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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Why SRH lost their opener against Rajasthan Royals

Hi Friends, welcome to our review of Match 5 of the 2022 edition of the IPL. Well, Rajasthan Royals finished with around 206 runs with a well deserved fifty from their Captain Sanju Samson. The way the match progressed initially, it appeared that the Royals were set for a score of over 220. They ended up at least 20-30 runs short. They were also helped by some bad bowling by Washington Sundar and Umran Malik. Sundar conceded 47 runs in his 3 overs. Even in tests, he had lost the faith of Kohli. We feel he can be a good batsman. SRH's core strength is their bowlers. However, today didn't seem to be their day. With the exception of Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, everyone else went for over 40 odd runs in their overs. Even Natarajan coming back after injuries did concede some extra runs in his overs but captured two wickets which give him more confidence. When SRH batted, their Captain Williamson got out rather cheaply paving the way for his team to be in dire straits at 29/4. SRK kept losing wickets regularly and at one stage it seemed they may settle for a defeat over 100 runs which would hurt their NRR very badly. Fortunately for them, Sundar and Markram came together and had a good partnership. Sundar infact scored 40 runs in 14 balls. He nearly compensated for the runs conceded by him in his 3 overs:). It would be good if all bowlers start scoring runs equivalent to the runs conceded by them. In the end, it wasn't enough as SRK could score only 149 runs in their 20 overs. Going forward, it would be good for SRH if they tighten up their bowling. Umran Malik should display more control with speed which should help in the long run and break into the Indian team itself! I keenly followed this match as I wanted Natarajan to do well. He did capture two wickets. He should probably learn to be a bit more economical which should help him further. SRH batsmen too let their team down and should improvise in their next match.

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Sanju Samson

Indian Premier League

For full details, go here:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/indian-premier-league-2022-1298423/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-rajasthan-royals-5th-match-1304051/full-scorecard