Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) squared off in the fourth match of the sixteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday. SRH captain, Bhuvneshwar Kumar won the toss and opted to bowl first. But his decision backfired big time as RR posted a massive total in their designated 20 overs. The Sanju Samson-led side scored 203/4 with the help of half-centuries from Jos Buttler, Yashaswai Jaiswal, and Sanju Samson.
While Buttler and Jaiswal scored 54 runs each, captain Samson scored 55 runs off the 32 balls he faced. Shimron Hetmyer also scored an unbeaten 22* off just 16 balls. While it seemed like a batting pitch when RR were batting, the track seemed to aid the bowlers in the second innings.
Trent Boult got RR to a flying start as he bowled a maiden over and topped it off with two wickets. Mayank Agarwal and Harry Brook tried to bail SRH out but Yuzvendra Chahal struck to break the partnership. The RR leggie clean-bowled Brook with a flipper and the visiting fans were elated. Chahal’s wife, Dhanashree Verma who was also in the stands could not stop her emotions as she clapped animatedly to celebrate the wicket.
The franchise shared the video of Verma on social media.
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Chahal did not stop there as the leggie went on to claim three more wickets in the game. The RR spinner got the best of Mayank Agarwal, Adil Rashid, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar to claim four wickets in his four overs.
The other performers with the ball, for RR, included Trent Boult (2/21), Jason Holder (1/16), and Ravichandran Ashwin (1/27).
