SRH vs RR – IPL 2022 Report: Royals become the first team to defend total

SRH vs RR – Match 5 – IPL 2022 Report: Rajasthan Royals became the first team to successfully defend a total in this year’s IPL edition. After being put to bat, RR had their luck riding – thanks to the no-balls bowled by Sunrisers Hyderabad. Captain Sanju Samson smacked a 25-ball half century and a 13-ball cameo by Shimron Hetmyer powered Royals to 210/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing 211 to win, SRH were reduced to 37/5 in 10.2 overs. It took Aiden Markram’s class and Washington Sundars’s end over heroics that helped SRH to score 112 runs in the last 9.4 overs. RR clinched the match by 61 runs!

Toss: Kane Williamson (SRH) won the toss and elect to bowl

Playing XIs:

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson (c), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik

Rajasthan Royals:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna

Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

SRH vs RR – IPL 2022 –Match 5: Match Summary

RR 210-6 in 20 overs

Jos Buttler 35 (28) – 3 fours & 3 sixes

Yashasvi Jaiswal 20 (16) –  2 fours & 1 six

Sanju Samson 55 (27) – 3 fours & 5 sixes

Devdutt Padikkal 41 (29) – 4 fours & 2 sixes

Shimron Hetmyer 32 (13) – 2 fours & 3 sixes

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-29-1

Umran Malik 3-0-39-2

T Natarajan 4-0-43-2

SRH 149-7 in 20 overs

Aiden Markram 57*(41) – 5 fours & 2 sixes

Romario Shepherd 24 (18) – 2 sixes

Washington Sundar 40 (14) – 5 fours & 2 sixes

Trent Boult 4-1-23-2

Prasidh Krishna 4-1-16-2

Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-22-3

Result: Rajasthan Royals won by 61 runs

Player of the Match: Sanju Samson