RR vs SRH, IPL 2023 Live Score: It was a snooze fest and it looked the game was in pocket of Rajasthan Royals from the word go. They batted in amazing form, and we saw some super innings by Jos Buttler and skipper Sanju Samson. In the end, they put an imposing total of 214 on the board. Sunrisers began their chase in most cautious manner and it looked so much of a snooze fest. the flamboyance of the Royals batting was missing. The pressure got to SRH batters, and they kept just rotating the strike with some boundaries thrown in between. Towards the end, Yuzi Chahal had already taken four wickets and demolished whatever batting was left of ‘orange army’. Nobody in their wildest dreams could have thought that SRH with their key batters back to dugout would be successfully chase the 41 runs in last two overs!
The moment Aiden Markram departed for paltry 6 runs, it seemed that all hopes were lost for SRH. In came Glenn Phillips and ruined the part for Royals. He smashed 25 off seven deliveries and brought SRH back in the game. Soon, Hetmyer took the brilliant catch and removed his threat. Now 17 were needed off last over. Sanju Samson put his trust in Sandeep Sharma once again. The man who defended 21 against none other than MS Dhoni at Chepauk had to defend 17 in Jaipur today. On second ball, Abdul Samad hit a maximum and kept SRH alive. On last ball, SRH needed 5 runs. Sharma bowled the last delivery and there was a wicket and RR players started celebrating. There was a twist in tale. The last ball was declared no-ball and the umpire asked everyone to be back on the pitch! Now, SRH needed four off last ball. Samad come forward and smashes a six and SRH did the unthinkable! This is IPL for you
Earlier in the evening, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and skipper Sanju Samson decided to bat first. Even though they lost the game just two days back when they batted first, Samson has kept the Jaipur stadium record in mind while taking the decision. The team that has batted first has won two out of three matches in the ‘Pink City’. Fiery knocks by Yashaswi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler helped Royals in getting that solid start during the powerplay. Jaiswal today completed 1,000 IPL runs. But his innings was cut short by clever bowling of Jansen. Skipper Samson remained unbeaten at 66 off 38 balls. Buttler smashed 95 off 59 balls till Bhuvneshwar Kumar got his wicket. Dominating the first innings with the bat, Royals posted a huge total of 214 on the board.
Indian Premier League, 2023
Rajasthan Royals
214/2 (20.0)
Sunrisers Hyderabad
217/6 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 52 )
Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets
RR vs SRH: Full Squads
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa, Jason Holder, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Adam Zampa, KM Asif, Murugan Ashwin, Akash Vashisht, Abdul PA, Joe Root Singh, Litton Das
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (c), Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Anmolpreet Singh, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Vivrant Sharma, Sanvir Singh, Samarth Vyas, Mayank Dagar, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Akeal Hosein, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Kartik Tyagi, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Here are key moment of SRH vs RR match
The no ball changed the game for Sunrisers and they stole the win from Royals. Abdul Samad says that he feels that he was really lucky today. SRH beat RR by 4 wickets
Can Sandeep Sharma defend 17 runs? Last over on.
When Aiden Markram went back for just 6 runs, it seemed that Sunrisers have lost all hopes. But Glenn Phillips smashed some super sixes to bring the orange army back in game. However, Yadav got Phillips thanks to fantastic catch by Hetmyer. Can Jansen, Samad do the miracle?
Chahal gets Tripathi and ends that brilliant innings by Sunrisers batter! Glenn Phillips is here to bat!
Just when it looked that Klaasen's big shots would bring back SRH back in game, Yuzi strikes again! His 26 off 12 kept the SRH's chase hopes alive. Now skipper Aiden Markram is here
Ravichandran Ashwin gets rid of Abhishek Sharma, which ends the second wicket partnership between him and Rahul Tripathi. Sharma went after scoring second half-century of IPL 2023. Heinrich Klaasen is here to bat. Expect some power-hitting now.
The second wicket partnership between Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi has scored 55 runs and continues. But they really need back-to-back boundaries and couple of good overs if they want to keep the team alive.
Sunrisers are rotating strike with occasional boundary. But this is not enough. They really need to get into attack mode as the asking rate is nearing 13 now.
Yuzi Chahal gets Anmolpreet Singh, the impact sub. Rahul Tripathi is here to bat.
First the good news - Sunrisers haven't lost any wicket so far. Now, not-so-good news. The asking rate is nearing 12. Both Singh and Sharma need to get going and hit some big shots to keep Sunrisers in the hunt.
Impact sub Anmolpreet Singh and Abhishek Sharma have opened for Sunrisers. Sandeep Sharma is bowling the first over.
RR have given a target of 215 for the visitors SRH.
Buttler looked anguished as he walked back to the pavilion after Sunrisers won the review and he was declared OUT. Shimron Hetmyer is here to bat. RR would love to slam big shots to get as many runs possible in the last over.
52 off 34 by RR skipper Sansu Samson. The second wicket partnership between him and Buttler looks unbreakable.
IF Rajasthan Royals win this match, they would surpass LAG to take the third position on the IPL points table. For SRH, which are at the bottom if the IPL points table, this is a chance to keep the IPL 2023 campaign alive just like Delhi Capitals.
48 off 30 for Samson. Giving brilliant backing to Buttler tonight.
With strike rate of 167.30, Buttler has slammed nine 4s and four maximums in his blazing innings today.
12 overs gone, it's 125 for 1 for RR. Jos Buttler looks rock solid as he smashes yet another half-century.
Blink and the score goes from point a to b in a second. Buttler and Samson are smashing big shots all over!
Rajasthan Royals saw rain of boundaries as they amassed 60 runs during the powerplay. The run rate is 10ish at the moment and Samson would like to go for big shots to get a big total.
Rajasthan is off to a great start! jaiswal has managed to score 16 runs in 7 balls and Buttler has scored 5 runs off 6 balls.
Current Score: 26/0
Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal opened for Rajasthan. Jaiswal smashed a boundary on the very first ball itself. A tremendous start for Royals!
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Vivrant Sharma, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldip Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal
Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan have won the toss and elected to bat first!
Toss is just about to take place! The captains of RR and SRH are set to assemble on the stadium ground. Stay with us!
Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted XIs: Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Harry Brook, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik. Impact player – T Natarajan
Rajasthan Royals Predicted XIs: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, R Ashwin, 8 Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
The surface of Sawai Mansingh Stadium favours the batters more. The pitch gives great assistance to both pacers and spinners. However, the team that has batted here has also managed to score amazing runs at this ground. In hindsight, it looks like it's going to be a battle of the equals.
Harry Brook from Sunrisers hyderabad has not had a good run in this IPL season. He has been unable to score much and there are many who are expecting him to make a comeback with tonight's match. Brook has scored only 63 runs in the other eight matches.
The toss is set to take place at 7:00 pm IST. Stay tuned with us as we bring to you live updates from the RR vs SRH match tonight.