Highlights, Tata IPL 2022, SRH vs RR, Full Cricket Score: Rajasthan beat Hyderabad by 61 runs

FIFTY!

Aiden Markram brings up his 50 from 39 balls but it hasn’t been effective enough to change the outcome of the game or even bring it close

GONE!

Sundar looks to continue the big hitting and six getting but finds Hetmyer at long on this time. Brilliant cameo from Sundar to salvage some respect for the SRH and avoid a dreadful NRR from the word go. He goes for 40 and SRH are 133/7

After 18 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 119/6 ( Aiden Markram 44 , Washington Sundar 29)

24 runs and 14 runs from the last two overs and SRH gaining some respectibility with the target well out of sight. Markram on 44 from 36 balls and Sundar on 29 from 10 balls

GONE!

Chahal strikes and that is his 250th T20 wicket. Shepherd walks across, looks to sweep and misses to be bowled. Quicker ball from Chahal there and Shepherd misses the line completely

Shepherd b Chahal 24 (18), SRH 78/6

SIX! SIX!

Back-to-back sixes for SRH now and it comes from Shepherd’s bat. First six of the innings is followed by a second as Coulter-Nile is taken apart. Near replicas both sixes – pulled on both and clearing the boundary line on both

GONE!

Abdul Samad comes down the track to Chahal, looks to heave and Parag at deep mid-wicket completes the easy catch. Five down and the nightmare continues for SRH

Samad c Parag b Chahal 4 (6), SRH are 37/5

After 9 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 32/4 ( Aiden Markram 13 , Abdul Samad 2)

Abhishek Sharma joins Williamson, Tripathi and Pooran in the dugout. Chahal gets his first wicket in the very first over. Just 9 from Sharma and SRH are 32/4 from 9 overs

GONE!

Yuzvendra Chahal strikes in the very first over. Abhishek Sharma tries to up the ante but doesn’t clear the field as he would have liked. Gets too close to the ball, miscues the loft and finds Hetmyer at long-on

Abhishek Sharma c Hetmyer b Chahal 9 (19), SRH 29/4

Full toss from Ashwin and Abhishek Sharma slams it past the bowler. Riyan Parag tries his best to cut it out but fails in the end

Finally a boundary from a SRH batter that looks convincing. Markram pulls a delivery from outside off over the fielder at mid-wicket

After 6 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 14/3 ( Abhishek Sharma 3 , Aiden Markram 4)

At the powerplay mark, SRH are 14/3 and have failed miserably to make the field restrictions count. Williamson, Tripathi and Pooran all are back in the dugout. Markram and Abhishek in the middle

First boundary from the bat for Sunrisers and it comes off Markram’s bat. Boult has his hands on the head. Markram pushes with hard hands and the inside edge goes away to deep square leg for a four

GONE!

Nicholas Pooran is gone for a duck! Plumb! Trent Boult looked close to getting a wicket and he finally gets one. Full, angled in, Pooran misses the flick and is caught leg before. Discusses with his partner Abhishek Sharma and decides against reviewing. Wise decision that but this is going dreadfully for the Sunrisers Hyderabad

Pooran lbw Boult 0 (9)

After 4 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 7/2 ( Abhishek Sharma 1 , Nicholas Pooran (W) 0)

Horrendous start for SRH. Kane Williamson and Rahul Tripathi back in the dugout. Runs not flowing for the Hyderabad batters with Prasidh Krishna picking two wickets in two overs. The second over bringing out six dots for a maiden

GONE!

Prasidh Krishna gets his second wicket and that’s poor batting from Rahul Tripathi. Short of length, outside off, the ball moves away slightly and Tripathi is beaten for pace and bounce. Samson with the simple take behind

Tripathi 0 (3)

First boundary of the chase comes as leg bye. Veering down the leg stump, Abhishek Sharma gets the thigh on it and the ball goes on towards fine leg

GONE!

Is that gone? Kane Williamson edges it behind. There’s no question about that. Dropped by Sanju Samson, Padikkal latches on at first slip. But is that taken on the bounce? Umpires convene and send it upstairs. Third man decides it is taken cleanly. Commentator, however, thinks there’s a bounce on it. Prasidh Krishna strikes!

