RR vs SRH : Sunrisers Hyderabad has defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets in the 36th match of the Indian Premier League 2026. In this match played at Sawai Mansingh Cricket Stadium, Jaipur, Pat Cummins won the toss and invited Ryan Parag to bat first. Batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored 228 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs, thanks to a stormy century by Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Sunrisers Hyderabad won by scoring 229 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 18.3 overs, thanks to the blazing half-centuries of Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan.
Abhishek-Ishaan created havoc in Jaipur
To chase the target of 229 runs to win from Rajasthan Royals, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma came to open the innings for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Joffra Archer sent Head to the pavilion on a personal score of 6 runs. After this Ishaan Kishan came to the crease and along with Ishaan took the innings to 140.
Effortless Striking🔥
7⃣4⃣(31) of pure entertainment from the bat of Ishan Kishan 👏👏
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Abhishek Sharma played an inning of 57 runs on 29 balls with 11 fours and 1 six with a stormy strike rate of 196.55. Whereas Ishan Kishan played an inning of 74 runs in 37 balls with 11 fours and 3 sixes. Thanks to the half-century innings of these two players, Hyderabad easily defeated Rajasthan.
Riding the wave of pure form! 🌊
A smashing 2️⃣4️⃣ ball FIFTY for Abhishek Sharma 👏
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Klaasen and Reddy led the team to victory
After these two, Heinrich Klaasen played an inning of 29 runs in 24 balls with 3 fours and 1 six, while Nitish Kumar Reddy contributed 36 runs in 18 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes. Salil Arora 8 and Aniket Verma 1 led the team to victory. For Rajasthan Royals, Joffra Archer and Brijesh Sharma took 2 wickets while Ferreira got 1 wicket.
1⃣0⃣3⃣(37) of absolute FORCE 🫶
We are short of words, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 🫡
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s century went in vain
Earlier, Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored a century for Rajasthan Royals. He played an explosive inning of 103 runs in 37 balls with 5 fours and 12 sixes at an explosive strike rate of 278.37. For the team, Dhruv Jurel scored 51 runs in 35 balls with 8 fours and 1 six. Donovan Ferreira scored 33 runs in 16 balls with 3 fours and 3 sixes. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ishan Malinga took 2 wickets, Pat Cummins, Prapul Hinge, Saqib Hussain and Nitish Kumar Reddy took 1 wicket each.
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