Sid Kaul replaces injured Khaleel. Today there is something fresh. There are a lot of changes. So it is important that the youngsters come in and stick to their strengths. As a unit we do want to be putting performances together. That is the focus for us even though we are sort of no longer in the comp. We want to play the kind of cricket we are proud of.”