Hyderabad defeated RR. (Photo- PTI)

IPL 2026, RR vs SRH: Rajasthan Royals had to face a disappointing defeat in the 36th match of IPL 2026 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. In this match, Rajasthan, batting first, scored 228 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs, but Sunrisers Hyderabad achieved this target by losing 5 wickets in 18.3 overs. This was the Royals' first match this season at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, but they could not even save the big target.

RR made a big score on the strength of Vaibhav Suryavanshi

In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl first. Rajasthan Royals' innings was started by young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who played an explosive inning of 103 runs in just 37 balls. In this innings he hit 5 fours and 12 sixes, the strike rate was also 278.37. Whereas, Dhruv Jurel scored 51 runs on 35 balls. Apart from these, Donovan Ferreira made a useful contribution of 33 runs in 16 balls. But Yashasvi Jaiswal could score only 10 runs.

Ishan Malinga took maximum 2 wickets in the bowling of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Apart from them, Praful Hinge, Pat Cummins, Saqib Hussain and Nitish Kumar Reddy got 1 wicket each.

Ishaan-Abhishek's stormy innings

In response, Sunrisers Hyderabad's chasing was quite aggressive. Ishan Kishan played a stormy inning of 74 runs in 31 balls, in which 11 fours and 3 sixes were seen. Whereas, Abhishek Sharma scored 57 runs on 29 balls. The partnership of 100 runs between the two for the second wicket decided the course of the match. After this, Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 36 runs in 18 balls and Heinrich Klaasen scored 29 runs. Due to which Hyderabad achieved this big total in just 18.3 overs. In the bowling of Rajasthan Royals, Jofra Archer and Brijesh Sharma got 2-2 wickets, but SRH batsmen easily won the match.

Let us tell you, this is the 5th victory of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. He has played a total of 8 matches so far and has faced defeat in 3 matches. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals have also faced their third defeat. He has also won a total of 5 out of 8 matches.

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