Tag: #SRHvRR

Hello and a warm welcome to yet another blog on the daily match reviews of this year’s IPL. Here I will talk about the game played between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Rajasthan Royals at Chepauk. So let’s get started!
Sanju Samson won another toss and opted to field first. Once again SRH were off to a rusty start and the batting initially fared out quite similar to how they played with KKR but Klassen played beautifully towards the back end but still, they ended up being short, hitting about 170. Yet again the RR openers were off to a flying start and were set for an easy win but Cummins masterfully used Shahbaz and Abhishek Sharma against an aggressive Samson and Jaiswal, both perishing playing the big shots and this triggered a massive collapse, which RR couldn’t recover. Jurel fought till the end with an incredible fifty but it was too much as SRH won a superb game comfortably.

After being trashed by KKR, Cummins and his boys were brilliant with the ball as with the bat yet again they were below par as they lost about 3 wickets in the powerplay. SRH would be proud of themselves as their bowlers finally won a game for them. Sanju was once again brilliant as captain, setting his fields perfectly but with bat, he faltered for the second time in the playoffs as he needlessly took the risk this innings. But you can’t compare Cummins as captain to anybody else in the present world as he has won multiple tournaments for his country. He sensed that by reducing the pace on the ball, brought Shahbaz and Abhishek, who so far was used as a pure batter, which maybe surprised RR and maybe they thought that he was a part-time spinner and could go after him. But this was maybe SRH’s secret cannonball to crush the opposition and in a matter of few overs RR from being on top threw the game. So this was the overall difference as both teams had some really good bowling performances but were under-par with bat. So the next blog will be on the grand finale between SRH and KKR.

Hello and a warm welcome to yet another blog on the daily match reviews on this year’s IPL. Today I will cover the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Rajasthan Royals at Uppal, which unexpectedly proved to be a thriller. So without any further delay, let’s get started!

Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat first mainly because that is their strength. But again SRH were off to a slow start but lost only 2 wickets, much better than their previous 2 games, so Head and Nitish Reddy put up a solid partnership and the firework services were provided by Klaasen as the Sunrisers posted a formidable total of 201. RR lost Buttler and Samson in the first over but Parag and Jaiswal made it seem that nothing happened and were in cruise control. Both the set batters were dismissed but the platform was set for the other batters to finish it, but RR’s middle-order shockingly collapsed at the death and Powell played some wonderful shots and it looked like RR would be home but Bhuvneshwar held his nerve in the last over, giving the Sunrisers a memorable win by a run.

On another thrilling game at Uppal, the Sunrisers should feel they need to return to their usual ways, firing in the powerplay, which they haven’t in their last three games. But the difference in today’s game was that Head wasn’t dismissed in the powerplay and stitched up a brilliant partnership with Nitish Reddy and Klaasen returned to his usual days, smoking the ball in all directions. But the main positive for SRH was Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who bowled at his vintage best in the opening over and defended just 13 runs in the final over with the dangerous Powell still on the crease. I have absolutely nothing to say about RR because they have virtually qualified and their middle order had an off day because of the brilliance of Cummins, Nattu and Bhuvi at the death, defending just 45 runs in the last 5 overs, giving SRH a very important win by a run. So overall, 2 massive partnerships by either team defined the batting, but SRH’s death bowling proved to be a huge difference as the Sunrisers jump back into the top 4 with ease…

So that’s it for today, I will next cover the game between the Mumbai Indians and the Kolkata Knight Riders, where MI will be fighting for not getting eliminated. So I will catch you on that and see you soon!