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