It was a dream start for Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Sunrisers Hyderabad against Rajasthan Royals as they got rid of two dangermen – Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson – in the space of four deliveries in an IPL 2024 clash on Thursday night.
A vintage show from Bhuvneshwar with the new ball saw RR lose their star opener Buttler and then skipper Samson for a duck each.
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The ball was swinging and Bhuvneshwar was toying with the RR top-order batters. He first outfoxed Buttler for a golden duck, inducing an outside edge with Marco Jansen taking the catch in the slip cordon.
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Three balls later, he produced a peach of an inswinging delivery that sneaked past Samson’s bat to crash onto the middle stump sending him back for a three-ball duck.
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In chase of 202, RR were rattled early losing two wickets for just one run thanks to an excellent first over of Bhuvneshwar.
Earlier, SRH opted to bat first but were kept quiet in the Powerplay by the RR bowlers. The hosts managed 37/2 from their first six overs with both Avesh Khan and Sandeep Sharma taking a wicket each with their respective first delivery of the contest.
Head shifted gears after the first time-out and soon raised a measured half-century. Nitish Reddy was in excellent form as he brought up a quickfire fifty.
Head exited after having made 58, becoming Avesh’s second victim.
Heinrich Klaasen exploded in the slog overs and provided the late flourish in the company of Reddy.
Klaasen smashed an unbeaten 42 off 19 with the help of three fours and as many sixes to roar back to form after a series of low scores. Reddy continued to impress and finished as the top-scorer of SRH innings. He made an unbeaten 76 off 42, an innings featuring three fours and eight sixes.
SRH finished with 201/3 from their 20 overs.
It was a forgettable outing for RR legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal who ended with his most expensive bowling figures in IPL history – a wicketless four overs for 62 runs.
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