SRH have ended Rajasthan Royals’ streak of winning all four away matches this IPL season, defeating them by one run in an incredible game. Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Glenn Powell with two runs to win from the final delivery to seal two points for the home team, and cap off an incredible performance.
Travis Head bounced back with a half century before he was eventually bowled out by Avesh Khan. Nitish Kumar Reddy played an impressive, unbeaten 76 while Heinrich Klaasen played an unbeaten 42 to help SRH pass the 200-run mark once again this season.
SRH defeat RR by 1 run in incredible IPL thriller
SRH – 27/2(3.4) vs PBKS then Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 64 runs from 37 balls.
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SRH – 35/2(5.1) vs RR then Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 76* runs from 42 balls.
He is just 20-year-old, bowls medium pace, A star has been born from Andhra Pradesh 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/6VOfoBv6M2
Bhuvneshwar Kumar helped Hyderabad get off to a great start, dismissing Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson in the very first over. However, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag both scored half centuries to get Rajasthan’s run chase back on track.
However, Jaiswal had a lapse of judgement as he played himself off before Parag was caught on the boundary, going for the long shot. The 18th and 19th over proved to be the game changer for SRH, with Nataranjan and Pat Cummins taking key wickets to swing the tide in their favour.
Even though RR were able to take several doubles in the final over, Kumar had the last laugh with the LBW in the final delivery.
