Powerplay demolition helps Rajasthan Royals to victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad

Chasing 210, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost three wickets and scored just 14 runs in the opening six overs as they suffered to a 61-run defeat

Pune: Rajasthan Royals 210-6, Sunrisers Hyderabad 149-7 - Rajasthan Royals won by 61 runs

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Rajasthan Royals inflicted some powerplay mayhem on Sunrisers Hyderabad on their way to a 61-run victory in Pune.

Chasing 210 was never going to be easy but Sunrisers imploded in the face of Trent Boult and Prasidh Krishna, losing three wickets – Kane Williamson, Rahul Tripathi and Nicholas Pooran - and scoring just 14 runs in the opening six overs. Both players also bowled maidens during a hostile opening spell.

Yuzvendra Chahal then got in on the act, striking either side of drinks to remove opener Abhishek Sharma and Abdul Samad and reduce Sunrisers to 37 for 5 in the 11th over.

The remaining 9.4 overs, however, were productive, with Aiden Markram and Romario Shepherd putting on a 41-run sixth-wicket stand to avoid any unwanted records before Washington Sundar's smash and grab 40 (14 balls) continued the damage limitation.

^{Shimron Hetmyer blasted 32 runs from 13 balls for Rajasthan}

Sunrisers closed on 149 for 7, with Markram top-scoring with 57 (41), while Krishna and Boult finished with figures of 2 for 16 and 2 for 23, respectively.

Earlier, a bright start from openers Jos Buttler and Yashavi Jaiswal set the tone for a strong performance from Rajasthan before skipper Sanju Samson and Devdutt Padikkal took control, smashing 73 runs from 41 balls to carry their side to within sight of the 150-mark with five overs remaining.

Both players fell in the space of eight balls to reduce Rajasthan to 163 for 4 but it did little to stem the flow of runs.

Shimron Hetmyer blasted 30 runs from 12 balls as part of a 44-run stand with Riyan Parag to bring up the Royals' 200 before T Natarajan struck twice in the final over to give the Sunrisers faithful something to cheer. Rajasthan closed on 210 for 6, with Samson top-scoring on 55 (27).