Hyderabad: Rajasthan Royals outclassed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 72 runs in their first IPL 2023 match on Sunday.
Asked to bat first, RR posted a huge total of 203/5 in 20 overs after Buttler and Jaiswal smashed 54 runs each. Apart from them, Sanju Samson smashed 55 runs.
Fazalhaq Farooqi, the Afghanistan left-arm pacer, ended Buttler’s cameo when he castled him and it was up to the rest of the batters to maintain the momentum. Yashasvi Jaiswal (54 off 37 balls) and captain Sanju Samson (55 off 32 balls) did just that.
Later, SRH were restricted at 131/8 as Chahal took four wickets, while Trent Boult took two wickets.
For SRH, T Natarajan and Fazalhaq Farooqi were the pick of the bowlers with two wickets each to his names.
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