The SunRisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2024 match was witness to a controversial second as the previous’s batter Travis Head obtained a reprieve to a stumping resolution. It occurred within the 15th over as with Avesh Khan bowling to Head. Against a full supply exterior off, Head shuffled throughout and chased the ball. He misplaced stability within the course of. Samson threw the ball within the stumps’ route. Replays confirmed that it was ambiguous, although the TV umpire Rohan Pandit gave it not out. RR Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara might be seen engaged in an animated dialogue after the choice was given.
Irfan Pathan referred to as the choice “horrible”. “Horrible decision again from their umpire. There were two more frames to see. Head’s bat was in the air,” he wrote on x.
Nitish Reddy and Travis Head produced explosive fifties to energy Sunrisers Hyderabad to a aggressive 201 for 3 in opposition to Rajasthan Royals within the Indian Premier League right here on Thursday.
Horrible resolution once more from their umpire. There have been two extra frames to see. Head’s bat was within the air.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 2, 2024
It did not matter in the long run #SRHvRR #TATAIPL #IPLonJioCinema pic.twitter.com/qdui7WrAVu
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) May 2, 2024
Opting to bat, SRH opener Head made full use of an early reprieve by slamming his fourth fifty of the season with a 44-ball 58, whereas Nitish (76 not out in 42 balls) hit his second half-century en route a 96-run stand off 57 balls for the third wicket.
Nitish and Heinrich Klassen (42 not out off 19) added one other 70 off 32 balls to take SRH throughout the 200-mark for the fifth time this season.
Head, who was dropped by Riyan Parag within the first ball of the innings, hit six fours and three sixes, whereas Nitish smashed eight maximums and three fours throughout his brutal assault.
Playing his 300th recreation, Yuzvendra Chahal, who has been picked for the T20 World Cup, was on the firing line as he was taken aside by the 2 batters, conceding 62 in his quota of 4 overs.
Avesh Khan (2/39) produced the primary breakthrough, having Abhishek Sharma (12) caught at deep midwicket. Sandeep Sharma (1/31) then claimed a first-ball wicket, eradicating Anmolpreet Singh (5) as SRH scored 37 for two within the powerplay, their lowest this IPL.
The spin duo of Chahal and R Ashwin (0/36), nevertheless, disillusioned because the batters milked them for runs to set SRH on the highway to restoration.
Chahal had a horrible night time as Head smashed him for 2 sixes and a 4 throughout an 18-run over after he got here on to bowl instantly following the powerplay.
The leg-spinner was then taken aside by Nitish Reddy, who plundered him for 2 sixes and two fours to build up 21 runs as SRH reached 113 for two in 13 overs.
Nitish, who additionally clobbered Ashwin and Avesh for 2 maximums, then despatched Sandeep crusing over additional cowl, whereas Head pulled Avesh for one more six within the 15th over.
The Australia, nevertheless, performed the pacer onto his center stump as SRH slipped to 131/3.
Nitish then accomplished his fifty in 30 balls with a single and straightaway launched Ashwin for successive maximums.
New man Klassen then joined the occasion, sending Chahal into the orbit with back-to-back sixes. When Boult was again, Klassen picked him for 2 fours, whereas blasting one other six off Sandeep.
With PTI inputs
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