RR, SRH, statistical highlights
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The home team Rajasthan Royals (RR) secured an impressive seven-wicket victory (with five balls remaining) against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Saturday (27th April) night at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur).

After SRH was sent to bat first, the visiting side managed to score 160/8 (20 overs). In reply, the home side lost three wickets before successfully chased down that target in 19.1 overs.

Brief Scores:  SRH – 160/8 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey 61, David Warner 37; Jaydev Unadkat 2/26)

RR – 161/3 in 19.1 overs (Sanju Samson 48*, Liam Livingstone 44; Shakib Al Hasan 1/26)

Result – RR won by seven wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:

Teams’ stats

SRH

i) SRH scored 160/8 (20 overs) in the first innings. It is their third-highest total against RR as their both the top two totals are 201 runs (201/5 and 201/4).

 

RR

i) While RR won this match by seven wickets (with five balls to spare), it is their second largest victory (by wickets) against SRH. Their record victory margin is winning by eight wickets at Jaipur on 27th April 2013.

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ii) After losing the last four consecutive matches against SRH, RR finally managed to beat them. Before this win,  their previous victory was at Visakhapatnam on 16th April 2015.

 

Players’ stats

SRH

i) The Orange Cap holder in the ongoing IPL 2019, David Warner, has scored 611 runs in this season. It is the third time for David Warner to score 600+ runs in an IPL season (2016, 2017 and 2019). Before him, only Chris Gayle scored 600+ runs in three different IPL seasons (2011, 2012 and 2013).

RR, SRH, statistical highlights
David Warner (Image Credit: Twitter)

 

ii) Manish Pandey scored 61 runs in the first innings. It is the second highest individual score by an Indian batsman for SRH against RR as the record holder is Shikhar Dhawan with 78* at Hyderabad (Deccan) on 9th April 2018. Meanwhile, Manish Pandey’s latest knock is also the second highest individual score by an SRH batsman against the Rajasthan franchise at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (Jaipur). Kane Williamson is the record holder who scored 63 runs on 29th April 2018.

RR, SRH, statistical highlights
Manish Pandey (Image Credit: Twitter)

 

RR

i) Jaydev Unadkat has taken 13 T20 wickets against SRH which is the most number of T20 wickets for a left-arm bowler against the Orange Army. The Australian left-arm pacer James Faulkner is in the next position with 12 wickets against this Hyderabad franchise.

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RR, SRH, statistical highlights
Jaydev Unadkat (Image Source: Twitter)