Williamson c Padikkal b Krishna 2 (7)

SRH chase begins

Williamson, Abhishek Sharma open the innings for SRH. Trent Boult with the ball. GO!

After 20 overs,Rajasthan Royals 210/6 ( Nathan Coulter-Nile 1)

Rajasthan Royals finish on 210/6 from 20 overs. 7 runs from the final over. T Natarajan closes with 2/43. Samson (55), Padikkal (41), Buttler (35) and Hetmyer (33) among the runs

BOWLED!

Full from T Natarajan and the slog doesn’t come out this time from Hetmyer. The ball dips in late and takes the leg stump.

Hetmyer b Natarajan 32 (13)

T Natarajan with the final over. Hetmyer steps across the off side and scoops the delivery on leg stump for a four.

BELTING THE BALL!

Hip-high short ball from Bhuvi now, it is outside off and Hetmyer reads the slower one well. Waits for it and sends it flat to the left of long-on

Short and outside off from Bhuvi, Hetmyer doesn’t middle it but has enough power on it to clear the short straight boundary

After 18 overs,Rajasthan Royals 188/4 ( Shimron Hetmyer 15 , Riyan Parag 10)

Rajasthan on course for a 210-ish score. Shimron Hetmyer and Riyan Parag both hitting the ball well and the bowlers have very little purchase from the surface

Misfield from Washington Sundar and that is four more to the RR score. Unlucky for Sundar though, there was a bad bounce as he slid across to cut it out

SIX! Raw power from Hetmyer to thrash this away for a maximum! Attempted yorker, Hetmyer gets down on one knee and takes it low for a six towards long-on

Attempted yorker by T Natarajan, Parag converts it into a low full toss and splits the gap between mid-wicket and long-on

SRH review

Bhuvi beats Riyan Parag and the SRH bowler is convinced there’s something on that. A second review for SRH in this over and there’s nothing on it. No bat, no pad and it is going over the stumps. SRH lose both their reviews

STAT ALERT

Sanju Samson in the first innings of an IPL season

2020: 74 (32) vs CSK
2021: 119 (63) vs PBKS
2022: 55 (27) vs SRH

GONE!

Sanju Samson departs with Bhuvneshwar Kumar getting his first wicket of the season! Samad takes a smart catch after running across from long-on. Samson has little room on a back of length delivery, looks for the boundary but unable to clear the boundary

Samson c Samad b Bhuvi 55 (28)

SIX, FIFTY FOR SAMSON

Sanju Samson brings up his fifty from 25 balls. Talk about playing a captain’s knock. Darted in flat and short by Sundar and it is dispatched with disdain. Pulled over mid-wicket for a six. Samson doesn’t even bother checking the outcome, he raises his bat to acknowledge the applause.

Slowed down by Washington Sundar, tossed up on the off stump and this is swiped over mid-wicket for a six

After 15 overs,Rajasthan Royals 148/3 ( Sanju Samson (C) (W) 42 , )

Umran Malik ends his quota of overs with a wicket of Devdutt Padikkal. The leftie beaten for pace by the seamer and that is the end of a brilliant 73-run partnership. SRH needed a wicket, desperately, and Malik provides it

GONE!

Umran Malik has his second wicket and Devutt Padikkal is bowled! Length delivery, Padikkal is beaten for peace. He seemingly tried to steer it down towards third man but is castled instead. End of the allotted overs for Malik (4-0-39-2) who started poorly but finishes with a wicket

Padikkal b Malik 41 (29)

Sanju Samson joins in the boundary-hitting business. Too full, on the pads, and it is whipped away to the mid-wicket boundary

Flurry of boundaries continue from the bat of Devdutt Padikkal. Umran Malik the unlucky bowler this time. Short ball outside off, Padikkal pulls to the mid-wicket fence

Slower one, on the pads, Padikkal waits for it and uses his wrists perfectly to whip it past short fine leg

Two boundaries in a row! Pitched up in the slot and lofted towards long on for a six. Padikkal holds the pose as the ball comfortably clears the rope

