Rajasthan Royals might not have imagined that two infamous bowlers would knock them out of the match. Sanju Samson’s team has been hit by the whirlwind of Shahbaz Ahmed on one side and Abhishek Sharma on the other. As a result, Sunrisers Hyderabad confirmed the final winning by 36 runs.
Chasing 176 runs in the second qualifier of IPL on Friday (May 24), Rajasthan stopped at 139 runs after losing 7 wickets at the end of the scheduled 20 overs. Dhruv Jurel was unbeaten on 56 runs in a single match for RR. Hyderabad’s two trump cards Shahbaz took 3 wickets and Abhishek 2 wickets.
The target was 176 runs at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. While pitch spin helps, such a target has not been challenging in the current IPL. Maybe if they used regular bowlers, Hyderabad would not have been able to stop Rajasthan. Captain Pat Cummins therefore took a different plan. Batting first, his team’s batsmen were hit by the slower pace of Sandeep Sharma and Abesh Khan. Using that intelligence, Cummins used two spinners, Shahbaz and Abhishek. Shahbaz had not bowled 4 overs in any match before in the whole tournament. Took 2 wickets in all. On the other hand, Abhishek bowled 1 over in only two matches. But yesterday both of them have played.
However, Cummins took the first wicket by sending back opener Tom Kohler-Cudmore (10). But then Shahbaz and Abhishek took 5 consecutive wickets. The pair bowled from the eighth to the 17th consecutive over and brought the match under their control. However, Aiden Markram bowled an over. But he was not successful. Yashasvi Jaiswal (42), Samson (10), Rian Parag (6), Ravichandran Ashwin (0) and Shimran Hetmyer (4) returned to court off Shahbaz-Abhishek. Rajasthan lost the second wicket for 65 runs and lost 6 wickets for 92 runs and got out of the match.
Dhruv Jurel held the crease like gum. However, he couldn’t bring out the match alone. He remained unbeaten in the end by scoring 56 runs off 35 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. Shahbaz spent 23 runs for 3 wickets and Abhishek took 2 wickets for 24 runs.
Before batting first, Hyderabad collected 175 runs after losing 9 wickets at the end of the scheduled 20 overs. Heinrich Klaasen scored the maximum 50 runs off 34 balls. Rahul Tripathi scored 37 runs off 15 balls. In the end, Shahbaz Ahmed scored 18 runs from 18 balls. Then the collection was somehow crossed 170 by Hyderabad.
Avesh took 3 wickets for Rajasthan at the cost of 27 runs. Despite taking 3 wickets, Boult was quite scratchy. He gave 45 runs by bowling 4 overs. Sandeep took 2 wickets at the cost of 25 runs.
Rajasthan advanced to the second qualifier after defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore in the eliminator. However, Hyderabad did not allow them to reach the final. Earlier, Orange Army lost their first chance to reach the final after losing against Kolkata Knight Riders in the first qualifier. On May 26, the curtain will come down on the Hyderabad-Kolkata title fight.
Sunrisers Hyderabad – 175/9 (20.0)
Rajasthan Royals – 139/7 (20.0)
Result – Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 36 runs
Player of the match – Shahbaz Ahmed
Shahbaz Ahmed
Sunrisers Hyderabad | Pat Cummins (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Tripathi, Jaydev Unadkat, Travis Head, T Natarajan |
Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson (c & wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Rovman Powell, Trent Boult, Ravichandran Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Sandeep Sharma, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Yuzvendra Chahal |
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