Indian Premier League (Match 26) - 11 October, 2020 - RR [163/5] defeat SRH [158/4] by 5 wickets

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When: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals, Match 26, IPL 2020, 14:00 Local, 15:30 IST

Where: Dubai International Cricket Stadium

What to expect: 9 out of the 10 games have been won by teams batting first so far at this venue. Considering the surface has shown a tendency to get slower in the second half of the innings, the captain who wins the toss would want to put runs on the board. Not to forget that this is also a day game.

Squads

Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler(w), Steven Smith(c), Sanju Samson, Mahipal Lomror, Rahul Tewatia, Andrew Tye, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Aaron, Ben Stokes, Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, David Miller, Aniruddha Joshi, Manan Vohra, Ankit Rajpoot, Tom Curran, Shashank Singh, Oshane Thomas, Riyan Parag, Mayank Markande, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Abdul Samad, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammad Nabi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Jason Holder, Bavanaka Sandeep, Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Virat Singh, Basil Thampi, Sanjay Yadav, Prithvi Raj Yarra

 

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Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and have opted to bat

 

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Teams:

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler(w), Robin Uthappa, Sanju Samson, Steven Smith(c), Ben Stokes, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Aaron

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan

 

[Hasan123]

RR need to win to have a chance of qualifying for the play offs. I have been really disappointed with them so far.

 

[Ab Fan]

Loool, Buttler and Stokes opening )

 

[MMHS]

RR’s imported batting resources are blown away in two overs by Khaleel of all pacers... something I’m not right with RR - they are a better team than current 7th spot. Also I believe 1 of those 2 wins were from game 1.

 

[tyron_woodley]

RR’s imported batting resources are blown away in two overs by Khaleel of all pacers... something I’m not right with RR - they are a better team than current 7th spot. Also I believe 1 of those 2 wins were from game 1.

Khaleel is better than your think mate. He is better than a lot of the Pakistani bowlers except Amir, Shaheen and maybe Wahab.

 

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Khaleel is better than your think mate. He is better than a lot of the Pakistani bowlers except Amir, Shaheen and maybe Wahab.

In this game, indeed...

 

[Hasan123]

RR aren't out of this game yet.

 

[Hasan123]

Rashid Khan is too good in this format

 

[tyron_woodley]

In this game, indeed...

No lol. In general. He is actually quite good. He is only 21.

 

[Hasan123]

Don't see RR qualifying if they lose today. CSK and Pubjab already out of the equation for the play offs. Mumbai and Delhi will qualify. Should be a good battle between SRH,KKR, and RCB for the other positions.

 

[Ab Fan]

This is Sanju Samson's opportunity to win his team the game and keep RR hopes alive. A win here will put his contention for a place in Indian team vey strong.

 

[Hasan123]

Samson gone.

Rashid Khan is literally unstoppable in these type of scenarios.

 

[Ab Fan]

SRH always perform beyond their potentials. What a team!

 

[Hasan123]

SRH getting into form as the business end of the tournament kicks in!

 

[Hasan123]

Archer should have come instead of Tewatia, he could have gotten some momentum in the innings. Tewatia is looking lost out here.

 

[Hasan123]

Hope RR win. Keeps the tournament alive for more teams.

 

[MMHS]

This Parag kid is probably IND U19 captain- not the best domestic stats, but looks composed under pressure

 

[Ab Fan]

Archer should have come instead of Tewatia, he could have gotten some momentum in the innings. Tewatia is looking lost out here.

Batting extremely well , Tewatia.

 

[Hasan123]

This has been a great innings by Tewatia.

 

[Hasan123]

Batting extremely well , Tewatia.

Yep. He has proven me wrong. Keeping RR alive.

 

[Hasan123]

8 off the last over.

 

[Hasan123]

Parag should he batting up the order. He seems much more suited for that. But even in this situation he is doing very well.

 

[Hasan123]

Can tell RR are nervous!

 

[Hasan123]

Great chase by RR.

 

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Parag takes his helmet off as he dances in celebration. There's still some bad blood between Tewatia and Khaleel. Something was said during the final over. Warner steps in, tries to calm Tewatia down. Khaleel then makes peace as well with an arm around his shoulder.

 

[MMHS]

MoM is not correct here - it should have been Parag, even with less boundaries he has higher SR means he kept rotating & fed Tewatia hitting options.

 

[MenInG]

Parag takes his helmet off as he dances in celebration. There's still some bad blood between Tewatia and Khaleel. Something was said during the final over. Warner steps in, tries to calm Tewatia down. Khaleel then makes peace as well with an arm around his shoulder.

 

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Rahul Tewatia always had self-belief that he can take the game deep during tough chases and win it for his team, something he did for the second time in this edition of Indian Premier League.

Tewatia helped the Royals eke out a five-wicket victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad with a 28-ball 45 not out to snap their four-match losing streak in the IPL.

Tewatia recently hit five sixes in one over from Sheldon Cottrell during an eaarlier game against Kings XI Punjab, which catapulted him into national fame.

“The wickets were falling so I just wanted to hold one end up and wait for the boundary balls. I knew if I keep my self-belief and take it deep, I could pull it off,” Tewatia said at the post-match presentation.

“I told Riyan (Parag) that the wicket was playing slow and the deeper we take it, the better our chances, even if we needed 50 off the last 4 because we have the shots,” added Tewatia who was adjudged man of the match.

Talking about the chat he had with Riyan Parag, who also remained not out on 42, in the middle, Tewatia said, “Riyan asked me what to do. I told him to respect the good balls and take singles, and I could take on the attack.

“Against Rashid, I saw the opportunity to play the reverse sweep and took it.”

He said he was relishing the role given to him by the team management.

“This was the role given to me and it was clear from a long time. I was batting well for a while and I was confident and was hitting them well when we played practice games. So it’s easy when you know your role.”

Asked about an incident involving SRH bowler Khaleel Ahmed, he said, “No big deal, we just got taken away in the heat of the moment.”

Royals captain Steve Smith praised Tewatia and “young kid” Parag for showing great composure.

“I don’t think it was the easiest wicket and the square boundaries are quite big too. So great composure from Parag. Proud that he could come back in and score some runs straight up,” said the star Australian batsman.

“Stokesy obviously didn’t come off tonight. Our top four didn’t fire, but today we showed our depth. With Stokesy back, it brings a nice balance to us. He’s been impressive, hasn’t he? Just thrives in pressure situations. You bring in his bowling and fielding to it and he’s a terrific player for us.”

SRH captain David Warner admitted his team did not play its best.

“… we didn’t mis-execute, but some of the decisions at the top of the mark weren’t there. And we probably bowled the wrong ball at the wrong time,” he said.

“But lots of positives coming out and we’ll take it on to the next game. We need to work out as these wickets get tired, how to bat through the first 6 and the middle, and then assess with our bowling.”

Asked why he chose to hold back spinner Rashid Khan longer, Warner said, “We’ve done it in the past, we’ve held him back and try and nullify some runs, but these two (Tewatia and Parag) played exceptionally well.”

https://indianexpress.com/article/s...ul-tewatia-khaleel-ahmed-fight-video-6721064/

 

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This Parag kid is probably IND U19 captain- not the best domestic stats, but looks composed under pressure

He was part of U-19 winning team in 2018 i think.. Seems to have a good head on his shoulders and pretty confident in finishing.
Last years IPL he was the only bright part of RR campaign.. Smith seems to rate him highly.. But a long way to for him.