The second match of Super Sunday sees Rajasthan Royals (RR) welcome Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in match 52 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.
The Royals have just one win in the last five matches and their campaign is in danger of going off the rails. Their latest defeat had come at the hands of table-toppers Gujarat Titans.
As for Sunrisers, they have are at a situation where every game is a must-win contest for them.
The final ball saw Abdul Samad hit the ball, but a catch was taken and the Royals were celebrating.
However, soon after the no-ball sound was heard and the team had to come back.
In the no ball, Abdul Samad, smashed a SIX.
6,6,6,4,W - and Glenn Phillips' cameo comes to an end!
Kuldip Yadav wins the battle but he surely will need to thank Hetmyer for taking the catch.
Glenn Phillips c Hetmyer b Kuldip Yadav 25(7) [4s-1 6s-3]
Most wickets in the IPL
183 - Dwayne Bravo
183 - Yuzvendra Chahal
174 - Piyush Chawla
172 - Amit Mishra
171 - Ravichandran Ashwin
Chahal in his 4 overs, took 4 wickets and gave away just 29 runs!
It was flat and was the googly whoch saw Markram attempt the reverse sweep and miss it.
The SRH batter goes for a review, but the ball struck in front of middle as confirmed by ball tracker.
Markram lbw b Chahal 6(5) [4s-1]
Jaiswal takes an excellent catch to dismiss Tripathi!
It was tossed up an in the slot and Tripathi went for the big slog sweep.
Jaiswal at deep mid-wicket steadies himself and takes a superb catch.
Tripathi c Jaiswal b Chahal 47(29) [4s-2 6s-3]
Chahal tosses it up wider even after seeing Klaasen shuffle in.
The South African played a big heave down the ground but miscued it as the the ball went into Buttler's hand.
Klaasen c Buttler b Chahal 26(12) [4s-2 6s-2]
With a SIX, Abhishek Sharma gots his 2nd 50 of this season.
However, his happiness was short lived as he was soon sent back by R Ashwin.
Abhishek Sharma c Chahal b Ashwin 55(34) [4s-5 6s-2]
Chahal strikes and breaks the opening partnership.
It was a fullish ball, just enough turn to catch the outside half of the bat.
The ball flew high and deep mid-wicket runs in to take an easy catch.
Anmolpreet Singh c Hetmyer b Chahal 33(25) [4s-4 6s-1]
The Royals have got a massive total.
Jos Buttler played one of his best innings but missed his ton by 5 runs.
Mega finish from Sanju as he finished with 66 runs on the board.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Marco Jansen split the two wickets that fell.
He misses a hundred by a mere five runs!
Just this afternoon we had Shubman Gill not completing a hundred, but he was not out till the end.
Bhuvi was confident he had got Buttler out and asked for a review.
And surely it went in his favour.
Buttler lbw b Bhuvneshwar 95(59) [4s-10 6s-4]
Fifty for Sanju Samson!
He is helping Buttler who is close to 100.
That's his fifty!
Buttler was quite for the past few games and now again come in form.
Jaiswal can't believe he is OUT!
The batter stood with his hand on hip after gliding this straight to short third.
Jaiswal c T Natarajan b Marco Jansen 35(18) [4s-5 6s-2]
Rajasthan Royals have won the toss and have opted to bat
For RR, few injury issues in the team. Joe Root makes his debut.
Couple of changes for SRH as well - Phillips comes in for Brook. Vivrant Sharma makes his debut.
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Vivrant Sharma, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan,
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Joe Root, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldip Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal