IPL 2020, SRH vs RR Live Score: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals. IPL 2020, SRH vs RR Live Cricket Score Online Updates: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will lock horns with Rajasthan Royals (RR) in an attempt to register their fourth win of the ongoing IPL 2020 campaign at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.
Steve Smith’s Royals will aim to end their struggles in the season so far as they look to vanquish their four-match losing streak against David Warner’s Sunrisers. RR will hope that their talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes makes a comeback to help them salvage their bowling attack and their campaign. On the other hand, SRH will hope to build on their comprehensive 69-run victory against KXIP with the help of their dazzling top-order yet again.
Khaleel Ahmed comes in for the second over and he gets the big fish! The comeback is ended early as Stokes plays himself on and removes his own wickets' bails off. Bowled him! The batsman departs on 5. Next up, the captain Steve Smith. RR: 7/1 (1.2 over)
Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler are out to open for Rajasthan. Sandeep Sharma has the ball for Hyderabad. After finishing quarantine yesterday, Stokes is off and running with a four straight of mid-off. Buttler and him deal in singles later on. RR: 6/0 (1 over)
Kane Williamson (22*) and Priyam Garg (15) score 35 runs in the last two overs, slaying Jofra Archer and Jaydev Unadkat and somehow get Hyderabad to finish on 158/4 at the end of the 20 overs. Rajasthan started off well, but the lack of wickets in regular intervals helped their opposition to put up a fighting total on the slow wicket. Steve Smith's side now need 159 runs to win.
Archer comes back in and Williamson just stuns everyone with a one-handed six straight down the ground off the very first ball. Archer strikes back, bowls Garg out, but on a free hit unfortunately. The Kiwi ends the over with another six. SRH: 142/3 (19 overs)
Pandey knows that he is settled and he has the responsibility of accelerating the innings. He took on Tewatia and hit a four and a six, and then he smacked Tyagi for a boundary. After reaching his fifty, he takes on Unadkat but he falls short. He misread Unadkat's slower bouncer and his shot goes straight to Tewatia. Pandey departs on 54. On comes Priyam Garg. SRH: 122/3 (17.4 overs)
146 kmph, near the conclusion of the innings, and a crucial wicket. Warner tries to hit the Englishman for a biggie but he swings and misses, and the ball hits the middle stumps and off goes the bails! The batsman departs on 48. SRH: 96/2 (15 overs)
RR have been immaculate with their lines, lengths and pace variations thus far, but if last night's CSK-RCB match is anything to go by, they can't relax just yet. Pandey just reminds them that with a confident maximum after nine consecutive singles. Gopal gives away ten runs from his over. The death overs are going to be crucial for SRH if they want to post 160 . SRH: 93/1 (14 overs)
Warner and Pandey crossed the 50-run mark together after the skipper smashed a six in the previous over. Now is the time to up the runrate... but Tewatia pours water over Hyderabad's plan. He gives away just three runs from the over. SRH: 77/1 (12 overs)
Ben Stokes comes in with the ball after the time-out. Even after scoring 11 runs in the previous over, both the Hyderabad batsmen play it cautiously. Warner does end the over with a well-timed four to deep extra cover. Seven runs off the over. SRH: 56/1 (9 overs)
Hyderabad have found their groove a bit against the incoming Rahul Tewatia. First, Pandey (9*) just smacks him straight down the ground for a six, and then Warner's (12*) innovative reverse-sweep results in a four. 12 runs from the over. SRH: 38/1 (7 overs)
Jaydev Unadkat comes into the attack and maintains the pressure on the batsmen. Manish Pandey only manages to get a single on the third ball. Both Warner and him rotate the strike. An exceptional bowling show from Rajasthan so far. SRH: 26/1 (6 overs)
What a turn of events! Bairstow (16) searched for the first two balls of Tyagi and he finds the elevation on the third for a massive six. He went for another maximum but straight into the hands of a diving Samson. Huge wicket. SRH: 23/1 (4.4 overs)
After Archer gave away just a single in the last over, the Hyderabad openers seemed frustrated. Warner takes charge against Gopal and hits the first boundary of the innings to deep mid-wicket. He has also brought up 3500 runs for Hyderabad. SRH: 13/0 (4 overs)
Shreyas Gopal comes in for the second over. Although Warner and Bairstow are known to be quite explosive from the start, they have been pinned down by the Rajasthan bowlers so far. Just three runs from the over. Good start by the Royals. SRH: 5/0 (2 overs)
David Warner and Jonny Bairstow are at the crease. Jofra Archer has the ball for Rajasthan, and he provides his team with a brilliant start. He comes close to a caught behind in the very first ball. Just two runs from the over. SRH: 2/0 (1 over)
While SRH has only one change with Vijay Shankar in for Abdul Samad, Rajasthan has four. Ben Stokes is in the playing XI and he will be keen to stop his team's four-match losing streak. Riyan Parag, Robin Uthappa, and Jaydev Unadkat are back... they replace Andrew Tye, Yashashvi Jaiswal, Mahipal Lomror, and Varun Aaron. Just five minutes to go now to see them in action!
Steve Smith: "We can hopefully rectify a few things today. We want to compete today. Looks like a used wicket, could slow down. We'll have to take some early wickets - Look he trained well and he's in today (Stokes). Two other changes as well. Stokes, Riyan Parag and Robin Uthappa are back. We'll need to keep moving forward, we have a good team and we need to compete."
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Jos Buttler(w), Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, Steven Smith(c), Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Aaron
David Warner: 'We'll bat first. It's a nice wicket, we will need to make most of the powerplay overs, hopefully, things will go on nicely today. We have a lot of young legs in our team, the seniors take full responsibility. We are taking each game as it comes - Vijay Shankar in and Samad misses out'
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan
Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner wins the toss, opts to bat first against Rajasthan Royals in Match 26 of IPL 2020.