Delhi: After the arrival of Pat Cummins, Sunrisers Hyderabad has also got its regular captain back. Under the leadership of Cummins, the team succeeded in defeating Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets in the 36th match of IPL 2026. Ishan Kishan’s stormy innings had an important contribution in this. With the help of his innings, Sunrisers Hyderabad easily achieved the target of 229 runs given by Rajasthan Royals. Ishaan’s inning of 76 runs overshadowed Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s century.
Rajasthan Royals batted first and scored a big score of 228/6. This was RR’s second highest total in IPL. During this, Suryavanshi played a memorable inning of 103 runs in 38 balls, this was his second century innings in IPL. In this innings, Suryavanshi hit 5 fours and 12 sixes. Apart from him, Dhruv Jurel played an important inning of 51 runs. For SRH, Ishan Malinga was successful in taking maximum two wickets.
SRH had no trouble at all in chasing the target of 229 runs. The main reason for this was the stormy innings of Abhishek Sharma and Ishaan. Abhishek played a brilliant inning of 57 runs in just 29 balls. During this, 11 fours and 1 six came from Abhishek’s bat. At the same time, after facing 31 balls, Ishaan played a brilliant inning of 74 runs with the help of 11 fours and 3 sixes and played the most important role in helping the team win. Joffra Archer (2) proved to be the most successful bowler for RR.
With the help of this victory, Hyderabad team now has 10 points and they have occupied the third position in the points table. RR team is at fourth position.
Brief Scorecard – RR vs SRH, IPL 2026
Gujarat Titans
228/6 (20 overs)
Vaibhav Suryavanshi – 103 runs
Dhruv Jurel – 51 runs
Ishaan Malinga – 2 wickets
Sunrisers Hyderabad
229/5 (18.3 overs)
Ishaan Kishan – 74 runs
Abhishek Sharma – 57 runs
jofra archer – 2 wickets
Result
Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets.
Player of the Match – RR vs SRH
Ishaan Kishan
Scored 74 runs on 31 balls.
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Which was the biggest record in RR vs SRH match?
Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the first Indian to hit 12 sixes in an innings in IPL.
FAQs – Who won the match yesterday? RR vs SRH, IPL 2026
Question 1: Who won the RR vs SRH match?
Answer: Sunrisers Hyderabad won the match by 5 wickets.
Question 2: Who was the player of the match?
Answer: Ishan Kishan Was chosen player of the match.
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Question 3: What was the final score of the match?
Answer: Rajasthan Royals: 228/6
Sunrisers Hyderabad:229/5
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