New Delhi, May 2: Rajasthan Royals will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 28 of IPL 2021 at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi on Sunday (May 2). It is going to be the first game of the doubleheader.
Both SRH and RR are placed at the bottom of the table as they occupy the seventh and eighth position. While seventh-placed RR were handed their fourth loss of the season by reigning champions Mumbai Indians, eighth-placed SRH suffered their fifth loss to table-toppers Chennai Super Kings.
SRH have announced Kane Williamson will lead the team for the remainder of the season, replacing David Warner. Under the New Zealand skipper's leadership, the Orange Army must be looking for a turnaround.
Here are the live updates from the match between SRH and RR:
It's all over! Rajasthan Royals have thrashed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 55 runs. This has been a clinical win by Sanju Samson and his men.
Four! Bhuvneshwar gets a boundary off Morris.
Four! A boundary for Sandeep Sharma on the final delivery of Mustafizur's over. SRH - 149/8 in 18 overs.
Wicket! Rashid Khan (0) tries to clear Mustafizur over long-off but fails to get the distance and Chriss Morris takes the catch. SRH - 143/8 in 17.2 overs.
Bowled!! Chris Morris clean bowls Kedar Jadhav for 19. SRH - 142/7 in 17 overs.
Wicket! Anuj Rawat takes a stunning catch running backwards and Samad's innings comes to an end for 10. Another wicket for Morris. SRH - 142/6 in 16.3 overs.
After 16 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad reach 140/5. They need 81 off 24 deliveries.
SIXX!!! Abdul Samad pulls Sakariya for a maximum. He gets off the mark in style
Wicket! Mohammed Nabi's cameo comes to an end as he departs for 17. Riyan Parag takes the catch and Mustafizur gets the second scalp. SRH - 127/5 in 14.2 overs.
Mohammed Nabi smashed two big maximums in that Rahul Tewatia over and SRH reach 126/4 in 14 overs.
SIX!! Mohammed Nabi hits Tewatia for a maximum.
Wicket! Kartik Tyagi gets rid of big man Kane Williamson for 20. David Miller takes an easy catch at deep mid-wicket as the batsman pulled him but failed to clear it. SRH - 105/4 in 12.5 overs.
100 up for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 12 overs, but they have lost 3 wickets in the process in the mammoth run chase.
SIX!! Kedar Jadhav hits Rahul Tewatia over long-on for a maximum.
7 runs and the wicket of Vijay Shankar for Morris from that over. SRH - 89/3 in 11 overs.
Wicket! Short-pitched off-cutter from Morris and Vijay Shankar (8) tried to slash him but got a leading edge. David Miller takes a simple catch at mid-on. SRH - 85/3 in 10.4 overs.
Dropped! Chetan Sakariya fails to take Kane Williamson's catch at mid-on.
At the halfway stage, Sunrisers have reached 82/2. They still require 139 runs in 60 deliveries. The asking rate is 14+ now for SRH.
At the 10 over mark in this chase, #SRH have just a 3% chance of victory according to WinViz. The required rate is already above 13rpo, with well over 100 runs still needed. It'll take something very special for Williamson's men to win from here. #IPL2021 #RRvSRH
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) May 2, 2021
Four! Vijay Shankar just nurdles the short-pitched delivery from Tewatia and gets a boundary towards fine-leg.
The fall of set openers has resulted in putting a brake in the flow of runs for SRH. They have reached 74/2 after 9 overs.
Wicket! Jonny Bairstow (30) is caught by debutant Anuj Rawat. Tewatia dismisses the danger man. SRH - 70/2 after 8 overs.
FOUR! Bairstow finds the gap behind the square on the leg side and gets a boundary
SRH reach 61/1 after 7 overs.
Wicket! Mustafizur Rahman has clean bowled Manish Pandey (31) on the first delivery of his second over. SRH - 57/1 in 6.1 overs.
Wicket! Mustafizur Rahman has clean bowled Manish Pandey (31) on the first delivery of his second over. SRH - 57/1 in 6.1 overs.
11 runs came from that Chris Morris over and Sunrisers have reached 57/0 after 6 overs. This has been a good start for SRH in the big run chase.
A flying start for #SRH. They have been much more aggressive than RR were in the Powerplay (Attack Rating 187 v 151), but have played with less risk (false shots 19% v 22%). #IPL2021 #RRvSRH
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) May 2, 2021
Four! Another boundary for Manish this time he hits it towards mid-wicket boundary.
Four!! Manish Pandey creates room and hits Morris over mid-on for a boundary.
SIX!! Manish Pandey pulls Kartik and gets a maximum over mid-wicket.
SIX!! Manish Pandey goes inside-out and hits Kartik over extra cover for a maximum.
Royals' two victories came over Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders, while their defeats came against Punjab Kings, MI, CSK and RCB. Sunrisers, on the other hand, won only against PBKS and, suffered defeats to CSK, MI, RCB, KKR and DC, In the head-to-head battle between the two, SRH take a slight edge with 7 wins as opposed to RR's 6 wins in their 13 meetings so far in IPL. In the most recent meeting, SRH defeated RR by 8 wickets in IPL 2020 in UAE.
Royals may rethink their batting order in the games to come with David Miller finding very little time in the middle. Rahul Tewatia and Riyan Parag are yet to shine in this edition but are expected to be given more time due to their all-round ability.
SRH have already hinted that they are going to make big changes from their next game and they might just rest Warner and bring in either Jason Holder or Mohammad Nabi into the side. The late change may also see Wriddhiman Saha return to the opening slot if Warner is rested.