IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 1 run, victory snatched from Rajasthan’s jaws, CSK’s path to playoff…

New Delhi. Sunrisers Hyderabad registered a very thrilling win in IPL 2024 on Thursday. Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by one run in a breath-taking match. Rajasthan Royals, who were on top in the points table, needed 20 runs in the last 2 overs to win and had 5 wickets left. His victory seemed certain. But SRH captain Pat Cummins and Bhuvneshwar Kumar snatched the victory from Rajasthan Royals by bowling brilliantly. With this victory of Hyderabad, the path to the playoffs of Chennai Super Kings has become more difficult. This is the second defeat of Rajasthan Royals.

The 50th match of IPL 2024 was played between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. In this match played in Hyderabad, host team SRH captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first. SRH had a bad start and its opener Abhishek Sharma was out after scoring only 12 runs. Anmolpreet Singh, who came to bat at number three, also departed after scoring 5 runs.

Travis Head-Nitish took over, then Klassen…
Sunrisers Hyderabad, which lost two wickets for 35 runs, were managed by openers Travis Head (58) and Nitish Reddy (76). Both of them made a partnership of 96 runs for the third wicket. Travis Head was out after scoring 58 runs on 44 balls. After his dismissal, Heinrich Klaasen took charge along with Nitish. Nitish and Klaasen made a partnership of 70 runs in 32 balls and took the team to the score of 201 runs for 3 wickets. Nitish Reddy remained unbeaten after scoring 76 runs on 42 balls. Klaasen played an innings of 42 runs in 19 balls. For Rajasthan Royals, Avesh Khan took 2 wickets and Sandeep Sharma took one wicket.

Bhuvneshwar’s dream over
Rajasthan Royals, who set out to chase the target of 202 runs, had a dreadful start. His opener and impact player Jos Buttler was out without opening the account. After this, Sanju Samson also walked in the same over. Like Butler, Bhuvneshwar did not allow Sanju Samson to open his account. He even forced Buttler to score a golden duck (getting out on 0 on the first ball).

Yashasvi-Parag made a century partnership
Rajasthan Royals, which lost 2 wickets for one run, were taken care of by its two young batsmen. Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag made a partnership of 134 runs in 76 balls for the third wicket. Yashasvi Jaiswal completed his fifty on 30 balls and Riyan Parag completed his fifty on 31 balls. This pair broke due to Yashasvi’s dismissal. He scored 67 runs in 40 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes.

20 runs were needed from 12 balls…
Rajasthan Royals had scored 182 runs for 5 wickets after 18 overs. In this way, he needed 20 runs to win in the last 2 overs. His victory seemed certain. But Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins and Bhuvneshwar Kumar snatched the seemingly certain victory from Rajasthan Royals.

Bhuvi took the wicket on the last ball
Pat Cummins bowled the 19th over and spent 7 runs in it. Cummins also dismissed Dhruv Jurel in the same over. After this Bhuvneshwar Kumar came with the 20th over. Bhuvi gave only 9 runs in this over and gave victory to his team by dismissing Rovman Powell on the last ball. Rajasthan Royals needed 2 runs on the last ball, but Rovman Powell became LBW on this ball.

Chennai moved from fourth to fifth position in the points table.
After this win, Sunrisers Hyderabad has reached fourth place in the points table with 12 points. Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Supergiants are at second and third position respectively with 12 points each. Rajasthan Royals is at first place in the points table with 16 points. With this victory, Sunrisers have shifted Chennai Super Kings from fourth to fifth position. If Chennai now wants to secure a place in the playoffs, then it will either have to win its remaining four matches or pray for the defeat of the teams above it in the table.

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