Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad has defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. This is Hyderabad’s fourth consecutive win in IPL 2026, while this is Rajasthan Royals’ sixth consecutive defeat at the hands of SRH. In this match played in Jaipur, thanks to the century inning of 103 runs by Vaibhav Suryavanshi, RR team had scored 228 runs while batting first. In reply, Hyderabad made its second highest run chase in IPL by scoring 229 runs.
Victory not achieved even after 1119 days
Rajasthan Royals have not been able to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL for the last 1,119 days. Rajasthan Royals’ last win over SRH came on April 2, 2023. More than three years have passed since that match, but Rajasthan’s losing streak shows no signs of ending. During this period, Hyderabad team has defeated Rajasthan 6 times in a row.
Vaibhav’s century went in vain
When Rajasthan Royals team came to bat first, Vaibhav Suryavanshi completed his century in just 36 balls. This was the third fastest century in the history of IPL. He already holds the record for scoring the fastest century (35 balls) by an Indian in IPL. On the basis of this century, Rajasthan team was able to reach the score of 228.
When Sunrisers Hyderabad team came to chase the target of 229 runs, Travis Head was out in the very first over. But Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan changed the course of the match by making a partnership of 132 runs in just 55 balls. On the basis of this partnership, Hyderabad won.
Kishan scored 74 runs in 31 balls, while Abhishek scored 57 runs in 29 balls. The rest of the work was done by the 53-run partnership of Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy. Nitish scored 36 runs in 18 balls, while Klaasen contributed 29 runs. After this victory, Hyderabad has captured the third position in the points table.
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