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IPL 2020 LIVE SCORE, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals latest updates: Rajasthan Royals win! Right then! Who would’ve thought it would come to this… eight needed off six balls. Khaleel goes full round the wickett to Parag, who hits straight for a couple. A single next ball means the left-hander Tewatia is on strike and Khaleel will bowl in his arc. Lots of field changes happening. Five needed off four. Khaleel goes length, and Tewatia plays it to deep square leg. A fumble from Vijay Shankar means a double to Tewatia. Khaleel goes slightly short next ball and Tewatia pulls it to long off for a single. Two needed off two. Are we headed to a super over?Young Parag on strike. The pitch seems to have evened out, funnily. Khaleel comes round the wicket, and that’s it! He bowls a full toss and Riyan Parag calmly deposits it over covers for a six. RR win! Preview: Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Rajasthan Royals in the 26th match of Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL) in Dubai. After four losses in a row, Rajasthan Royals will be looking to get back to winning ways. RR started off on a positive note with two wins in the first two matches but then lost their way and are in a spot of bother with four losses from six games and just four points on the board. One of the major concerns has been their batting. Even a return to Sharjah didn’t help their cause against Delhi Capitals (DC) as they crumbled to 138 all out in chase of 185. The top and middle-order haven’t fired and that has hurt them. Samson started off in a blistering fashion in the first two matches but has only managed single-digit scores since then. Smith and Buttler have blown hot and cold. Consistency from the batsmen is the need of the hour. The participation of Ben Stokes, who will complete his quarantine period on Saturday, is uncertain with Smith saying, “Stokes hasn’t had a lot of practice, he gets out of quarantine tomorrow, so we’ll see if he plays the day after tomorrow." The bowling department also needs to step up. Apart from Jofra Archer and Rahul Tewatia, all bowlers went for over eight runs an over with Varun Aaron, Andrew Tye, and Shreyas Gopal going for 12.5, 12.5, and 11.5 respectively and Kartik Tyagi going for 8.80 per over. Rahul Tewatia, who has been impressive in this tournament, will again be the key. SRH, on the other hand, will go into the match on the back of a thumping win over Kings XI Punjab. In a roller-coaster tournament so far, they would look to achieve consistency. The opening pair of David Warner and Jonny Bairstow will again be the key. The pair added 160 in the last match and it will be a big challenge stopping the two if they find their groove again. The pitches seem to be getting slower and the RR bowlers would need to be smart with their length and variations. SRH, though, have been over-reliant on it’s opening pair and the middle order needs to step up big time if and when the call of duty happens. The bowling unit did well to restrict KXIP to 132 while defending 202. Rashid Khan again was fantastic. He will be the biggest threat to the RR batsmen. SRH start off with a slight upper hand in this match. Rajasthan Royals full squad: Steve Smith , Ben Stokes , Jofra Archer , Jos Buttler , Mahipal Lomror , Manan Vohra , Riyan Parag , Robin Uthappa , David Miller , Ankit Rajpoot , Mayank Markande , Shreyas Gopal , Varun Aaron , Jaydev Unadkat , Kartik Tyagi , Akash Singh , Oshane Thomas , Andrew Tye , Rahul Tewatia , Shashank Singh , Yashasvi Jaiswal , Anirudha Joshi , Tom Curran , Sanju Samson , Anuj Rawat . Sunrisers Hyderabad full squad: David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma , Basil Thampi , Bhuvneshwar Kumar , Billy Stanlake , Jonny Bairstow , Kane Williamson , Manish Pandey , Mohammad Nabi , Rashid Khan , Sandeep Sharma , Shahbaz Nadeem , Shreevats Goswami , Siddarth Kaul , Khaleel Ahmed , T Natarajan , Vijay Shankar , Wriddhiman Saha , Virat Singh , Priyam Garg , Jason Holder , Sandeep Bavanaka , Fabian Allen , Abdul Samad , Sanjay Yadav . Click here to read factboxes of all IPL teams Click here to check out the full IPL 2020 Schedule Click here to read all IPL team previews Click here to read IPL FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
IPL 2020 Highlights, SRH vs RR Match, Full Cricket Score: Rajasthan beat Hyderabad by five wickets
Rajasthan Royals win! Right then! Who would’ve thought it would come to this… eight needed off six balls. Khaleel goes full round the wickett to Parag, who hits straight for a couple. A single next ball means the left-hander Tewatia is on strike and Khaleel will bowl in his arc. Lots of field changes happening. Five needed off four. Khaleel goes length, and Tewatia plays it to deep square leg. A fumble from Vijay Shankar means a double to Tewatia. Khaleel goes slightly short next ball and Tewatia pulls it to long off for a single. Two needed off two. Are we headed to a super over?Young Parag on strike. The pitch seems to have evened out, funnily. Khaleel comes round the wicket, and that’s it! He bowls a full toss and Riyan Parag calmly deposits it over covers for a six. RR win!
