New Delhi: Batting first Rajasthan Royals (RR) posted the formidable target of 204 for the host Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, April 2 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

RR batting storm in Hyderabad

With Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson bagged half-centuries respectively. Jaiswal smacked 54 tuns off 37 balls, with Buttler slammed 54 off 22 deliveries. Meanwhile, Samson clattered 55 off 32 deliveries. Fazalhaq Farooqi and T Natarajan were in good bowling form and bagged two wickets each for SRH.

Fifties from our top-three power us past 200 in our 200th T20. 👌 pic.twitter.com/K4boPMLIwc

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 2, 2023

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Jos Buttler quick-fire fifty

England’s hard hitting batter Jos Buttler showed no mercy to the Bhuvneshwar Kumar-led bowling attack as he registered quick-fire fifty. Buttler played 54 runs knock off 22 bowls, he dealt only in sixes and fours. The 32-year-old batter reached his half-century at the strike rate of 245.45.

Sanju Samson’s innings

Captain Sanju Samson on the other side hold his ground and he ramped to hit over Glenn Phillips’ head behind for a boundary. A pugnacious touch on the backfoot followed for successive fours in the over of Umran Malik.

After that, Samson pushed the length delivery to the covers for a single. That brought up the 18th IPL fifty for the Rajasthan Royals skipper.

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Innings Break!

A solid batting display from @rajasthanroyals as captain @IamSanjuSamson, @josbuttler & @ybj_19 scored cracking FIFTIES 👌 👌

Will @SunRisers chase the target down 🤔

Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/khh5OBILWy #TATAIPL | #SRHvRR pic.twitter.com/wM7ma5zvzH

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 2, 2023

SRH vs RR match 4 playing XI

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips(w), Umran Malik, Adil Rashid, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), T Natarajan, Fazalhaq Farooqi