Half centuries of Butler, Jaiswal and Samson, Rajasthan Royals won by 72 runs

Last year’s runners-up Rajasthan Royals won the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Sunday with Jos Buttler (54 runs) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (54 runs) blazing in the powerplay and captain Sanju Samson (55 runs) following a half-century. IPL) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 72 runs in a one-sided match. Rajasthan Royals posted a mammoth score of 203 for five thanks to half-centuries from the top three batsmen.

Then its bowlers, who came under the pressure of this target, allowed Sunrisers Hyderabad to score only 131 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. Trent Boult (one maiden, two wickets for 21 runs) bowled according to his reputation and gave a blow to the hopes of the hosts by giving a double blow in the first over. Then Yuzvendra Chahal (for 17 runs) took four wickets in each over. All eyes were on IPL debutant Harry Brook (13 runs) but he could only play 21 balls. ‘Impact player’ Abdul Samad was the top scorer for Sunrisers Hyderabad, scoring 32 not out.

In the end, Umran Malik scored an unbeaten 19 off eight balls. Earlier, Butler (22 balls, seven fours, three sixes) and Jaiswal tore apart the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling attack led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar (captain in this match in the absence of regular captain Aiden Markram). Captain Samson then hit three fours and four sixes during his 32-ball innings. Last season’s runners-up Rajasthan Royals got off to a great start after being invited to bat.

Butler and Jaiswal (37 balls, nine fours) hit a flurry of fours and sixes in the powerplay as the team scored 85 for one in the first six overs. With this, Rajasthan Royals scored their best score in the powerplay in IPL which was earlier 81 runs. It is also the overall sixth highest score by any team in the Powerplay. England’s limited-overs captain Butler hit Bhuvneshwar for a six over deep midwicket in the third over and Jaiswal hit two fours to make 17 runs in the over.

Then Butler, opening his hand, hit two sky-high sixes over midwicket and cow corner in the very first over of Washington Sundar, then Jaiswal sent a ball over backsquare leg for a four, which made the team account for 19 runs in the fourth over. increased. In the fifth over, 17 runs were scored from four fours. Butler completed his half-century in just 20 balls by hitting a four off Fazalhaq Farooqui in the sixth over. But after this bowler’s next ball crossed the boundary, his stumps were uprooted. Sunrisers Hyderabad heaved a sigh of relief from this.

But it did not show any effect on the run rate of Rajasthan Royals. Captain Samson landed at the crease to support Jaiswal. Both of them shared a 54-run partnership for the second wicket. Jaiswal continued his fine form in the domestic circuit to reach his half-century in 34 balls. With this, the team crossed the 100-run mark in the eighth over. However, after scoring 50 runs, Jaiswal could not last long and he was made his second victim by Fazalhaq Farooqui in the 13th over. Captain Samson was scoring fast from the start while the team was losing wickets at frequent intervals but he managed to score a half-century in 28 balls with two fours and four sixes.

While the top three batsmen of Rajasthan Royals showed amazing form, young Devdutt Padikkal (02) was dismissed in the 15th over on the first ball of Umran Malik at a speed of 149.2 kmph. Riyan Parag also reached the pavilion soon. In the end, Shimron Hetmyer (22 not out, 16 balls, one four and one six) took the score to 200 runs. For the hosts, Fazalhaq Farooqui and T Natarajan took two wickets each while Umran Malik got one wicket.

Chasing this target, Sunrisers Hyderabad got off to a poor start, losing two wickets in the very first over without adding a single run. In the first over, Boult bowled Abhishek Sharma on a sensational yorker and then Rahul Tripathi’s wicket blow, both the batsmen could not even open the account, due to which the over was maiden. Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 30 runs for two wickets in Powerplay. Brook could only play 21 balls when Chahal dealt a blow to the hosts by uprooting his stumps in his very first over.

Jason Holder (1/16) took the wicket of Washington Sundar as soon as he came in, as the team lost their fourth wicket in the ninth over for 39 runs. In the next over, half the team had reached the pavilion for 48 runs as soon as Glenn Phillips (08) was dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin (1/27). Mayank Agarwal, who was expected to stay with the team for a long time, tried to get into rhythm by hitting three fours in his 23-ball innings but was dismissed by Butler with a simple catch off Chahal.

Chahal got his third wicket in the form of Adil Rashid (18 runs) who was stumped by Samson. Chahal got his fourth wicket in the form of Bhuvneshwar, who was dismissed after Umran Malik scored 19 not out in eight balls with one four and two sixes in the last two overs and Abdul Samad scored 32 runs in 32 balls with two fours and a six. Make it Sunrisers Hyderabad added 23 runs in the last over.