RR vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2026: Four on the trot for SRH, haul down 229 to overtake RR despite Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ton

Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Highlights, IPL 2026: It's SRH's day in Jaipur, making 229 look easy to chase down thanks to Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan coming to the party. Sloppy in the field from RR, costing them a result on return to Jaipur, Sooryavanshi's ton to waste.

RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Abhishek Sharma embraces Ishan Kishan during SRH's chase. (PTI)

RR vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2026: Power against power – IPL 2026 is all set for what might be the most exciting match of the season thus far. It is a battle between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, and it is all about the power-packed batters on show. Four left-handed opening batters who absolutely love demolishing a cricket ball early on, three of this quartet Indian talent who are redefining the limited overs game. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for the RR camp, and Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma across for them playing for RR....Read More

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• 25 Apr 2026, 11:28:18 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: That's it! RR chase down 229, win by 5 wickets

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Terrific performance from Sunrisers Hyderabad across the board! Have made 229 look easy, and as a reward, go up into third in the table.

  Done with time to spare – a day for big chases, a day for powerful batting to make their names bolder.

• 25 Apr 2026, 11:24:23 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Another wicket for Brijesh – Klaasen falls

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: A late hiccup for SRH with the match all but sewn up – thigh-high full-toss from Brijesh, and Klaasen can't get the power nor the control. Picks out deep square leg.

  Catches sticking now, but RR needed this earlier.

• 25 Apr 2026, 11:18:34 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Six and out – NKR out to a searing yorker

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Great ball from Brijesh, speared into NKR's pads and that's plumb. But the damage is done – 36(18) for Nitesh after the prior ball is hammered into the stands for a terrific six.

• 25 Apr 2026, 11:14:51 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 16 needed off 18 now

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 20 run over and that will settle it. SRH will want to wrap this up in the next over or so and get some NRR boost to give themselves an even bigger jump.

• 25 Apr 2026, 11:11:15 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 36 needed off 4 overs – Klaasen launches six

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Good over from Brijesh there, digs in the yorkers. Every little bit helps to put the pressure on.

  But Heinrich Klaasen! What a shot that is, very full from Deshpande, but it's excellent batting, waits on it and drives it over extra cover for a fantastic maximum.

• 25 Apr 2026, 11:01:07 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Another drop! Swirling chance, nowhere close

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Sent miles into the air off the top edge from Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Brijesh Sharma at deep third man can't quite get a beat on it! Has forever to try and get underneath it but misjudges it – has to put a dive in at the last second, and ends up nowhere close to it! NKR survives.

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:57:56 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 6, 4! Reddy keeps the runs ticking

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Terrific from. Nitish Kumar Reddy! QUietly putting together a very good season and things like this help – deflects the pressure with some quick boundaries to ensure RR can't generate momentum. Burger has been expensive today.

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:51:00 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Terrific grab from Ferreira! Sends Kishan packing

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Much-needed moment of inspiration from the South African at long-off! Kishan tries to swat it but doesn't get the distance – to the extent that it looks for a moment as if he might survive. But Ferreira makes the ground and watches it all the way, making no mistake!

  Twist in the script here? SRH ahead of the game here, but wickets can have an influence.

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:49:07 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 63 needed off 48 – Klaasen joins the act

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Heinrich Klaasen got the run-rate to support his run-scoring with a great cameo against DC, and he wants to keep that going tonight. Already off to a good start with a few early boundaries. Required rate down below 8 now.

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:43:50 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Abhishek falls! Picks out long off

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Not this time! Well connected but not enough power to clear Jofra Archer at long off. It's an opportunity that is well-taken this time around. Archer gets his arms up and takes it nicely.

  139/2 after 10 overs. 90 needed off the back half.

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:41:52 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: FIFTY for Ishan Kishan in 24 balls too!

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: The vice-captain and the former vice-captain reach fifty in near-lockstep! Sweep shot to bring up his fifty, then Ishan Kishan launches a big six over long-on. SRH making this look easy at the moment.

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:35:42 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: FIFTY for Abhishek off 24 balls!

