Rajasthan give Hyderabad ‘royal treatment’

Rajasthan Royals defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 61 runs in an Indian Premier League match on Tuesday.

Sent into bat, Rajasthan Royals scored 210 for six in their stipulated 20 overs.Skipper Sanju Samson topscored with a 55 off 27 balls and Devdutt Padikkal made 41 in 29 deliveries after opener Jos Buttler laid the foundation with a 28-ball 35 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.

Towards the end, Shimron Hetmyer blasted 32 off 13 balls.

In reply, SRH were stopped at 149 for seven.Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the bowlers for Rajasthan with three scalps while pacers Prasidh Krishna and Trent Boult claimed a couple each to put the Orange Army on the mat.

South Africa’s Aiden Markram remained unbeaten on 57 runs but he didn’t get enough support from the other end as Sunrisers lost five wickets for just 37 runs in 10.2 overs.

Romario Shepherd (24) and Washington Sundar (40) played handy knocks in the end but it was too late for Sunrisers. Sundar, even, scored 24 runs in the 17th over of Nathan Coulter-Nile to help Sunrisers better their NRR in a crushing defeat.

Brief scores: Rajasthan Royals: 210/6 in 20 overs (Sanju Samson 55, Devdutt Padikkal 41; Umran Malik 2/39) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad: 149/7 in 20 overs (Aiden Markram 57 not out, Washington Sundar 40; Yuzvendra Chahal 3/22, Prasidh Krishna 2/16) by 61 runs.