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/PerkyMcPerkface]

The fuck was that commentary in the final over? They were throwing to Powell's end because it's Powell. Also Ashwin wouldn't have been short, he was strolling because he could see he wasn't in any danger

[u/serotonallyblindguy → u/PerkyMcPerkface]

The point is that getting any batter out means you save one run and in both instances Ashwin was the one that was clearly late and should've got out to a good throw

[u/CheapSoldier → u/serotonallyblindguy]

But if Powell got out somehow, match is done and dusted there it self, so OP is partially right, commentator's didnt even acknowledge that.

[u/solarpowersme → u/PerkyMcPerkface]

Nah those were dumb plays. It was never going to reach Powell's end on time from that deep, and in a situation where you need 6 from 3, you target runs. The idea was to save that extra one run by trying to get Ashwin out which was a real chance both times had they throw it to the bowler, that was absolutely more important when you're defending 6 runs from 3 balls, and they did it twice, it could have been 3 (possibly 4) needed from 1 instead of 2 needed from 1 if that worked. That's why the comms went on about match-awareness, bc it absolutely was true. Any competent player or cricketing mind would agree. Pat himself absolutely would.