The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) ended Rajasthan Royals' (RR) winning streak of four games, handing them a 57-run victory at the Rajiv Gandhi International
Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday, April 13.
Riyan Parag won the toss for the Royals on Monday and opted to bowl first. Jofra Archer once again struck with his first ball, this time dismissing the dangerous Abhishek Sharma. Travis Head looked scratchy during his run-a-ball 18. However, the 88-run partnership off 39 balls between Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen lit up the stadium.
Kishan unfortunately missed out on his second IPL century as Sandeep Sharma dismissed him for a 44-ball 91 in the 14th over. Klaasen contributed with a 26-ball 40, while Nitish Reddy and Salil Arora also played important cameos to take the hosts to 216/6 in 20 overs.
In reply, the Sunrisers started with a fresh new-ball pair, featuring Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain. Both right-arm pacers were making their IPL debuts. The brave call paid off immediately for the Sunrisers as Hinge dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi for a golden duck and followed it up with the wickets of Dhruv Jurel and Lhuan-dre Pretorius, all in the first over.
Sakib also chipped in with the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal in the following over. Hinge oozed confidence as he sent Parag packing in the third over. At 9/5 in three overs, it seemed that the match would get over early. However, Ravindra Jadeja and Donovan Ferreira showed excellent fight during a 118-run partnership off 72 balls. Jadeja made 45, while Ferreira finished on 69. Tushar Deshpande threw his bat around towards the end to score 25 off 11 balls. However, in the end, the visitors were bowled out for 159, losing the match by 57 runs.
Key Moments from Match 21 of IPL 2026:
Ishan Kishan leads from the front
When Ishan Kishan plays well, SRH looks like a much stronger team. The stand-in captain smashed 91 runs off just 44 balls, belting eight fours and six sixes. He finished with a strike rate of 206.82. Kishan's blitzkrieg helped Sunrisers get into a strong position from where the lower-order batters could launch without having to worry about losing wickets. It was exactly the case on Monday, as the cameos from Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Salil Arora took the Orange Army to a 200-plus score.
.@ishankishan51 goes BANG! 🔥
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) April 13, 2026
The captain leads the counterattack after an early setback for SRH.👊🏻#TATAIPL #IPLRivalryWeek 2026 👉 #SRHvRR | LIVE NOW 👉https://t.co/gLbf9ggQbu pic.twitter.com/51cWxEOATC
Top five contribute five runs for RR
Rajasthan's top-order, especially the opening pair came into the match on the back of some red-hot form. However, on Monday, both Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi flopped. The top five, comprising Yashasvi, Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, and Riyan Parag contributed just five runs in total. The inaugural champions failed to recover from these setbacks at the start of the run chase.
A dream debut ⭐
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ✅ Dhruv Jurel ✅ Lhuan-dre Pretorious✅
Praful Hinge gets 3 wickets in his first over #TATAIPL#TATAIPL #IPLRivalryWeek 2026 👉 #SRHvRR | LIVE NOW 👉https://t.co/kOHOKuG1Hi pic.twitter.com/4KLyM6S1z0— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) April 13, 2026
Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain excel on debut
The SRH management deserves a lot of credit for showing the guts to field two rookie pacers, who made their debut in the league on Tuesday and took to it like duck to water. While Hinge finished with figures of 4/34 in four overs, Sakib ended with 4/24 in his four-over spell. The match was almost decided in the first over of the run chase when Hinge picked up three crucial wickets.
Another debutant making his mark ✅
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 13, 2026
🎥 Glimpses of Sakib Hussain’s 4/24 in his first outing in #TATAIPL 🔥
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