SRH scored double century for the fourth time, Abhishek-head flop, Ishan Kishan missed the century, RR’s target of 217

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Sunrisers Hyderabad, batting first, have scored 216 runs. This is the fourth time in the five matches played in IPL 2026 that SRH batsmen have scored more than 200. The opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head could not perform in this match, yet Hyderabad team managed to score 216 runs. Ishan Kishan played an explosive inning of 91 runs.

In this match being played in Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bowl first. Joffra Archer had dismissed Abhishek Sharma without opening the account on the very first ball of the match. Whereas Travis Head could contribute only 18 runs.

scored 200 for the fourth time

This is the fifth match of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. This is the fourth time in 5 matches that Sunrisers Hyderabad team has crossed 200. Only against Lucknow Super Giants this team was limited to only 156 runs. Apart from this, Hyderabad batsmen have scored double centuries in terms of runs in all four matches.

Ishan Kishan missed a century

Ishan Kishan and Travis Head were out early, hence SRH team could not create havoc in the powerplay in this match. But Ishan Kishan took the responsibility on his shoulders and played an inning of 91 runs in 44 balls. In this innings he hit 8 fours and 6 sixes. Heinrich Klaasen scored 40 runs, after which the Orange Cap has come to him. However, Vaibhav Suryavanshi can snatch the orange cap from him in this match.

Nitish Kumar Reddy and Salil Arora also impressed. Nitish scored 28 runs in 13 balls. Whereas Arora returned unbeaten after scoring 24 runs in 13 balls. Joffra Archer took the maximum wickets for Rajasthan Royals, who dismissed a total of 2 batsmen.

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