IPL 2022: SRH skipper Williamson fined for slow over rate

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Bengaluru, March 30: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Kane Williamson has been fined Rs 12 lakhs after his franchise maintained a slow over rate during Match 5 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season against Rajasthan Royals at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium, in Pune, on Tuesday (March 29) night.

"As it was the team's first offence of the season under the IPL's Code of Conduct relating to minimum over rate offences, SRH captain Kane Williamson was fined Rs 12 lakhs," an IPL statement said.

Sanju Samson led the team from the front while Prasidh Krishna and Yuzvendra Chahal shined on their debut for RR and helped their side register an emphatic 61-run win over listless SRH in the opening game at the MCA Stadium.

Put into bat, Rajasthan Royals scored 210 for six in their stipulated 20 overs.

Skipper Sanju Samson top-scored with a 55 off 27 balls and Devdutt Padikkal made 41 in 29 deliveries after opener Jos Buttler laid the foundation with a 28-ball 35 at the MCA Stadium.

Towards the end, Shimron Hetmyer blasted 32 off 13 balls. In reply, SRH were stopped at 149 for seven.

The Royals got the better of SRH in every department after Samson led from the front with a scintillating knock to power his team to a imposing total, which SRH never looked like chasing.

In the end, Williamson's (2) team struggled, with the captain himself enduring a bad day in office.

SRH wouldn't have got even that many had it not been for Aiden Markram's unbeaten 57 and Washington Sundar's 14-ball 40, the latter somewhat making up with the willow after his forgettable outing with the ball.

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SRH's top-order batting was in stark contrast to Samson and Padikkal, who added 73 runs for the third wicket off 41 balls, before Hetmyer used his brute power to clobber 32 in only 13 deliveries and take RR past 200.

Samson's six-hitting prowess was on display as he struck five maximums and three boundaries, sparing no bowler during his entertaining stay in the middle.

Later Hetymar smashed three sixes to pile on SRH's misery.

A clinical show by the bowlers, led by leg-spinner Yuzvedra Chahal (3/22 in 4 overs), then completed the task for RR.

Chasing an improbable 211, Sunrisers lost key batter Williamson after a diving catch by Padikkal before Rahul Tripathi (0) became Prasidh Krishna's second victim of the day.

It became nine for three as Trent Boult trapped Nicolas Pooran (0) in front of the wicket.

To make matters worse, Chahal removed two more batters in Abhishek Sharma and Abdul Samad in quick succession, as Sunrisers lost half their side for 37 runs and stared at a heavy defeat.

But Markram, Romario Shepherd (24) and Sundar, who got 24 runs in the 17th over, delayed the inevitable and reduced the margin of defeat.

The Royals next take on Mumbai Indians at the DY Patil Sports Academy Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday (April 2) while SRH locks horns with Lucknow Super Giants at the same venue two days later.