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Tell you waht, this has been nowhere close to his most brutal – a lot of patience and placement, picking the gaps and working the bowlers over. The shot to get to fifty is an example of it, low full toss wide of off stump, and he slices it away but with total control, all along the floor and easily away for four more.

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:33:52 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 112/1 after 8 overs

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Boundaries continue to flow. Both these batters contributing equally to the run-scoring and going at essentially the same rate – RR have nowhere to turn to. Spurned their chances and are being made to pay for it.

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:22:58 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: SRH hammer 89/1 in powerplay

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: After Prabhsimran and Priyansh scored 116 earlier in the day, this feels tame – but they are going at nearly 15 rpo. 140 needed off the last 14 overs, and Abhishek and Kishan will back themselves from here.

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:18:17 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Can you believe it – Jadeja puts down a sitter!

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Dropped catches are a part of cricket. But tell you what, you could put your house down on Ravindra Jadeja taking that simple catch right to him, and somehow you would lose it! No way he should be putting that one down, but it's straight to him and straight down. He will be so disappointed in himself.

  Abhishek onto 30*(15).

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:12:24 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 19 run over! SRH in the ascendancy

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: A little more emphatic now! It was a sketchy start but both these batters beginning to find their range. Abhishek gives himself room and finds four more off Burger – the South African has been expensive!

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:06:51 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Hetmyer loses it in the lights! Abhishek survives

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: What's happened there! Slashed hard towards deep third by Abhishek, but it looks to be right to Hetmyer – but the ball is lost in the lights, and he has no clue where it is! A terrific fielder, but simply doesn't pick it up and has to bow out from the catch.

  Abhishek gets four – and punishes him next ball with six more!

• 25 Apr 2026, 10:03:49 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Kishan goes after Archer – 12 off the over

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Really entertaining battle here. Archer beats the bat a couple of times, but Kishan also has the measure of him to spear a couple of drives and punches through the off-side.

  38/1 after 3 overs – chase is on!

• 25 Apr 2026, 09:57:55 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 13 run over but RR finding purchase – edged over slip!

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Abhishek Sharma gets away with one! Goes hard at Nandre Burger, thick edge which just evades first slip. Some probing bowling from RR early on, they will want to remove one of the two Indian southpaws before they can cause damage.

• 25 Apr 2026, 09:51:25 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: NO MISTAKE THIS TIME! Jurel makes up, Archer still on fire

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Some ridiculous quality on show from Jofra Archer! Searing fast, leaving Head, produces another edge. Head is so tentative once again, an edge which carries for a simpler chance, and Jurel happy to take it this time!

  Terrific early bowling from Archer, deserves this wicket.

• 25 Apr 2026, 09:48:39 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: TRAVIS HEAD DROPPED FIRST BALL! Archer is fuming

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Can you believe it! Fielding across both matches has been sloppy today. That was a tough chance, but you expect a glovesman of Jurel's quality to take it. Archer produces a genuine edge from Head, but it's always fading away from Jurel – both hands to it, but can't hold on! Archer is hopping mad.

• 25 Apr 2026, 09:31:32 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: RR finish on 228/6

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Hetmyer misses out on a juicy full-toss in the last over, falls on 11. In the end, RR reach 228/6, which is a solid score but within SRH's wheelhouse. Excellent performance at the death from them – 44 off the last 5 overs. Gives their batters a decent chance given their strength in the top order.

• 25 Apr 2026, 09:21:17 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Ferreira falls! Malinga strikes

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Big wicket with 9 balls to play! Hetmyer not quite hitting it well so this Ferreira scalp could be significant. Low full toss so Ferreira times it well but can't get the elevation on it. Flies to long-on, and well taken by the fielder there.

• 25 Apr 2026, 09:15:38 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 6, 4, 6! Ferreira motoring

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Great hitting! Ensuring Sooryavanshi's base doesn't go to waste – Sakib is being met, proving expensive on this day in Jaipur. Overpitched and hammered, then too short and hammered again. Excellent hitting by Ferreira, very quick and compact swings to get the runs moving again after a couple of quiet overs.