 "IPL 2020 Highlights, SRH vs RR Match, Full Cricket Score: Rajasthan beat Hyderabad by five wickets")
Tewatia-Parag duo wins it for Royals
This is unbelievable. RR did everything they could to lose the match, and it ultimately took some sane batting from Rahul Tewatia and Riyan Parag to overhaul the SRH tally. Parag, in particular, played with maturity beyond his years and finished the game with a calm six. He followed it up with a celebratory little jig in the middle…what a moment for the youngster. As for Tewatia…well, the lightening has struck twice for him. He’ll remember this IPL for a long, long time.
Words were exchanged between Khaleel and Tweatia in the last over, but the fast bower has his arm around the batsman at the end of the match, which means all is well. Smith, however, should consider himself lucky to win this one. As for SRH, all is far from lost for David Warner’s men. They play CSK and KKR next.
That’s it from us as far as this match is concerned, but the second match of today’s doube header is on already. Table-toppers Delhi Capitals are facing Mumbai Indians in what promises to be a mouth-watering clash. Stay safe, and good bye!
Rajasthan Royals win!
Right then! Who would’ve thought it would come to this… eight needed off six balls. Khaleel goes full round the wickett to Parag, who hits straight for a couple. A single next ball means the left-hander Tewatia is on strike and Khaleel will bowl in his arc. Lots of field changes happening. Five needed off four. Khaleel goes length, and Tewatia plays it to deep square leg. A fumble from Vijay Shankar means a double to Tewatia. Khaleel goes slightly short next ball and Tewatia pulls it to long off for a single. Two needed off two. Are we headed to a super over?
Young Parag on strike. The pitch seems to have evened out, funnily. Khaleel comes round the wicket, and that’s it! He bowls a full toss and Riyan Parag calmly deposits it over covers for a six. RR win!
After 19 overs,Rajasthan Royals 151/5 ( Riyan Parag 33 , Rahul Tewatia 42)
RR are doing it…they really are! 14 come from this over as Tewatia tears into Natrajan. Yorkers have been dospatched through covers and lapped over fine leg, Belt-up.
After 18 overs,Rajasthan Royals 137/5 ( Riyan Parag 31 , Rahul Tewatia 30)
What an over this turned out to be…three fours and two singles make it an over that has put RR’s chase back in track. SRH hold the edge, still, but it is coming down to nerves now.
After 17 overs,Rajasthan Royals 123/5 ( Riyan Parag 30 , Rahul Tewatia 18)
Sandeep Sahrma to bowl the 17th. This has to be a big over, surely….and it is. Starts with a cracking six from Tewatia before Riyan Parag hits two fours. They are getting a move on, does RR.
After 16 overs,Rajasthan Royals 105/5 ( Riyan Parag 21 , Rahul Tewatia 9)
Last five over. 65 to get from 30 balls. Required rate: 13 RPO. With only Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, and Kartik Tyagi to come, RR are in real trouble. They need a big over, obviously, but who can they target? Khaleel steams; he has taken two wickets already…and that could have been his third. Slower one from Khaleel and Parag miscues his slog. It went miles up, and goes straight through the hands of Priyam Garg. Parag makes that one count with a resounding pulled six on the last ball. Brilliant sound off the bat.
After 15 overs,Rajasthan Royals 94/5 ( Riyan Parag 12 , Rahul Tewatia 7)
Natrajan returns. Starts with a full, slower ball that is chipped over his head by Parag. Tewatia gets another single to long on. This won’t hurt SRH one bit, but with no real batting to come, one can’t really blame these two for not taking any risks. Hang on…there’s an appeal for run-out at the bowler’s end, but the third-umpire reckons that’s not out. Six singles from the over means this is another superb over from SRH. They are clear favourites now.
