New Delhi. Sunrisers Hyderabad registered a thrilling win in IPL 2024 on Thursday. Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by one run in a breath-taking match. Rajasthan Royals, who topped the points table, needed 20 runs from the last 2 overs to win with 5 wickets to spare. His victory seemed certain. But SRH captain Pat Cummins and Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled brilliantly to snatch the win from Rajasthan Royals. With this win by Hyderabad, the road to the playoffs has become more difficult for Chennai Super Kings. This is the second defeat of Rajasthan Royals.
The 50th match of IPL 2024 was played between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. In this match played in Hyderabad, the captain of the host team SRH Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first. SRH got off to a poor start and their opener Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for just 12 runs. Anmolpreet Singh, who batted at number three, also departed after scoring 5 runs.
Travis Head-Nitish takes over, then class…
Sunrisers Hyderabad, who lost two wickets for 35 runs, were led by openers Travis Head (58) and Nitish Reddy (76). Both shared a partnership of 96 runs for the third wicket. Travis Head was dismissed for 58 off 44 balls. After his dismissal, Heinrich Klaasen took charge alongside Nitish. Nitish and Klaasen put on a 32-ball 70-run partnership to guide the team to 201 for 3. Nitish Reddy remained unbeaten with 76 runs off 42 balls. Klassen played an innings of 42 runs off 19 balls. Avesh Khan took 2 wickets and Sandeep Sharma took one wicket for Rajasthan Royals.
Bhubaneswar’s dream fulfilled
Chasing a target of 202 runs, Rajasthan Royals got off to a poor start. His opener and impact player Jos Buttler got out without opening his account. After this, Sanju Samson also departed in the same over. Like Butler, Bhuvneshwar did not allow Sanju Samson to open an account. He also forced Buttler for a golden duck (getting out for 0 off the first ball).
Yashasvi-Parag shared a century partnership
Rajasthan Royals, who lost 2 wickets for one run, were taken over by their two young batsmen. Openers Yashshwi Jaiswal and Ryan Parag shared 134 runs in 76 balls for the third wicket. Yashaswi Jaiswal completed his fifty in 30 balls and Ryan Parag in 31 balls. The pair broke up due to Yashaswini’s dismissal. He scored 67 runs in 40 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes.
20 needed off 12 balls…
Rajasthan Royals scored 182 runs for 5 wickets after 18 overs. Thus, he needed 20 runs to win from the last 2 overs. His victory seemed certain. But Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins and Bhuvneshwar Kumar snatched a seemingly certain victory from Rajasthan Royals.
Bhuvi took the wicket on the last ball
Pat Cummins bowls the 19th over and spends 7 runs in it. Cummins also dismissed Dhruv Jurrell in the same over. After this Bhuvneshwar Kumar came with the 20th over. Bhuvi conceded just 9 runs in this over and gave his team the win by dismissing Rowman Powell on the last ball. Rajasthan Royals needed 2 runs off the last ball, but Rowman Powell was left lbw on this ball.
Tags: IPL 2024, IPL Playoffs, Rajasthan Royals, Ryan Parag, Sunrisers Hyderabad
First published: May 2, 2024, 23:30 IST