• 25 Apr 2026, 09:12:09 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 195/4 after 17; Cummins terrific

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Excellent spell on return by Cummins – making Sunrisers look terrific. Ferreira on 16*(10), Hetmyer fresh to the crease, and will be looking at 230 from here. Three overs to play.

• 25 Apr 2026, 09:09:09 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Cummins nails the yorker! Sends Parag packing

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: How about that for a fresh welcome! Cummins has looked good today – that one is fast and accurate into the base of the stumps, Parag can't get his bat down in time.

  191/4, 23 balls to play. Ferreira looking in decent touch.

• 25 Apr 2026, 08:55:46 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Sakib ends Sooryavanshi's innings!

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Finally the breakthrough for SRH, but the damage is done. Honing in on his legs, tries to go for the reverse scoop – not a bad option on the ball, and he has shown capability for the unorthodox. Can't quite execute – that thuds into his pads, and will be the end of his night.

  But what a night it has been – five fours, and TWELVE sixes, to score 103(37).

• 25 Apr 2026, 08:53:33 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: CENTURY FOR VAIBHAV SOORYAVANSHI IN 36 DELIVERIES!

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: It's insane! It's absolutely ridiculous. What batsmanship he has shown today! And there's an example – on his legs and helped on for six, drive over mid-off for four, and then power as he pumps another six down the ground to bring up his second IPL century!

  This has been some incredible hitting – and at his age, we are preparing for YEARS of this!

• 25 Apr 2026, 08:43:57 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Fifty and out! Jurel can't capitalise

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Classy straight drive for four to bring up his half-century – but that's all from Dhruv Jurel with the bat tonight. Nitish Kumar Reddy has his man – a little bit of extra bounce, top edge straight into the air, grabbed by Aniket this time around.

  Important partnership breaker from NKR. Still needs to get the big fish.

• 25 Apr 2026, 08:36:51 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: BOOM! That ball is gone! Sooryavanshi vaporises it

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Six the moment it touches his bat! Don't even bother following that, it's heading beyond the horizon. What a hit! Towering, massive, into orbit!

  Onto 87*…

• 25 Apr 2026, 08:35:58 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Sooryavanshi pulling out the tricks – switch hit for four!

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: He has that hit too? What can't he do! You think of him as a stand and hit power hitter, but here he swaps around, bats as a right hander, and casually clears the ring inside the circle to get four. Clever batting!

• 25 Apr 2026, 08:29:54 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: NOW JUREL! Big six, out of the ground1

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Jurel took time to play himself in but he knows he has to get going – that helps! On his hips, he's prepared for it, swatting it a long long way over square leg for a massive maximum! That one isn't coming back – 101 metres!

• 25 Apr 2026, 08:22:13 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 100 up with six more from Sooryavanshi!

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Too easy. Good over from Sakib but doesn't land his yorker on this occasion. In the slot and Sooryavanshi can hammer it straight back down for six more.

  70* off 25 deliveries.

• 25 Apr 2026, 08:12:56 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Good over from Cummins – just 3 off it

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Terrific from Pat Cummins in his third over, keeps things quiet. Doesn't get a wicket, but will hope that this can contribute towards one soon.

• 25 Apr 2026, 08:09:05 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 6, 4! Sooryavanshi keeps going against the spin

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: No stopping him at the moment, races away to 62*(19)! Shivang Kumar tries to stay away from his arc, but Sooryavanshi has the reach to get across and simply swat it down the ground, first for six then for four.

  92/1 after 7 – RR looking at well over 200 again.

• 25 Apr 2026, 08:00:01 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: SIX MORE, 15-ball fifty for Sooryavanshi!

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: This guy! No stopping him. Fast hands and big swing again, short into him and he is able to swat Sakib for six more.

  First six off Sakib in his IPL career.

• 25 Apr 2026, 07:55:10 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: SOORYAVANSHI DROPPED! Tough catch on the move put down

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Have to be taking those! Aniket Verma makes good ground in the deep to get across, but he's never quite stable enough to hold onto the ball! To make matters worse, runs away and he trods on the boundary line to give Sooryavanshi four.

