Rajasthan Royals has started IPL 2022 with a bang. The team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 61 runs in their first match (SRH vs RR). This is Rajasthan’s biggest win in terms of runs against Hyderabad. Earlier, he defeated him by 55 runs in 2021. Playing first in the match, Rajasthan Royals scored a huge score of 210 runs for 6 wickets. This is the highest score by any team in the current IPL season. Captain Sanju Samson played an aggressive inning of 55 runs. In reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s team could score only 149 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, chasing the target, had a very poor start. Captain Kane Williamson scored 2 runs and was dismissed by fast bowler famous Krishna. After this, both Rahul Tripathi and Nicholas Pooran, who landed, could not open the account. Rahul was dismissed by Krishna while Pooran was dismissed by left-arm fast bowler Trent Boult. Another opener batsman Abhishek Sharma became the victim of leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal by scoring 9 runs.
Half the team returned for 37 runs
After the fall of 4 wickets for 29 runs, the Hyderabad team was completely under pressure. Young batsman Abdul Samad became the second victim of Chahal by scoring 4 runs. The team lost 5 wickets for 37 runs. After this, Aiden Markram and Romario Shepherd saved the team from collapsing early. Shepherd was dismissed by Chahal after scoring 24 runs off 18 balls. He hit 2 sixes.
Markram scored an unbeaten 57 and Washington Sundar scored 40 runs to save the team from a quick fall. Sundar hit 5 fours and 2 sixes in 14 balls. Chahal took 3 while Trent Boult and famous Krishna took 2 wickets each.
No ball got Rajasthan off to a good start
Earlier, after losing the toss, the batsmen of the Rajasthan Royals team, who came to bat first, also appeared in trouble in the beginning. Jos Buttler was out for zero in the first over. But this ball of Bhuvneshwar Kumar was given a no-ball by the umpire. After this, Butler got the team off to a good start by scoring 35 runs off 28 balls. He hit 3 fours and 3 sixes. Second opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 20 runs. Both added 58 runs for the first wicket.
Samson and Padikkal played aggressive innings
After the fall of 2 wickets for 75 runs, captain Sanju Samson and Devdutt Padikkal batted aggressively. Sanju scored 55 runs in 27 balls. Hit 3 fours and 5 sixes. At the same time, Padikkal played an innings of 41 runs off 29 balls. Hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. In the end, Shimron Hetmyer scored 32 runs in 13 balls to take the team’s score beyond 200 runs. Rajasthan batsmen hit 14 sixes. Earlier in the current season, Punjab Kings had scored the highest score of 208 runs. Umran Malik and T Natarajan took 2-2 wickets for Hyderabad. For the first time a team has won by batting first.
