IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Spin straightaway from RR as Ravichandran Ashwin bowls the second over.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Abhishek Sharma creams a few runs from Boult in the first over and then falls right at the end of it. Length ball, Abhishek goes for the pull and it ends up lobbing nice to the fielder at covers. Trent Boult strikes in the first over once again.

Abhishek Sharma c Kohler-Cadmore b Boult 12 (5)

SRH vs RR IPL Live Score: SRH 13/1 in 1 over

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Travis Head opens the SRH innings with Abhishek Sharma at the other end. Trent Boult has the new ball in his hands. Strap yourselves in…

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: The humidity has been quite severe in Chennai. Pitch number 7 is being used, it has never been used at all this season. 61 metres and 72 metres square boundaries - tactically, where the offspiner bowls and where the legspinner bowls come into play. Down the ground - 77 metres - a lot of muscle needed. It looks dark compared to some of the other pitches on the square. This surface is extremely hard. It's black clay, that means it'll hold together really well. Whatever moisture has been put into the surface, it's really going to mesh it all together. I expect a bit of bounce for the seamers, not a lot of turn for the spinners. The only defence for the spinners will be they've got that huge boundary to hit up against. In terms of runs, it's a 175-180 type wicket. We know what Sunrisers Hyderabad's blueprint is - it's to score massive. If you do win the toss, Sunrisers will have a bat, put a big load of pressure on the Royals and let's see how they go. The groundsman says there won't be any dew.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Pat Cummins says that Aiden Markram and Jaydev Unadkat are returning to the SRH XI.

SRH XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Samson also says that he and head coach Kumar Sangakkara were happy with the fact that they managed to beat RCB in the Eliminator despite not being at their best. Some more salt and Rajasthani spice powder on the wounds for RCB fans then. No changes at all for RR.

RR XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson has won the toss and Rajasthan Royals are bowling first.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Pat Cummins and Sanju Samson are there with match referee Javagal Srinath in readiness for the toss.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: … is a legitimate contender for match of the season. On a tricky pitch Head scored a rather uncharacteristically slow 58 off 44 balls. His 96-run stand off 57 balls with Nitish Kumar Reddy and the latter's unbeaten 70-run stand off 32 balls with Heinrich Klaasen helped SRH set a score of 201/3. Reddy scored 76 in 42 balls. RR were off to a horrendous start in the chase with Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismiss Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson for ducks in the first over. The tables were almost completely on SRH after that though, with Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag putting up a 134-run stand for the third wicket that came in just 78 balls and it looked like RR are set to complete the chase with ease. Jaiswal fell in the 14th over on 67 off 40 while Parag fell in the 16th on 77 off 49. Shimron Hetmyer and Rovman Powell then kept the fight going and it came down to RR needing 13 to win off the final overe. Bhuvneshwar was the bowler and Ashwin was on strike with Powell at the other end. Only 11 runs came though, with Powell falling LBW off the final ball off which SRH needed just two runs and Bhuvi thus led SRH to an incredible one-run win. They were practically dead and buried in the middle overs and for most of the death overs in the RR chase and yet, they somehow sealed victory.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Head currently sits No.4 on the Orange Cap table with 533 runs in 13 matches. He has struck at a scarcely believable 199.62 at an average of 44.42 and has four fifties and a century to his name.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: His talent was undeniable but Travis Head took his own time establishing himself as a man for all conditions in Test cricket for Australia, the format in which he was getting the most chances. But he has quite frankly been sensational in red ball cricket for the past three years now and in Australia's recent tours to India, both for the Test series and the World Cup, show just how good he is in these conditions as well. Now, at long last, the man known for his quick scoring in Test cricket, has made the IPL stage his own.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Ashwin finished with imperious figures of 2/19 in the first qualifier against RCB. He picked up just two wickets in the first nine games at an economy of 9.00. During this time, he was also struggling with an abdomen tear, which did not allow him to complete his action. But of late, he appears to have found his rhythm. In the last four games, he has picked up seven wickets at an economy of 6.81. Today, he will be playing at his beloved Chepauk, the ground he has grown up playing at. SRH's biggest hitters, particularly the likes of Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen have a real challenge in their hands.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: As stated earlier, this is a battle between the most explosive batting lineup and the best bowling lineup and this can be seen in the way the two sides have gone about business in the powerplay this season. SRH are the fastest-scoring side in the powerplay (run rate 11.48), and RR the most frugal bowling side (economy 8.03) in this period.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: A lot of RR's fate with the bat has been tied with how well Yashasvi Jaiswal does, especially since Jos Buttler left the IPL a few days back. RR fans would be happy to know that Jaiswal has a good record against SRH's two fast bowling powerhouses.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Abhishek Sharma has scored at 206.9 in the PowerPlay, hit spin at 235.37 and taken on left-arm pace at 221.30.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: A huge part of SRH's success has been Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and the ridiculous number of runs they tend to score in the powerplay. Today, they will be put to the test as they face Trent Boult and Sandeep Sharma up front, after which will be Avesh Khan before Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal come in.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: No we are not referring to a secret microphone that is giving us nefarious details of what really goes on in RR's dressing room. It is a bug that Sanju Samson says was doing the rounds among the RR players after their victory over RCB in the first qualifier. Wonder how RCB fans felt listening to Samson effectively saying that the Royals beat their side despite their players suffering from dodgy stomachs.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Regardless of what happens today, or in the final for that matter, this season will be remembered as one in which Sunrisers Hyderabad took power hitting to a whole new level.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: SRH 10 - 9 RR. The one game between these two sides this season ended in a final-ball thriller in favour of SRH.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson has been prolific against both spin and pace this season. Against left-arm quicks, he has scored at 173.9. That strike rate goes up to 179 against spin, while his middle-overs numbers have also been incredible - 278 runs at a strike rate of 148.7.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Today, this match will be played at Yellove land. Both SRH and RR have not had too much joy here, as is the case with practically every team apart from the beloved home side CSK. SRH have won 1 and lost 9 in 10 games in Chepauk. RR have 2 wins in 9 at the venue.

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shimron Hetmyer, Nandre Burger, Shubham Dubey, Tanush Kotian, Donovan Ferreira, Navdeep Saini, Keshav Maharaj, Kuldeep Sen, Abid Mushtaq, Kunal Singh Rathore

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T Natarajan, Sanvir Singh, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Markande, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Akash Maharaj Singh

IPL 2024, SRH vs RR Live Score Qualifier 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals: Welcome to the live coverage of what should be a blockbuster match between two teams who established themselves among the strongest of this season. Stay tuned for more updates!

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