Padikkal slaps it and slaps it well to beat the fielder at mid-on. It brings up the fifty partnership from 33 balls

After 12 overs,Rajasthan Royals 114/2 ( Sanju Samson (C) (W) 37 , Devdutt Padikkal 16)

After 12 overs, Rajasthan Royals are 114/2 with Sanju Samson on 37 and Devdutt Padikkal. This partnership up to 39 from 23 balls. Samson the crucial wicket for SRH now

Cracker of a shot! Full length delivery from T Natarajan and Padikkal connects beautifully to send the ball towards the vacant long off boundary

THRASHED AWAY FOR A SIX! T Natarajan comes into the attack, back of a length delivery and Padikkal pulls towards mid-wicket for a six!

Is that a six or a four? Four gestures the RR player in the dugout. Short, there is room and Samson plays it away for a reverse sweep and the ball runs away to the third man rope

Too short from Washington Sundar and that is punished. 65th six of IPL 2022. Just a touch short, outside off and Samson plunders it down the ground for a HUGE six

Harsha Bhogle praises Umran Malik

Short and pulled away for a six! Sanju Samson makes the most of poor line from Shepherd. He sends it towards long leg for a six!

After 9 overs,Rajasthan Royals 78/2 ( Sanju Samson (C) (W) 16 , Devdutt Padikkal 2)

Rajasthan Royals move along to 78/2 after nine overs. Sanju Samson has made a bright start and is up to 16 from 10 balls. Devdutt Padikkal is alongside him. Openers Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal back in the dugout

Appeal, given not out, reviewed, GONE!

Umran Malik back into the attack. Pooran and Malik are very confident of a caught behind on Buttler. Umpire Bruce Oxenford is not convinced. Kane Williamson goes upstairs for the review. And there is a spike on UltraEdge. Buttler walks!

Buttler c Pooran b Malik 35 (28)

SMOKED IT! Sanju Samson is up and running quickly. Sharma fires it quick this time, but it is still short and Samson gets on it quickly to send it over the bowler’s head for a maximum!

Sanju Samson rocks back to a short ball by Abhishek Sharma. He pulls in front of square and beats the deep mid-wicket fielder to his left.

GONE!

Shepherd has his first IPL wicket. Short and Jaiswal is cramped for room, he tries to swing towards the leg side only to find Markram at deep sqaure leg

Jaiswal c Markram b Shepherd 20 (16)

After 6 overs,Rajasthan Royals 58/0 ( Jos Buttler 33 , Yashasvi Jaiswal 20)

At the end of the powerplay overs, RR are 58/0 with Jaiswal and Buttler making the most of an error-prone SRH. Buttler on 33 and Jaiswal on 20

T Natarajan is the new bowler. Jaiswal jumps down the track, attacks and slashes it towards deep backward point for a boundary

Full and in the slot for Buttler to attack. He lofts it and sends it soaring over the straight boundary

Washington Sundar is the new bowler for SRH and he’s continued the run of extras. A no ball to begin with and on the free hit, just a single. On the second ball, Jaiswal has slapped a 85 meter six

A second six of the over and that’s a miserable first over for Umran Malik. Outside off, short and plenty of time for Buttler to go after it. It is a massive hit and clears the rope. 21 runs from the over

DROPPED, FOUR, NO BALL!

Unsettling for Umran Malik. Back of the length, outside off and Buttler gets a thick outside edge. Samad at first slip puts it down and it runs away to the boundary. Even if he had taken it, it wouldn’t have mattered. A no ball! A third no ball in 15 balls. Poor start for SRH

First maximum of the night!

Buttler with a 143.2kmph delivery, Buttler ramps it over the wicketkeeper and first slip. The ball just about clears the rope!

Umran Malik is the new bowler. He comes darting in, full of pace and Buttler makes the most of the width. Throws his hands at it and the slice goes over backward point for a four

After 3 overs,Rajasthan Royals 13/0 ( Jos Buttler 5 , Yashasvi Jaiswal 6)

At the end of three overs, RR are 13/0 with Jaiswal on 6 and Buttler on 5. Bhuvi’s overstepping cost SRH a Buttler wicket and now a boundary from a free hit. Still early days but that could be massive

FOUR!

