RR vs SRH Highlights, IPL 2023: Abdul Samad's final over blitz drives Sunrisers Hyderabad to 4-wicket win

Sandeep Sharma comes to bowl the final over with Abdul Samad on strike and McCoy puts down a sitter in the first delivery, which results in a double.

Samad then hits a six in the next delivery and gets a double in the third ball.

The fourth and fifth ball results in a couple of singles. 

Five required in final ball and Abdul Samad is in strike. Samad is caught at long-on by Jos Buttler but the siren blows as Sandeep oversteps.

Freehit delivery as the equation reduces to 4 off 1. Abdul Samad then connects the final delivery for a six as he dispatches the ball straight over the bowler's head for a maximum. 

SRH beat RR by four wickets as Samad returns unbeaten on 17 off 7 balls. The win also keep SRH alive in the play-off race.

Glenn Phillips hits Kuldip Yadav for a hattrick of sixes, then follows it up with a boundary. The bowler then gets rid of the batter in the fifth ball as he tries to attempt another big hit but is caught by Shimron Hetmyer inside the 30-yard-circle. SRH: 198/6 in 19 overs. They need 17 runs in 6 balls

Yuzvendra Chahal comes to bowl his final over and he does the job for his skipper. Bowls it slow as Rahul Tripathi goes for the slog sweep, which is collected by Yashasvi Jaiswal right before the boundary ropes. He departs for 47(29). 

The spinner piles more miseries on SRH as he traps Aiden Markram LBW for 6(5). 

Three runs and two wickets come in the over as SRH reach 174/5 in 18 overs.

Rahul Tripathi hits Obed McCoy for a maximum and Aiden Markram then finishes the over with a boundary. 13 runs come off his over as SRH reach 171/3 in 17 overs. 

Yuzvendra Chahal is back into the attack and is whacked for a big six by Henrich Klaasen in the second ball. He then plays a dot before finding the gap in the fourth delivery. 

Chahal then removes Klaasen in the fifth delivery and he departs for 26(12). 

12 runs come off his over. SRH: 158/3 (16 overs)

Kuldip Yadav is back into the attack and he bowls an exceptional over until Henrich Klaasen hits the pacer for a boundary in his final delivery.

10 runs come in his over as SRH reach 146/2 in 15 overs. They need 69 to win in remaining 30 balls

Murugan Ashwin comes to bowl the 14th over and he is welcomed with a six by Henrich Klaasen, who then passes the strike to Rahul Tripathi. Rahul then hits Murugan for a six and a boundary after which he completes a double. 19 runs come in the over. SRH: 136/2 (14 overs)

Ashwin comes to bowl his final over and he is hit for a huge six by Abhishek Sharma. The spinner then gets rid of him in the next ball as he attempts another big hit but his shot is collected by Yuzvendra Chahal at short third. He departs for 55(34).

Henrich Klassen joins the chase as SRH reach 117/2 in 13 overs. They need 98 runs in 42 balls.

Abhishek Sharma keeps it moving as he dispatches a short delivery by Murugan Ashwin for a maximum over the mid-wicket fence. The pair of Abhishesk and Rahul also add a 50-plus stand. SRH: 107/1 (12 overs)

Ashwin comes to bowl his third over as Rahul Tripathi finds a boundary in it. He concedes 11 runs as SRH reach 98/1 in 11 overs. 

Murugan Ashwin comes into the attack and he is smoked for a six by Rahul Tripathi. Abhishek Sharma then hits the spinner for a boundary as 14 runs come off the over. SRH: 87-1 (10 overs)

Chahal continues from his end and he concedes just seven runs in his over, which include a boundary by Abhishek Sharma in the final delivery.

Samson returns to pace in the ninth over as Kuldip Yadav is reintroduced in the attack. He doesn't concede a boundary as eight runs come off the over. SRH: 73/1 (9 overs)

Ashwin keeps it tight from the other end as six runs come in his second over. SRH 58-1 (7 overs)

Yuzvendra Chahal comes to bowl the final over of the powerplay and he starts with a couple of dots against Anmolpreet Singh.

Anmolpreet then finds the third ball under his radar and dispatches it towards long-on, which falls just near the boundary ropes before travelling past it.

He then gets rid of Anmolpreet in the fifth ball, who is caught by Shimron Hetmyer at deep mid-wicket. The batter falls for 33(25). SRH: 51/1 (5.5 overs)

Anmolpreet Singh and Abhishek Sharma combine to hit Sandeep Sharma for three boundaries. 15 runs come in the over as SRH reach 45/0 in 5 overs.

Sanju Samson brings in Ashwin into the attack and he is hit for a four by Anmolpreet Singh. Eight runs come off his over. SRH: 30/0 (4 overs)

Abhishek Sharma and Anmolpreet Singh combine to hit Sandeep Sharma for a boundary each as 10 runs come off the over. SRH: 22/0 (3 overs)

Anmolpreet Singh hits Kuldip Yadav for a SIX. Slightly full by the pacer and he flicks it over square leg for a maximum.

Eight runs come off the over. SRH: 12/0 (2 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad introduce Anmolpreet Singh as Impact Substitute in place of T Natarajan. He opens the SRH innings with Abhishek Sharma as Sandeep Sharma leads Rajasthan's attack.

A couple of singles and a double come off the first over. SRH: 4/0 (1 over)

T Natarajan fails to nail his yorkers, which ends up being a fulltoss. The first one is scooped by Samson for a boundary behind the wickets. The second one is hit straight by him for a big six.

Samson then ends the over with another four as Rajasthan Royals post 214/2 in 20 overs.

Samson returns unbeaten on 66(38).

Jos Buttler misses out on a well-deserved century as Bhuvneshwar Kumar traps him LBW for 95(59). Was a low fulltoss with the ball moving in the air and Bhuvneshwar straightaway opt for a review. Balltracker confirms it was hitting the leg stumps.

Seven runs a wicket come off the over as RR reach 197/2 in 19 overs.

A good over by T Natarajan as just five runs come off it. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson also brings up his half-century. He reaches the milestone in 33 balls. RR: 190/1 (18 overs)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar comes to bowl the 17th over and is welcomed with a couple of boundaries by Jos Buttler. 

A couple of singles and Buttler hits another four in the fifth ball. 17 runs come from the over as RR reach 185/1 in 17 overs.

Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson combine to hit Mayank Markande for a six each as 14 runs come off his over. RR: 168/1 (16 overs) 

Jos Buttler welcomes Marco Jansen with a couple of boundaries. 12 runs come off the over as Rajasthan Royals reach 154/1 in 15 overs.