SRH made one changes to their playing eleven – Kane Williamson made way for Eoin Morgan.
RR made no changes to their playing eleven.
On winning the toss, Steven Smith, RR’s skipper, chose to field.
The first Powerplay of SRH’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They
scored 35, and lost three wickets.
Shikhar Dhawan, whose 12-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries, scored 10. Four overs into the match, he was caught by Sanju
Samson. Dhawal Kulkarni broke the 25-rnu stand.
The second-wicket pair put on 10. David Warner, whose
14-ball innings included three boundaries and a six, scored 21. Ajinkya Rahane,
the player of the match, ran him out.
The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Lokesh
Rahul, who faced five balls, scored a couple. The next ball, he was trapped leg
before wicket by Kulkarni.
SRH scored 50 off 8.4 overs (52 balls). RR had conceded four
extras at that point.
The fourth-wicket pair put on 50 off 54 balls. While Naman
Ojha’s contribution to the partnership was 25, Morgan’s contribution to it was 24.
Extras’ contribution to the partnership was three.
Naman, whose 32-ball (Prav)innings included three
boundaries, scored 25. Fifty-five balls after Rahul’s dismissal, Tambe broke
the 52-run partnership.
Morgan, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries and a six, scored 27. Fourteen balls later, he was trapped leg
(Tam)before wicket by the leggie, who broke the nine-run stand.
SRH scored 100 off 17.4 overs (107 balls). RR had conceded
five extras at that point.
Ravi Bopara, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary and
a six, scored 23. He was unbeaten, as was Ashish Reddy, who scored 13. His
nine-ball innings included a six.
RR eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. SRH scored 127
for the loss of five overs off 20 overs.
James Faulkner, Stuart Binny, and Deepak Hooda bowled a
couple of wicketless overs apiece. They conceded 20, a dozen, and 11,
respectively.
Chris Morris, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded
23.
Tim Southee, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded
30.
Kulkarni bowled three overs, including a maiden. He
conceded nine, picking up a couple of wickets.
Tambe, who bowled four overs, conceded 21. He picked up a
couple of scalps.
The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the
mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They
scored 36, without the loss of a wicket.
RR’s openers put on 50 off 7.3 overs (45 balls). SRH had
conceded five extras at that point. While Rahane’s contribution to the
partnership was 25, Samson’s contribution to it was 20.
Samson, whose 30-ball innings included a couple of
boundaries, scored 26. Sixty-two balls into the chase, he was caught by Naman.
Bopara broke the 64-run partnership.
Steven, whose 10-ball innings included a couple of boundaries,
scored 13. Eighteen balls later, he was caught by Warner. Karn Sharma broke the
20-run stand.
Nair, who faced five balls, scored (K)arun. Bopara had a
reason to be in seventh heaven – eight balls later, he caught him off his own
bowling.
RR scored 100 off 15.5 overs (95 balls). SRH had conceded half-a-dozen
extra at that point.
Rahane’s half-century – which included
seven boundaries – came off 46 balls.
He eventually scored 62 off 56 balls, which included nine
boundaries. Twenty-four balls later, Trent Boult broke the 27-run stand.
Binny, whose 14-ball innings included a boundary, scored
16. He was unbeaten, as was Faulkner, who scored half-a-dozen. His five-ball
innings included a boundary.
The number of extras they eventually conceded gave SRH no
reason to be in seventh heaven.
RR, who scored 131 for the loss of four wickets off 20
overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets.
Ashish Reddy bowled an over, conceding five. He was
wicketless, as were the Kumars (Praveen and Bhuvneshwar), who bowled four overs
apiece. While the former conceded 30, the latter conceded 25.
Karn bowled three overs, conceding 19. He picked up a
wicket, as did Boult, who bowled four overs, conceding 25.
Bopara bowled four overs, conceding 18. He picked up a
couple of scalps.