Bhuvi oversteps once again and RR have a free hit. A yorker to Jaiswal and he converts the low full toss into a shot down to fine leg.

FOUR!

Jos Buttler takes 10 balls to get off the mark and once he does, it is with an effortless boundary. Pitched up by Shepherd and Buttler plays it off his pads. Timing takes it to the boundary rope

Buttler survives!

Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets the ball to swing away, Buttler has a big slash only to take an edge to first slip. But wait a minute, Bhuvi has overstepped. How big will this be? Buttler was gone for a duck!

Here we go!

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the ball. Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal open the batting for Rajasthan. Off we go!

Captain speak at the toss

Sanju Samson: “Seven of us are making debuts for the franchise. Our internationals are Jos, Hetmyer, Trent Boult and Coulter-Nile. We’ve played a lot of games in the same month of the year and there’s some grass on this pitch.”

Captain speak at the toss

Kane Williamson: “The grass is short and potential dew factor…. Most of the team has been there for a week or ten days. Amazing so much knowledge to tap into from (Dale) Steyn, (Muttiah Muralitharan) Murali, (Brian) Lara. We’re excited.”

Playing XI

SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson(c), Nicholas Pooran(w), Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik

RR: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna

TOSS

Kane Williamson spins, heads is the call and it comes tails. SRH have won the toss and opted to field

Pitch report

Deep Dasgupta with the pitch and conditions: “First game here in Pune. The average score is 159 but the last IPL game was played way back in 2018. Not very long square boundaries – 65 meters, straight is a bit longer with 75 meters. The first thing that hits you is the greenness of the pitch. Good covering of grass and sounds very firm. There will be good amount of help for the seamers especially with the new ball. There is a fair amount of wind which keeps blowing, so dew might not be a factor. Chasing teams don’t have an advantage here and that makes things interesting”

Pre-match talk

Abdul Samad: “There will be a bit of pressure but also some confidence that the franchise has trust in me. Myself and Umran Malik are confident because of that (retention) and are looking forward to doing well. This year everyone is saying I am the senior member. The role has changed, lot more responsibility has come and I will try to give my best in whatever situation. It is not that difficult to adapt to conditions, the staff that has come in are some big names and have the experience, getting to learn a lot from them. Brian Lara and Dale Steyn are helping us get better.”

Pre-match talk

Jason Roy: “Very excited for this season. Any time at the start of the IPL it is always an exciting time. Franchises have new squads together and they will be trying to gel quickly as a team and looking forward to getting our first match underway. My math is quite simple – to get as many (runs) as I can and as quickly as I can. It is no different to anyone else. T20 keeps moving forward, guys are scoring quickly and all round the ground, trying to stay up with the curve. It is always nice coming back to the same team, lots of familiar faces in the backroom staff and that helps you get settled quickly. Preparation has been good. Lots of new faces, trying to get to know each other quickly and the great thing is lots of these guys come across each other in different franchises and different tournaments across the world. There are plenty of familiar faces even though we are a new squad.”

Trend to continue?

Eight teams have played so far in the IPL with Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad the only exception. All games have gone the way of the chasing team. But this is the first game in Pune. Will the trend continue? Sanju Samson and Kane Williamson the skippers tonight

Previous meeting

In the last match between these sides, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets.

RR had won the toss and elected to bat and scored 164/5 in 20 overs. Sanju Samson starred with the bat. However, SRH chased this down with relative ease courtesy Jason Roy, Kane Williamson.

Head-to-head

SRH have a slight lead over the RR in their previous meetings. Hyderabad have won 8 of their 15 matches with 7 going in Rajasthan’s favour

Team squads:

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson(c), Nicholas Pooran(w), Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Marco Jansen, Ravikumar Samarth, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Glenn Phillips, Shashank Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Priyam Garg, Kartik Tyagi, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Saurabh Dubey

Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, James Neesham, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini, KC Cariappa, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Karun Nair, Rassie van der Dussen, Daryl Mitchell, Obed McCoy, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Garhwal