• 25 Apr 2026, 07:50:20 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: 51/1 after 4 overs

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Dhruv Jurel gradually getting into his work. Gets some width from Cummins and chops it away for four more.

  Good start for RR here.

• 25 Apr 2026, 07:40:23 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: SIX OFF CUMMINS NOW! No stopping Sooryavanshi

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: What is this kid made of? You can throw whoever you want at him – it's a sharp bouncer from Pat Cummins, but Sooryavanshi is so ready for it on the backfoot. Swivels, big swing of the bat, and sends it towering over square leg!

  My word.

• 25 Apr 2026, 07:36:48 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: FOUR SIXES IN A ROW! Vaibhav Sooryavanshi!

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: First too with the pace over the leg side, the next two a pair of sumptuous straight drives that float so casually for six! He's here once again! Just excellent cricket shots, the last two, his power carrying them all the way. What a start!

• 25 Apr 2026, 07:33:56 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: HUGE SIX! Early revenge for Sooryavanshi, and then another!

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Here he goes! He's been quiet for a couple of matches but he's had enough. Return home for his franchise, gets a couple on his legs, and sends them towering over the leg-side! What a start for Sooryavanshi already.

• 25 Apr 2026, 07:30:16 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Ready to begin! Hinge wants another fast start

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Ready for the start of the innings in Jaipur! Praful Hinge snapped up three wickets last time in the first over, he will be happy with even one this time around.

• 25 Apr 2026, 07:15:23 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: SRH's playing XI

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: A couple of changes for SRH too, but Cummins rounds out the depth for this team very nicely.

  SRH Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora (wk), Aniket Verma, Nitish Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Sakib Hussain, Eshan Malinga, Praful Hinge

  Impact: Head, R Smaran, Livingstone, Dubey, Harshal

• 25 Apr 2026, 07:10:13 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: RR's playing XI

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: First match back in Jaipur for RR. Here's their XI.

  RR Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma

  Impact: Bishnoi, Pretorious, Sandeep, Dubey, Ravi Singh

• 25 Apr 2026, 07:02:39 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Cummins wins toss, opts to BOWL first

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Pat Cummins the lucky charm as he comes in, gets a toss to go SRH's way. Says they're not certain about the pitch so want to bowl first.

  Team news next as Jaiswal, Sooryavanshi bat first.

• 25 Apr 2026, 06:57:17 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Pitch report – should teams bat first?

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Seconds away from the toss. A good batting track at the SMS expected today, as per the pitch report from the broadcasters – but dew may not play a role as the match progresses. Both these teams have dynamic batting units, which might prompt them to bat first – something SRH in particular enjoy.

• 25 Apr 2026, 06:43:53 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: No changes expected for RR – but Parag's form a concern

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Shouldn't be much for RR to think about, with their team looking very settled and confident. They might shuffle between their domestic seam bowling options, but nothing otherwise. The big question for them is the form of their captain – Riyan Parag hasn't been amongst the runs, and the pressure is steadily mounting on him. Results are going in RR's favour, but if that changes, big questions will be asked.

• 25 Apr 2026, 06:22:48 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Just over half an hour to the toss

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Not too far from the toss taking place in Rajasthan, where Riyan Parag will head to the middle. Pat Cummins is set to take the captaincy, so if he is playing, he's the man expected to meet Parag in the middle. First game of the season in Jaipur – interesting to see what the pitch has in store.

• 25 Apr 2026, 06:06:54 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Concern in Delhi as Ngidi suffers scary injury

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: A pause in play in the afternoon match – a scary head injury suffered by Lungi Ngidi, his head hitting the ground hard in the field. Needs to be stretchered off – not great scenes, but well handled to safely get him off the field and to receive some care.

• 25 Apr 2026, 05:50:30 PM IST

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: Last time out – Kishan hammers 91, Hinge and Sakib star on debut

  RR vs SRH LIVE Score: The first time these teams met this season, it was the memorable match where Praful Hinge took three wickets in the first over to break the back of RR's chase before it could get going. It was a match which signalled the rebirth of SRH's team after a poor start – and a good indication of what SRH can do when everything is ticking.