Hyderabad Celebrates Victory Against Rajasthan; Samson Innings Goes in Vain

“Late is better than never,” Sunrisers Hyderabad has finally broke their losing streak against Rajasthan Royals Today; See how match wind up:

In the battle of survival both the teams revealed some expected but shocking changes to the playing XI, this includes dropping of David Warner ahead of Jason Roy and Kedar Jadhav ahead of Virat Singh from Sunrisers Hyderabad court. While Kartik Tyagi had to sit back in pavilion due to fitness concerns Royals put Jaydev Unadkat in his place.

Earlier Sanju Samson won the toss and opted bat first, though he enjoyed his inning a lot, but as usual Royal’s batting line up seen completely depended on him only. Samson scored 82 runs off 57 balls while he got some contributions from Jaiswal & Lomror, other batters didn’t impress much.

Hyderabad bowling attack remained subtle where Bhuvneshwar and Rashid khan controlled the run rate and others benefitted the pressure situations. In the second innings, struggling batting unit had different plans today as IPL debutant Jason Roy scored 60 runs off 42 balls while Skipper Williamson too grind some runs in his account scoring 51 off 41.

Abhishek Sharma in the end gave finishing touch to get winning runs and Hyderabad celebrated their second win in the tournament but their position remains same at bottom with 4 points. Though Rajasthan would regret for this defeat as it was their golden chance to be featured in top fours.

Brief Score:

Rajasthan Royals: 164/5 (Samson 82, S Kaul 2-36)

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 167/3 (Roy 60, Williamson 51)