Hyderabad: Nitish Reddy was fantastic in a superb show of stroke-engage in to strike an unbeaten 42-ball 76, when Travis Head manufactured 58 off 44 balls as the duo carried Sunrisers Hyderabad to a massive 201/3 from Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium on Thursday night.
On a new pitch, with some grip offered for bowlers, Head hit a gradual-ish fifty. But Reddy dazzled by hitting 3 fours and eight sixes, with some of his maximums hit straight down the floor and in excess of include enthralling the home lovers.
Later on, Heinrich Klaasen strike an unbeaten 42 off 19, laced with 3 fours and as lots of sixes, to just take SRH earlier 200 for the fifth time this season, with their final 12 overs yielding 153 operates. For RR, who conceded a 200+ full for just the 2nd time in this levels of competition, Avesh Khan was extraordinary in his 2-39, though Sandeep Sharma was tidy in his 1-31.
Electing to bat to start with, Head could have been out on the 1st ball if Riyan Parag hadn’t shelled the possibility at backward point off Trent Boult. With Ravichandran Ashwin beating Head and Abhishek Sharma by using deliveries gripping and bouncing, a wicket seemed imminent for RR.
Avesh reaped the reward of platform set by Boult and Ashwin when he had Abhishek pulling straight to deep square leg. Sandeep Sharma also joined Avesh as a wicket-taker when Anmolpreet Singh chipped straight to diving mid-wicket, as SRH finished electric power-participate in at 37/2.
Head opened up by chopping Yuzvendra Chahal for four, before pulling the leg-spinner for back-to-again sixes and whipping him via the leg-side for another boundary. Though Head brought up his fifty in 37 balls, Nitish began his onslaught by muscling Ashwin for back again-to-again sixes, followed by hitting Chahal for two fours and as a lot of sixes in the 13th in excess of.
Head’s knock came to an stop when he formed for a lap shot off Avesh, but played onto his stumps. Nitish marched on to get his fifty in 30 balls, followed by slog-sweeping and pulling Ashwin for a brace of sixes. From the other conclusion, Klassen was lofting and pulling Chahal for consecutive sixes, as the leg-spinner conceded 62 runs in his 4 overs.
Whilst Nitish took a six and four off Avesh, Klaasen smashed Boult for two fours, ahead of smashing Sandeep for a 4 and 6 in the remaining over to just take SRH earlier 200, a likelihood which no a single observed coming just after their slow commence.
Short Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 201/3 in 20 overs (Nitish Reddy 76 not out, Travis Head 58 Avesh Khan 2-39, Sandeep Sharma 1-31) in opposition to Rajasthan Royals.