Sunrisers Hyderabad scripts a history in their maiden game of the Indian Premier League 2025 played against Rajasthan Royals in Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Pat Cummins led SRH scored 286 runs while batting and registered the second highest team score in IPL history. Ishan Kishan and Travis Head played a vital role in the team’s high-scoring game.
Speaking of the match, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to field first. Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head opened the batting attack for SRH while Fazalhaq Farooqi opened the bowling attack.
The duo continued their IPL 2024 form and made a fierce start by smashing Rajasthan Royals’ bowlers all around the stadium.
Head and Abhishek Sharma as an opening pair in IPL 2024
- Inns: 13
- Runs: 599
- Avg: 49.91
- RR: 13.21
- 100s/50s: 3/1
- HS: 167*
The duo pushed SRH to score 45 runs in just three overs without losing a wicket. Maheesh Theekshana in the first delivery of the fourth over dismissed Abhishek Sharma and drew the first blood for SRH.
Though SRH lost one of the openers at an early stage, their aggression hasn’t gone down a bit. Ishan Kishan and Head contained the momentum and leads SRH to score 94 runs for a wicket loss at the end of the first powerplay.
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Head backs away to send it sailing in typical Travis style—six of the best! 🚀🔥
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Tushar Deshpande in the third delivery of the 10th over dismissed Head for 67 runs and broke the 85 runs stand. At the end of 10 overs, SRH Scored 135 runs for two-wicket loss.
Nitish Reddy joined hands with Kishan and started to carry the innings forward but Theekshana in the 15th over dismissed Reddy for 30 runs. On the other hand, Ishan Kishan continued his aggression with the bat and continued to secure his maiden IPL century.
At the end of 20 overs, SRH scored 286 runs for 6 wickets loss and registered the second highest team score in IPL history.
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A special first for Ishan Kishan as he brought up his 💯 off just 45 balls 🔥
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While chasing, with a mammoth target on the board, Rajasthan Royals made a struggling start by losing three wickets inside the first powerplay. Though RR lost early wickets, their impact player Sanju Samson kept scoring runs from one end.
With Dhruv Jurel’s 19 runs in the sixth over, Rajasthan royals scored 77 runs for three wickets loss at the end of the first powerplay. With a steady partnership from this duo, RR scored 151 runs at the end of 13 overs.
While the duo seems dangerous with their 100-run partnership, Harshal Patel broke the well-settled partnership by dismissing Samson for 66 runs. In the very next over Adam Zampa dismissed well settled batter Dhruv Jurel for 70 and scattered RR’s dream of chasing the target.
Though Shubham Dubey and Hetmyer made some impressive shots they weren’t enough to reach the target. At the end of 20 overs, RR managed to score 242 runs after losing six wickets and fell 44 runs short for the win.
