Synopsis: Nitish Kumar Reddy’s heroics within the first innings and Bhuvenshwar Kumar’s good spell overshadow Riyan Parag-Yashasvi Jaiswal partnership
The brand new ball swung within the second innings and who higher to have it than Bhuvneshwar Kumar? It was first Jos Buttler, who tried to chop an away-swinger and nicked it straight to Marco Jansen at slip. After which he turned again the clock to ship a classic in-swinger to make a multitude of Sanju Samson’s stumps.
And the veteran returned on the climax to rescue his group by bowling an excellent remaining over to defend 13 runs, choosing Rovman Powell’s wicket when two have been wanted off one ball.
Defending 201, Bhuvnshwar set the tone however Marco Jansen, who got here instead of Aiden Markram and is a specialist new-ball bowler, seemed rusty in his opening burst. He let Rajasthan off the hook and let their innings get underway after the early setbacks.
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The hosts didn’t assist themselves by dropping a few straightforward catches contained in the Powerplay. First, it was Yashasvi Jaiswal whom Pat Cummins dropped at mid-on of Jansen’s bowling and within the sixth over, Riyan Parag punched one to Abhishek Sharma who spilled an opportunity at cowl off the bowling of T Natarajan. The drops and a few abnormal bowling let Royals get on a roll and the younger duo would placed on 134 runs for the third wicket.
Jaiswal, Parag get up
Jaiswal, who began the match slowly, got here into kind with a blistering ton in opposition to Mumbai Indians and is peaking on the proper time. When the SRH bowlers tried to bounce him, the left-hander performed some crisp lower pictures and genuine pulls.
Whereas Jaiswal was ready for back-of-length deliveries, Parag acquired his boundaries with sensible batting. Each time Cummins tried to provide you with a plan to squeeze the duo, Parag accessed completely different areas of the sector displaying the vary of pictures he possesses.
SRH’s ploy within the second half of the bowling innings – slower bumpers – got here unstuck on the night time. Regardless of the tempo the bouncer got here at, Parag along with his excessive backlift deposited the ball into the second tier of the stands. This compelled SRH to resort to yorkers to tighten issues up. Whereas it bore fruit when Natarajan cleaned up Jaiswal, everytime it missed its mark, Parag ensured the ball went for a boundary.
Riyan Parag of Rajasthan Royals and Yashaswi Jaiswal of Rajasthan Royals throughout match 50 of the Indian Premier League season 17 (IPL 2024) between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals held on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium, Hyderabad on the 2nd Could 2024. (Picture by Faheem Hussain/ Sportzpics for IPL)
However as soon as Parag was picked up by Cummins, the Royals batting acquired themselves right into a pickle by shedding wickets and letting the run price climb. Cummins, who was practising yorkers within the warm-ups earlier than the sport, nailed them to perfection when it mattered probably the most, within the nineteenth over making a gift of simply seven runs.
Nitish lights up stadium
Sunrisers have now gone previous the 200-mark 5 instances within the match. The spine of Thursday’s batting effort was promising all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy. The innings was progressing at snail’s tempo with even Travis Head scoring at simply round run-a-ball. When the left-hander flicked the swap in opposition to Yuzvendra Chahal to seek out an 18-run over, issues started shifting.
Thereafter, Reddy took the onus on himself to show his six-hitting prowess. There have been no half-measures from the 20-year-old if the ball was within the arc. Off all of the eight sixes he slammed, the one off Sandeep Sharma’s huge yorker into the second tier over deep further cowl was the shot of the sport.
As soon as Head fell, it was Heinrich Klaasen who joined the occasion. He added three extra sixes to his tally taking it to 31, surpassing the earlier report held by David Warner.
Transient scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 201/3 in 20 overs (Nitish Kumar Reddy 76 not out, Travis Head 58, Heinrich Klaasen 42 not out; Avesh Khan 2/39) beat Rajasthan Royals 200/7 in 20 overs (Riyan Parag 77, Yashasvi Jaiswal 67; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/41, Cummins 2/34, T Natarajan 2/35) by 1 run