Rajasthan 203 for 5 (Samson 55, Buttler 54, Jaiswal 54, Natrajan 2-23) Sunrisers Hyderabad 131 for 8 (Samad 32, Chahal 4-17, Boult 2-21) by 72 runs
Hyderabad: Fiery bowling spells from spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and pacer Trent Boult helped Rajasthan Royals (RR) start off their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 campaign with a 72-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
In the chase of 204 runs, Sunrisers was off to a disastrous start as pacer Trent Boult dismissed Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi for ducks in the first over itself, reducing SRH to 0/2 in 0.5 overs.
Following these two early hiccups, IPL debutant Harry Brook and Mayank Agarwal, making his SRH debut attempted to rebuild the innings. They took the team through the remainder of the powerplay without any loss of wicket.
At the end of six overs, SRH was 30/2 with Harry Brook (10*) and Mayank Agarwal (20*) unbeaten.
Chahal was the pick of the bowlers from RR, taking 4/17 in his four overs.
Boult also took 2/21 in his four overs. Holder and Ashwin also got a wicket each.
Hyderabad: Fiery bowling spells from spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and pacer Trent Boult helped Rajasthan Royals (RR) start off their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 campaign with a 72-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
In the chase of 204 runs, Sunrisers was off to a disastrous start as pacer Trent Boult dismissed Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi for ducks in the first over itself, reducing SRH to 0/2 in 0.5 overs.
Following these two early hiccups, IPL debutant Harry Brook and Mayank Agarwal, making his SRH debut attempted to rebuild the innings. They took the team through the remainder of the powerplay without any loss of wicket.
At the end of six overs, SRH was 30/2 with Harry Brook (10*) and Mayank Agarwal (20*) unbeaten.
Chahal was the pick of the bowlers from RR, taking 4/17 in his four overs.
Boult also took 2/21 in his four overs. Holder and Ashwin also got a wicket each.