RR beat SRH by 55 runs: SRH also lost under Williamson's captaincy, RR's Butler's match winning innings; Morris and Mustafizur 3 wickets fast
The IPL 2021 is going to have a double header battle today, Sunday. Its first match is being played between Hyderabad and Rajasthan. Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl first against Rajasthan. RR has scored 220 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Hyderabad have achieved the target of 221 runs to win. In reply, SRH scored 165 for the loss of 8 wickets. Rajasthan beat Hyderabad by 55 runs. Rajasthan have beaten Hyderabad 3 times in the last 4 matches.
Team Playing-11 RR: Sanju Samson (Capt.), Jose Butler, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Ryan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Karthik Tyagi, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakaria
Team Playing-11 SRH: Manish Pandey, Johnny Bairstow, Ken Williamson (capt), Virat Singh, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Kedar Jadhav, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Khalil Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Team 4 foreign player SRH: Ken Williamson (capt), Alava Nabi, Rashid Khan, Johnny Bairstow
Team 4 foreign player RR: Jose Butler, David Miller, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman
3 changes in SRH team
Hyderabad captain Kane Williams has made 3 changes in playing-11. He replaces Warner with Mohammad Nabi and Jagdish Suchit and replaces Siddharth Kal with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Abdul Samad.
2 changes in RR' team
Rajasthan captain Sanju Sams has made 2 changes in playing-11. He has replaced Jaydev Unadkat and Shivam Dubey with Karthik Tyagi and Anuj Rawat. This is Rawat's debut match, while Tyagi is playing his first match of the season.
Also out of playing-11 after Warner captaincy
Tom Moody, director of the SRH Cricket Association, said David Warner would not be taking part in the match. This decision has been taken keeping in view the situation and the combination of the match. SRH also dropped Warner from playing-11 in today's match after removing him from the captaincy. Hyderabad lost 5 out of 6 matches and the team management decided to change the captain. If Hyderabad wins this match, it will move to 5th or 6th position.
Butler's aggressive century, a 150-run partnership with Sanju
- Hyderabad bowler Rashid Khan collected the pavilion for Yashaswi Jaiswal. Successful LBW was 12 off 13 balls.
- Then Rajasthan's second wicket fell for 167 runs. Sanju Samson pavilion scored 48 off 33 balls. Vijay Samad's bowling was caught by Abdul Samad. Butler and Sanju Samson shared a 150-run stand for the second wicket.
- Jose Butler played an aggressive innings. He scored 124 off 64 balls. Butler scored his first century in the IPL. Sandeep Sharma then collected the pavilion to Jose Butler for 209 runs.
- Ryan Pollen was unbeaten on 15 off 8 balls and David Miller was unbeaten on 7 off 3 balls.
- Rajasthan scored 220 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 3 wickets, which is its highest score against Hyderabad.
- So far this season 3 players have scored centuries. Sanju Samson and Devdutt Paddikal scored centuries before Jose Butler in IPL 2021.
