Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and they choose to bat first against RR. Trent Boult didn't continue his tradition of picking first-over wickets, but RR managed to stop dangerous SRH openers from scoring fast and quick runs.

Head smashed a slow half-century, but a terrific 76-run knock from Nitish Reddy and a quickfire 42-run knock from Heinrich Klaasen took Sunrisers Hyderabad to a good total of 201/3. For RR, Avesh Khan picked two wickets while Sandeep Sharma got one wicket.

Rajasthan's bowlers, led by Trent Boult and Ashwin, initially dominated, but Travis Head and Nitish Kumar Reddy's partnership turned the tide. Heinrich Klaasen's quickfire 42 and Reddy's unbeaten 76 propelled Hyderabad past 200, setting a target of 202. Sandeep Sharma shone as the most economical bowler, while Avesh Khan took two crucial wickets

Chasing the target, Riyan Parag and Yashasvi Jaiswal played exceptional innings after losing Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson in the first over. Both of them smashed sensational half-centuries to push SRH on the backfoot and were involved in a 134-run stand.

However, after their dismissals, things didn't go the way RR would've liked as Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, and Rovman Powell also didn't score significant runs, and RR were restricted to 200/7 to lose the match by 1 run. The heroes for SRH were T Natarajan, Pat Cummins, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who bowled brilliantly in the final overs.