Rajasthan set a below-par target for Shakib's Hyderabad
The Indian Premier League is set to witness the two former champions—Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals locking horns on Monday at Hyderabad. Both would be looking to kick-start their journeys with a win.
The men led by Kane Williamson will do everything to clinch a victory over the visitors and Ajinkya Rahane and his band will also leave no stones unturned to gain a positive outcome.
Winning the toss, Hyderabad opted to field first. Rajasthan lost an early wicket as D’Arcy Short fell victim to a run out in the very first over.
Hyderabad then kept losing wickets in bunches, once when the total went past fifty and the final collapse took place when Shakib Al Hasan struck twice in the same over to remove Sanju Samson and Rahul Tripathy.
Rajasthan Royals failed to recover their innings and ended up scoring 125 runs for 9 wickets. Samson’s knock of 49 runs was the highest individual innings from the Rajasthan side while the other batsmen failed to make their mark.
Siddharth Kaul also bagged two wickets for Hyderabad. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, and Rashid Khan scalped a wicket each.
Scores:
RR - 125/9 (20.0 Overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, Siddarth Kaul
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), D Arcy Short, Sanju Samson(w), Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Jos Buttler, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Laughlin
