New Delhi: In the 26th match of IPL 2020, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss against Rajasthan Royals and decided to bat first. Hyderabad scored 158 for 4 in 20 overs in the first play and gave Rajasthan a target of 159 runs to win. Rajasthan had a poor start, but in the subsequent overs Rahul Tewatia and Ryan Parag changed the entire match. And won Rajasthan by 5 wickets. With this win, Rajasthan came in 6th place in the points table.
Hyderabad started well. David Warner and Jonny Bairstow, who came to the opening, made a decent start. But Bairstow was dismissed after scoring 16 runs. Warner, in his stormy style, scored 48 runs off 38 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes, he was bowled over by hitting Archer and missed his half-century. Manish Pandey played a half-century for Hyderabad. He scored 54 runs off 44 balls with the help of 2 checks and 3 sixes. Kane Williamson contributed 22 runs. All the bowlers including Joffra Archer from Rajasthan have done very economical bowling.
The goal was short for Rajasthan in the second innings, but their start was very bad. Ben Strokes, who came to the opening, kept going in a short time. Jas Butler tried to take over the team but he was also dismissed for 16 runs. Captain Smith’s poor form continued and he went on to score 5 runs. Sanju Samsung faced the Hyderabad bowlers for a while and scored 26 runs with 3 balls on 25 balls. Rahul Tewatia and Ryan Parag, who came after him, turned the match approach. Tewatia scored 45 runs off 28 balls with the help of 4 checks and 2 sixes. Parag supported Tewatiya, scoring 42 runs off 26 balls with the help of 2 checks and 2 sixes. Both batsmen did not get out till the end and gave their team a stunning victory by 5 wickets.
The bowling of Hyderabad was very good in the beginning. All the bowlers did economical bowling and did not allow Rajasthan to score easily. At one time, Rajasthan’s 5 main batsmen had returned to the pavilion and it seemed that Hyderabad would win this match easily. But Tewatia and Parag turned the match around.
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