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IPL: Sunrisers (Sunrisers ) Hyderabad achieved a spectacular victory in the 50th match of IPL 2024. They defeated Rajasthan Royals by 1 run in a match that lasted till the last ball. This is only the second defeat of Rajasthan this season. The first-placed Rajasthan team had to score 13 runs in the last over to win. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled brilliantly in front of Rovman Powell and Ravichandran Ashwin. When Rajasthan had to score 2 runs on the last ball, he got Powell out LBW and gave the team a memorable victory.
Bhuvneshwar became player of the match
Bhuvneshwar not only did wonders for Sunrisers in the last over, but he also bowled tremendously in the first over. He sent Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson to the pavilion on zero. He was also chosen player of the match. Bhuvneshwar took 3 wickets for 41 runs in 4 overs. In the match, Sunrisers captain Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bat first. Sunrisers had scored 201 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan team could score only 200 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Sunrisers had a slow start
Before this, the Sunrisers team made a slow start. The pair of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma could not make an explosive start in this match. Abhishek was out after scoring 12 runs on 10 balls. Avesh Khan got him caught by Dhruv Jurel on the first ball of the fifth over. Anmolpreet Singh, who came to bat after him, also could not do anything special. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs on 5 balls. Sandeep Sharma got him caught by Yashasvi.
Nitish got the support of Head and Klaasen
After 2 wickets fell for 35 runs in 5.1 overs, Travis Head and Nitish Kumar Reddy took over the innings. Both of them made a partnership of 96 runs in 57 balls for the third wicket. Travis Head was out after scoring 58 runs on 44 balls. He hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. Head’s strike rate was 131.82. He was clean bowled by Avesh Khan. After him, Nitish got the support of Heinrich Klaasen. Both of them made an unbeaten partnership of 70 runs in 32 balls for the fourth wicket. Nitish remained unbeaten on 76 runs on 42 balls and Klaasen remained unbeaten on 42 runs on 19 balls. Nitish hit 3 fours and 8 sixes in his innings. Whereas, Klaasen hit 3 fours and 3 sixes. Avesh Khan took 2 wickets. Sandeep Sharma got a success.
Butler and Samson’s account not opened
Rajasthan had a bad start in the run chase. His two main batsmen were out in the very first over. Bhuvneshwar Kumar made Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson his victims. He got Butler caught by Marco Yansen. At the same time, Samson was clean bowled on an excellent swing ball.
Parag and Yashasvi made a century partnership
After two wickets fell in the first over, Riyan Parag and Yashasvi Jaiswal took charge. Both the batsmen made a partnership of 134 runs in 78 balls for the third wicket. Yashasvi got life on the first ball of the fourth over. Captain Pat Cummins dropped an easy catch on Marco Jansen’s ball. Yashasvi did not make any mistakes after this and scored 67 runs in 40 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. At the same time, Parag got life on the fifth ball of the sixth over. This time Abhishek Sharma took the catch of Natarajan’s ball. Parag took full advantage of this and scored 77 runs in 49 balls. He hit 8 fours and 4 sixes.
Hetmyer and Jurel failed
Shimron Hetmyer and Dhruv Jurel could not do anything special in this match. Hetmyer was out after scoring 13 runs on 9 balls. He hit a six in Natarajan’s over and then was out. Marco Yansen took his catch. Dhruv Jurel, who came to the crease after him, could not do anything special. He was out on the very first ball. Abhishek Sharma took an excellent catch on the boundary off the ball of Pat Cummins.