After 14 overs,Rajasthan Royals 88/5 ( Riyan Parag 9 , Rahul Tewatia 4)
Sandeep Sharma returns. Tewatia on strike. Starts with two dots before the left hander gets a single to long off. The asking rate, meanwhile, has crossed 11. With half their side gone, it is not looking pretty for RR. Four runs from the over; a very, very tidy one. Pressure’s mounting on RR.
After 13 overs,Rajasthan Royals 84/5 ( Riyan Parag 7 , Rahul Tewatia 2)
Rahul Tewatia is the new man in. He joins young Riyan Parag in the middle as Vijay Shankar runs in. The wicket is already stopping, and Tewatia nearly lobs a return catch to Shankar. Six from the over including two wides. Watch out for the asking rate, RR.
After 12 overs,Rajasthan Royals 78/5 ( Riyan Parag 5 , )
Rashid continues. This is his third over. Starts with a dot and then Samson cuts him in front of square with a couple. Three leg byes follow, and Rashid strikes! He is literally turning the match. What a bowler. RR are crumbling.
Rashid strikes again! Samson departs. Caught behind!
Samson c Bairstow b Rashid Khan 26(25) [4s-3]
After 11 overs,Rajasthan Royals 72/4 ( Sanju Samson 24 , Riyan Parag 4)
Vijay Shankar continues. Dots stacking up now. The required rate is inching towards 10 an over now. Samson holds the key, but they can’t leave it for too late. Five singles from this over.
After 10 overs,Rajasthan Royals 67/4 ( Sanju Samson 21 , Riyan Parag 2)
Rashid to bowl the tenth over, and he strikes! Gets rid of the experienced Robin Uthappa with a flat leg break that turned. Riyan Parag comes in, and is pinned on the front leg by Rashid third ball. Sunrisers appeal, but the umpire is unmoved. Warner reviews, but that ball was doing too much. Rashid is looking threatening here.
Rashid strikes. Back of length, quick, turns, Uthappa goes back and that one hits below his knee roll. That could have been a dangerous partnership. Tough road ahead for RR.
Uthappa lbw b Rashid Khan 18(15) [4s-1 6s-1]
After 9 overs,Rajasthan Royals 63/3 ( Sanju Samson 19 , Robin Uthappa 18)
Vijay Shankar into the attack. Required rate is close to nine, tough on this pitch but not unmanageable. They need to run hard on this large ground, and that’s precisely what these two are looking to do. A boundary on the last ball ends the 11-run over.
After 8 overs,Rajasthan Royals 52/3 ( Sanju Samson 12 , Robin Uthappa 14)
Rashid Kahn now. LBW appeal against Uthappa first ball but that was going down I reckon. No review taken. Will be interesting to see if they milk Rashid or attack him. The Afghan leggie has been in superb form so far, and he ends the over with another loud LBW appeal, this one with more conviction than the earlier one. The umpire is unmoved.
After 7 overs,Rajasthan Royals 47/3 ( Sanju Samson 9 , Robin Uthappa 12)
Abhishek Sharma comes on and Sanju Samson has decided to target him. Opens his account with two lovely boundaries on either side of the wicket as 11 come off this over.
After 6 overs,Rajasthan Royals 36/3 ( Sanju Samson 0 , Robin Uthappa 10)
Natrajan to Samson. And the left-armer has stuck to a fine length here. Six dot balls to cap off the powerplay that well and truly went to SRH. A lot will depend on how Samson holds his nerve in this situation. Uthappa, obviously, has been here before. Are we in for a contest or what?
After 5 overs,Rajasthan Royals 36/3 ( Sanju Samson 0 , Robin Uthappa 10)
Another eventful over, this time from Khaleel. He gets rid of Buttler with an excellent delivery, but Robin Uthappa wrests some initiative back with a six and a four. 10 runs and a wicket there. Long road ahead for RR though.
After 4 overs,Rajasthan Royals 26/2 ( Jos Buttler (W) 16 , Sanju Samson 0)
Yorker time! T Natrajan comes into the attack. Khaleel, after getting a wicket, is off the attack. Natrajan almost nails his yorker but concedes a four and a six to Buttler. Smith is run out next and 12 come from that very eventful over.
Sanju Samson in IPL, Dot% and SR:
Batting first: 32.2, 141.0
Chasing: 37.4, 126.9
Another blow! Khaleel this time. Hits an excellent length cuts the ball back in and gets a faint edge from Buttler. RR are in real trouble. Khaleel is on fire!
Buttler c Bairstow b Khaleel Ahmed 16(13) [4s-1 6s-1]
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