The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) secured a comfortable five-wicket victory over the Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday,
April 25. The win takes Pat Cummins’ side level on points with RR and defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru. However, they are third on the table due to their net run-rate.
Batting first on home soil, the RR went on and registered 228 runs on the board from 20 overs. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was the star of the show with his magnificent hundred off just 36 balls. The 15-year-old scored his second IPL hundred in as many years to mesmerise the Jaipur crowd. He was partnered brilliantly by Dhruv Jurel, who scored 51 off 35 balls.
SRH, in reply, chased down the total with relative ease with nine balls to spare. Despite losing Travis Head early in the first over, the 2016 champions had their innings stabilised thanks to Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan. The pair scored 57 and 74, respectively, to make sure that the required run-rate was never an issue for the visitors. Nitish Kumar Reddy provided the finishing touch, scoring 36 not out at a strike-rate of 200.
As is the case with most IPL games, RRvs SRH was also filled to the brim with teams and players alike creating new records and surpassing important milestones. Sooryavanshi led the landmark chats thanks to his breathtaking hundred in the first innings.
Here are the most important stats and milestones from Match 36:
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: Most consecutive wins vs RR in the IPL (6)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: Fourth-highest successful run chase in IPL history
- 132: Partnership between Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan is SRH’s second-highest against RR
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Highest score in his IPL career
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Most sixes by an Indian batter in an IPL innings (12)
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: Fastest to 50 IPL Sixes (15 innings)
- Jofra Archer: Reached 250 T20 wickets
- Jofra Archer: Made his 200th T20 appearance
- Dhruv Jurel: Made his 50th IPL appearance
- Tushar Deshpande: Made his 50th IPL appearance
