RR vs SRH Match 36 Results

6:36 PM IST Gear up for a Super Sunday - And... breathe. It was a highly entertaining start to the weekend, but this might as well be just the trailer. Sunday, 26th April, brings another double header. The day begins in Chennai as the Chennai Super Kings host the Gujarat Titans, with the first ball being scheduled for 3.30 pm IST (10 am GMT). Then, the action will shift to the Ekana Stadium for the battle between the two teams languishing at the bottom. Lucknow Super Giants welcome Kolkata Knight Riders with the first ball set for 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT). But as usual, our buildup will begin well in advance, so do join us for that as well. Until then, we sign off. Cheers.

6:30 PM IST A historic Saturday - Just another day in the IPL when the bat dominated the ball completely. The day game saw history being rewritten. Punjab Kings scaled down an enormous target of 264 with seven balls to spare, making this the highest successful run chase in the IPL history. Delhi Capitals were left absolutely shellshocked by what hit them in their defence. An aggreagate of 529 runs were scored across both innings, with everyone forgeting the count of how many times the ball sailed over the ropes. And come the evening game, the Sunrisers unleashed arguably their best performance this season, not with the ball, but with the bat. They chased down 229 against the Royals like it was just another routine task, with 9 balls to spare. But with history, that left a stain as well. Across both games, a plethora of catches were dropped by each and every team that took the field, which eventually cost them a lot.

6:27 PM IST PLAYER OF THE MATCH - SRH's Ishan Kishan collects the award for his outstanding knock of 74 runs off just 31 balls. Ishan reckons that it was a good wicket to bat on and that the aim was to restrict RR below 230, which they managed. Adds that he enjoyed leading the side in the first 7 games, and with Pat Cummins back, the team gains extra bowling strength. Kishan highlights the importance of a strong Powerplay and says he and Abhishek Sharma were calm and clear about the required rate, with their partnership setting things up. Speaking about his approach, he says the skillset is always there, and it is about being in the right headspace, watching the ball and finding gaps to keep the scoreboard moving. When asked if this is the best he has batted, Kishan says the best is yet to come.

6:25 PM IST The captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad - Pat Cummins says that he is really happy with the win. Adds that the outcomes are never certain heading into the first game, no matter how solid the preparations have been. On being asked about where the bowlers will go, he admits there are no easy answers, jokingly adding that they need to start working on their batting instead. He notes that the high-scoring nature of the game worked in their favour, with the belief that even a couple of bad overs could be offset by bouncing back and making an impact. He references it to Praful Hinge who made a good comeback after going for a plenty of runs.

6:18 PM IST Sooryavanshi's fun in Jaipur - Jaipur had barely recovered from the historic run carnival in Delhi when the Rajasthan Royals walked out and made the ground their personal batting range. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi faced 37 balls. He scored 103 runs. The mathematics alone should be unsettling for every bowling attack in this tournament. But what makes it threatening for bowlers is the manner of it, swatting international-class bowlers to all corners. Dhruv Jurel was the ideal partner, anchoring one end with a responsible fifty, while Sooryavanshi did what Sooryavanshi does in their 112-run stand. Eshan Malinga and Pat Cummins were the only bowlers who left the field with any respite, conceding 65 between them across 8 overs. The rest were taken apart. The Sunrisers did fight back in the death overs to trim the total somewhat.

6:18 PM IST Plans fall flat - Rajasthan were let down by lackadaisical fielding and a second line of attack that offered precious little after the Archer-Burger opening burst. Runs kept leaking at an alarming rate, and while they did eventually prise Kishan out, the game had long slipped from their fingers by then. Also, holding someone of Jadeja's and Ravi Bishnoi's calibre to just a solitary over each didn't help their cause either. Klaasen read the situation well, staying watchful with the chase well in hand before branching out into calculated aggression when the moment called for it, teaming up nicely with Nitish Kumar Reddy with a minimum of fuss. Though neither of them could get the job done, it was too little too late for the Royals to bring any sort of twist in the game.