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The IPL 2023 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals was witness to an incredible catch by SRH's Abhishek Sharma to dismiss an in-form Sanju Samson. The RR batters got off to a blistering start with Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal slogging all around the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
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Continuing this onslaught, Sanju Samson was also batting at an incredible rate when he smashed T Natarajan towards deep mid-wicket. Here Sharma, held on to a difficult catch which needed him to juggle his left foot and avoid touching the boundary.
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After this attacking batting display, the 2008 champions managed to post a total of 202 runs. For Rajasthan, the trio of Samson, Buttler and Jaiswal, each scored half-centuries. Whereas, Hyderabad's Fazalhaq Farooqi and T Natarajan were the top bowlers as they combined to pick four wickets.
Speaking about the first innings, SRH leg-spinner Adil Rashid praised his team for restricting the RR batters after a mammoth powerplay. He said, " Some grip, some go straight on. Very good batting pitch and they played exceptionally. Didn’t allow our bowlers to settle. The bowlers did exceptionally well to restrict them to 203 from the position they were in, the last 6 overs were great. Feels incredible to play in front of a full side, hopefully, many more to come."
Further, in the mid-innings interview, Rashid felt the total set by Rajasthan was around 10 runs more than the par-score at the ground. He said, "After seeing the pitch, maybe this target is 5-10 more than par but we’ll take that with our batting line-up. Hopefully, I won’t be asked to bat, and if at all just a few runs late on to knock it around."