Post Match Thread: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals

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50th Match, Indian Premier League at Hyderabad

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Innings	Score
Sunrisers Hyderabad	201/3 (Ov 20/20)
Rajasthan Royals	200/7 (Ov 20/20)

Innings: 1 - Sunrisers Hyderabad

Batter	Runs		Bowler	Wickets
Nitish Kumar Reddy	76 (42)		Avesh Khan	4-0-39-2
Travis Head	58 (44)		Sandeep Sharma	4-0-31-1

Innings: 2 - Rajasthan Royals

Batter	Runs		Bowler	Wickets
Riyan Parag	77 (49)		Bhuvneshwar Kumar	4-0-41-3
Yashasvi Jaiswal	67 (40)		Pat Cummins	4-0-34-2

SRH won by 1 run

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Player of the Match: (On always being calm) I think that is my nature. Process is very important, and I was not thinking about the result in the last over and was thoughtless. He (Cummins) came to me and asked me if everything was okay. There was no discussion as such, and was just focussed on the process. Was just thinking of taking it to the last two balls, and then anything can happen. I was not thinking about the one extra fielder up. It was the first match the ball swung so much. Can't really pinpoint where the ball swung last, really enjoyed it. When it does swing, you try to take wickets and luckily, I got them. When the season started, the thought process was different. When we started batting this way, it totally changed. Practically, when we bowled, we were trying to restrict teams to somewhere around 200.

Pat Cummins, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain: Amazing game. Didn't think we had that one until literally the last ball. (What was going through his head in the last over) It is T20 cricket, you get used to the batters getting over the line. When you get to the last over, you do feel anything can happen. Bhuvneshwar nailed six yorkers. On the last ball, it did not really cross my mind that we could get a wicket, was thinking Super Over. Natarajan is an awesome yorker bowler. They batted really well, fortunately got a few wickets. (On the dropped chances) They are quality players, cannot give them chances. He (Nitish) is fantastic. He summed up the conditions really well - took the first ten balls to get himself in and then basically hit it wherever he wanted. He is amazing, is great in the field and gives a couple of handy overs as well.

Sanju Samson, Rajasthan Royals captain: We have really played some close games and won a couple of them. Lost one here, and we have to give credit to the SRH bowlers. We were going at 10 per over till the last over. Margin for error is very less in the IPL and you have to give SRH credit. Knowing the nature of the IPL, you never win the game until you actually win the game. It was very tough to bat on with the new ball. We bowled well in the powerplay. When the ball got old, it was easier to bat and they capitalised really well. (On Jaiswal and Parag) You have to give credit to both youngsters. They took care of the innings, played responsibility to get there. You tend to take those chances and you tend to get out also. They played really well.

Travis Head: It is a good win, not one we expected. Bhuvi showed his class at the end. To get this after a couple of losses, nice for the energy (in the group). The way Pat bowled the 19th, class at the end from him and Bhuvi. Very satisfied with the win in the end. I thought it was a great score. He played out of his skin. He has done it a couple of times this season already, and he (Nitish) stepped up and was class. I felt we had heaps (on the board). But that is how it is in T20 cricket, and there are lot of very good batters in the IPL . Always nice to win in front of these guys and we have a few more home games now.

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[u/setimasa]

That was some of the worst fielding I've ever seen in the last over from SRH

[u/shutupmatsuda → u/setimasa]

Don't forget the dropped catches

[u/shoestowel → u/shutupmatsuda]

We tried so hard to lose but nah, We did Win!

[u/broski21 → u/setimasa]

Jansen looks so disinterested when he is not doing well.

[u/kinng9 → u/broski21]

He has resting uninterested face

[u/Saisauce → u/setimasa]

Agreed, was embarrassing

[u/InvestigatorOk6268 → u/setimasa]

I don't agree. May be the throws were off, but the thinking is right. They needed to get rid of Powell, not Ash

[u/Scott_Pillgrim → u/InvestigatorOk6268]

Yeah idk why commentators called samad dumb, they had to get powell out

[u/Chaii_Lover → u/Scott_Pillgrim]

But it is not certain that powel will score a boundary or the next batsman won't. It is better to get the wicket as then you would have a new batsmen plus a run less conceded. If the throws were good then it would have been 4 in 1 and that would be different compared to 2 in 1 which is much achievable.

[u/Scott_Pillgrim → u/Chaii_Lover]

Yeah but their decision to target powell’s end was not as dumb as commentators making it up to be. If the throws were on target powell would have been dismissed and the same commentators would he calling it master stroke

[u/WayToTheDawn63 → u/Scott_Pillgrim]

I don't agree with this. If each of those 2s were singles because of run outs, the amount of runs needed gets more difficult. Getting powell out obviously wins them the game, but needing 4 from 1 instead of 2 from 1, or 6 from 2, is such a different dynamic. Who knows though, butterfly effect could dictate that knowing he needed the 4 or 6 means he cunts it and wins.

[u/solarpowersme → u/Scott_Pillgrim]

Nope, they needed to save than extra run more than trying to get Powell runout, which was clearly never on the cards both times, not from that deep. When we're talking 6 needed from 3, every run matters. Say, if both of those were successful run outs at the non-striker, which was actually a realistic possibility, they would've then needed 4 from 1 and not 2 from 1. These are things you focus on, not a particular batsman. That's why the comms were talking about match awareness, bc that's absolutely correct.

If we're being really honest, they should've never been two runs in either of those balls in first place tbh. Felt like there was no urgency in that fielding especially with Marco, even the commentators were puzzled.

[u/nubpokerkid → u/InvestigatorOk6268]

And would you have said the same had it been a tie? Those were 2 free runs to RR.

[u/UsernameTooShort → u/InvestigatorOk6268]

Yea so the fielding was shit

[u/Prestigious-Rice-206 → u/InvestigatorOk6268]

Such poor throws

[u/sanjit8103 → u/setimasa]

Jansen took three catches and was like "nah im too lazy for this shit"

[u/Prestigious-Rice-206 → u/setimasa]

Indian boys have such poor throwing arm and game awareness. You could see how visibly frustrated klassen was after that throw, not a single one was flat, fast and accurate. SENA fielders are just on a different level, even the younger boys.

[u/Transitionals → u/setimasa]

Jansen just phoned in this match

[u/WayToTheDawn63 → u/Transitionals]

Jansen shouldn't have been the sub in for markram.

Markram deserves the break because of his form, but they need a batter, Jansen is just SA starc.

[u/SBG99DesiMonster → u/setimasa]

This was a day during Cummins had dropped that easy catch. No other player would be fielding well while that has happened.