Indian Premier League 2013, 36th match: Rajasthan Royals Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Jaipur, Apr 27, 2013.
Match begin at 16:00 local time (10:30 GMT)
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Teams: Rajasthan Royals Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Venue: Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Time: 4 PM IST, 10:30 GMT
Toss: Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and chose bat first
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 144/9(20.0 Overs)
Rajasthan Royals: 146/2(17.5 Overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 8 wickets
"we didn't have a great start," says Kumar Sangakkara. "Darren, Mishy, Steyn, Ashish Reddy batted really well. It was a good total, but the magnificent innings from Watson did it for them. The legspinners have been two of our best bowlers. They have bowled brilliantly throughout the tourament."
"In the end, we got the job done," says Rahul Dravid. "It was disappointing we let them get 144, but at the back end we were really good. I think Shane was exceptional. It's great to have him in the side. Both he and Jimmy were exceptional. We didn't execute well with the ball well in the end. We haven't done that for a few games."
"A good game," says James Faulkner, the Man of the Match. "Good to be on the winning side. Reasonably good control tonight, but a couple of balls didn't come out right. Our wickets have got a bit in them early on. I thought we batted very well tonight."
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals - Royals have played one game less and are two points behind - and both look good to remain strong contenders for a place in the top four as the competition for points intensifies. Both played their respective previous games against Chennai Super Kings, and lost in an almost identical fashion with the games decided in the final over of Super Kings' chase.
Recent Results:
Rajasthan Royals: L L W W L
Sunrisers Hyderabad: L W W L W
Match Stats:
Unheralded Sunrisers legspinner Karan Sharma has the best economy rate this season - 4.41 (min. 10 overs)
Faulkner has the best average (9.45), best strike-rate 10.4 and third best economy-rate 5.42 this season (min. 10 overs)
RR Playing XI: Shane Watson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rahul Dravid (c), Stuart Binny, Brad Hodge, Dishant Yagnik (wk), Sachin Baby, James Faulkner, Kevon Cooper, Ajit Chandila, Siddharth Trivedi
SH Playing XI: Akshath Reddy, Shikhar Dhawan, Hanuma Vihari, Kumar Sangakkara (c) (wk), Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy, Ashish Reddy, Karan Sharma, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma