HIGHLIGHTS | IPL 2023, SRH vs RR: Openers, bowler help Royals crush Hyderabad by 72 runs

Some last over runs by Umran Malik and Abdul Samad took Hyderabad to 131/8 but it was too less too late for them as they lose by 72 runs.

Hyderabad having a horrid day with the bat as they lose seven wickets for less than 100.

RR all over SRH as Hyderabad lose six wickets for 64 in 12 overs.

Mayank Agrawal and Harry Brook start rebuilding for SRH after Boult's twin-wicket first over.

Trent Boult started off RR's bowling with a fiery first overs, sending Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi back in the first over itself.

SunRisers Hyderabad need 204 runs to beat Rajasthan Royals.

RR captain Sanju Samson has also reached his fifty while Natarajan picked up Riyan Parag on seven.

Despite a fantastic start from Rajasthan openers, Hyderabad bowlers have managed to pull the game back in their favour with tight spells in middle overs.

Ace seamer Umran Malik picked his wicket of IPL 2023 as he clean bowled Devdutt Padikkal on just two.

Fazalhaq Farooqi has picked his second-ever IPL wicket in Yashasvi Jaiswal on 54. Rajasthan cruising ahead at 140 for two in 13 overs.

Rajasthan captain Sanju Samson has joined the party and slammed a few big ones across the rope. With 131 plus in 11, RR surely in commanding position.

Owing to a brilliant start, perhaps their best in IPL history, Rajasthan Royals crossed the 100-run mark in 8th over with Jaiswal and Sanju Samson working batting.

Dashing opener Jos Buttler reached his maiden fifty of this season off just 20 balls, and got bowled by Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi on 54 off 22 balls.

Rajasthan Royals openers Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal got off to a great start, hitting fours and sixes early on. 

Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips (wk), Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (c), Adil Rashid, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Umran Malik, T Natarajan

Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, KM Asif

SRH have won the toss and elect to bowl first.