Hyderabad,mar 23
Fine half-centuries from Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel went in vain as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) register a magnificent 44-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in the second encounter of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Sunday. Chasing a mammoth total of 287 runs, the Rajasthan openers Sanju Samson and Yashavi Jaiswal started attacking from the first over but lost three wickets inside the powerplay with just 50 runs on board.Following three quick wickets in 4.1 overs, the visitor’s wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel came out to bat along with right-hand batter Sanju Samson in the middle.Both players built a marvellous partnership of 111 runs from just 60 balls before Samdson was sent back to the pavilion after scoring 66 runs off just 37 balls which was laced with seven fours and four sixes in his innings when the team score was 161. The wicket fell on the last ball of the 14th over.In the 15th over, Jurel was sent back to the dressing room after scoring 70 runs from just 35 balls which came with the help of five boundaries and six maximums in his innings. In the end, Shubham Dubey (34 runs off 11 balls) and Shimron Hetmyer (42 runs from 23 balls) played quickfire knocks but it was not enough to cross as their side went on to lose the game by 44 runs.For Sunrisers, two wickets each were snapped by Harshal Patel (2/34 in 4 overs) and Simarjeet Singh (2/46 in 3 overs) whereas one wicket each was bagged by Mohammed Shami (1/33 in 3 overs) and Adam Zampa (1/48 in 4 overs) in their respective spells. The 45-run partnership between Head and Abhishek was over as in an attempt to slash a half-tracker by Theekshana, Abhishek was caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal for 24 in 11 balls, with five fours.Ishan Kishan was next up and he started his journey in orange with two successive fours, bringing up the team’s 50 in 3.4 overs. At the end of 10 overs, SRH was 135/2, with Ishan (33*) joined by Nitish Kumar Reddy (5*) unbeaten. SRH continued to put pressure on Archer, with Kishan smoking him for three sixes in the 13th over, bringing up his half-century during his debut game for SRH in just 25 balls, with six fours and two sixes. The fastest fifty of IPL 2025 went to the bowling side, as Archer conceded 50 runs in just 16 balls.
