RR vs SRH / Rajasthan started the tournament with a win, beating Hyderabad by 72 runs

RR vs SRH: Rajasthan Royals made a bang in the 16th season of the Indian Premier League. In the fourth match, the team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by a huge margin of 72 runs at their home. The team has defended a score of 200 or more for the 10th time. This is Rajasthan's overall 9th win over Hyderabad. Both teams have been face to face 17 times. Hyderabad has won only 8 matches.

Batting first after losing the toss, Rajasthan scored 203 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs at Hyderabad ground. Chasing the target of 204 runs, the Hyderabad team could only manage 131 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In the last over, Abdul Samad scored 23 runs in the last over to reduce the margin of victory. He hit two fours and two sixes off Navdeep Saini's ball.

Now know the 2 big reasons for Rajasthan's victory...

Fifty of Butler, Jaiswal and Samson came out to bat first Rajasthan's top order was successful. The top-3 batsmen of the team scored half-centuries. First Jose Butler completed his half-century on 20 balls. After that Yashasvi Jaiswal scored Fifty. After these two, captain Sanju Samson completed his half-century on 28 balls.

Chahal's amazing bowling New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult gave two shocks to the Hyderabad team in the very first over to chase the target of 204. He returned Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi to the pavilion at zero. This put the Hyderabadi batsmen under pressure. Mayank Agarwal tried unsuccessfully to handle the innings, but later he was also dismissed after scoring 23 runs. After Boult, Holder, Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal did the rest.

This is how the wickets of Hyderabad fell.

• First: Abhishek Sharma was bowled by Trent Boult on the third ball of the first over.
• Second: On the 5th ball of the first over, Boult got Rahul Tripathi caught by Jason Holder.
• Third: Chahal bowled Harry Brook on the last ball of the 7th over.
• Fourth: On the second ball of the ninth over, Jason Holder got Sundar caught by Hetmyer.
• Fifth: On the third ball of the tenth over, Ashwin got Len Phillips caught by Asif.
• Sixth: On the last ball of the 11th over, Chahal got Mayank Agarwal caught by Butler.
• Seventh: On the last ball of the 14th over, Chahal got Adil Rashid stumped by Samson.
• Eighth: Chahal bowled Bhuvneshwar Kumar on the 5th ball of the 18th over.
• Half centuries of Butler, Jaiswal and Samson, Rajasthan scored 203 runs

The hosts won the toss at the Hyderabad ground and invited Rajasthan to bat first. Batting first, Rajasthan scored 203 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. The team has become the first team to score more than 200 in the current season. English batsmen Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave the team an explosive start. Both scored 85 runs on 35 balls. Jaiswal scored his fourth and Butler scored his 16th half-century.

Rajasthan's top-3 batsmen scored half-centuries

After losing the toss, Rajasthan's top-3 batsmen played half-century innings. First Jose Butler completed his half-century on 20 balls. After that Yashasvi Jaiswal scored Fifty. After these two, captain Sanju Samson completed his half-century on 28 balls.

Rajasthan's wickets fell like this...

• First: Farooqi bowled Jos Buttler on the 5th ball of the sixth over.
• Second: On the third ball of the 13th over, Farooqui got Yashasvi Jaiswal caught by Mayank Agarwal.
• Third: Umran Malik bowled Devdutt Padikkal on the first ball of the 15th over.
• Fourth: Riyan Paraj was caught by T Natarajan at the hands of Farooqui.
• Fifth: T Natarajan got Sanju Samson caught by Abhishek Sharma.

Butler-Jaiswal gave an explosive start

English batsmen Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave an explosive start to the Rajasthan team. Both made an opening partnership of 85 runs on 35 balls. This partnership was broken by Fazal Haq Faruqi. He bowled Butler.

Butler's 16th half-century

Jose Butler, who came to open, scored the 16th half-century of his IPL career. He completed Fifty on 20 balls. Butler got out after scoring 54 runs on 22 balls. He scored runs at a strike rate of 245.45. Butler's innings included 7 fours and three sixes.

Playing-11 of both the teams

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, R Ashwin, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult.

Impact Players: Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, Adil Rashid, T Natarajan and Fazal Haq Farooqui.

Impact Players: Abdul Samad, Karthik Tyagi, Anmolpreet Singh and Nitish Kumar Reddy.