Sunrisers Hyderabad Secure Thrilling Victory Over Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026

Kathmandu. In a thrilling Indian Premier League match held on Saturday, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. Despite a explosive century from Rajasthan's Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Hyderabad successfully chased down the massive target.

Batting first, Rajasthan Royals posted a massive total of 228 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. For Rajasthan, Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a brilliant century innings of 103 runs off just 37 balls. Similarly, Dhruv Jurel contributed 51 runs off 35 balls and Donovan Ferreira added 33 runs off 16 balls. For Hyderabad, Ishan Malinga took 2 wickets.

Chasing a massive target of 229 runs, Sunrisers Hyderabad reached the target in just 18.3 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. In Hyderabad's victory, Ishan Kishan played an explosive half-century innings of 74 runs off 31 balls and Abhishek Sharma scored 57 runs off 29 balls. Nitish Kumar Reddy also contributed an unbeaten 36 runs off 18 balls. For Rajasthan, Jofra Archer and Brijesh Sharma took 2 wickets each.

With this win, Sunrisers Hyderabad has secured 10 points from 8 matches with 5 wins. The defeated Rajasthan Royals also have 10 points from 8 matches.