Bhuvneshwar Kumar did the star flip with a sensational remaining over as Sunrisers Hyderabad pulled off a heist, gorgeous Rajasthan Royals by only one run in a last-ball thriller to maintain their IPL playoff hopes alive on Thursday. Needing two to win off the final supply, Bhuvneshwar (3/41) trapped Rovman Powell (27) with a full toss to go away RR stranded at 200 for seven whereas chasing a goal of 202. Opting to bat, Nitish Reddy (76 not out) and Travis Head (58) produced explosive fifties, whereas Heinrich Klassen made an unbeaten 19-ball 42 to energy Sunrisers Hyderabad to 201 for 3.
Issues had been trying up when Bhuvneshwar eliminated Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson for geese within the opening over to go away RR at 1 for two.
Nonetheless, children Yashasvi Jaiswal (67) and Riyan Parag (77) got here up with counterattacking fifties on method to an enormous 134-run partnership to put the muse of the runchase.
However as soon as the duo was again within the hut, Shimron Hetmyar (13) hit a 4 and a six because it appeared like a regulation chase however T Natarajan received rid off Hetmyar, who perished at long-on after which skipper Pat Cummins eliminated Dhruv Jurel, who was caught at deep sq. leg within the nineteenth over.
The sudden lack of wickets gave SRH hope of a turnaround however Powell produced a six within the final ball of the nineteenth over to carry the equation right down to 13 off six balls.
The West Indian saved a peaceful head to carry it right down to 2 off the final ball however Bhuvneshwar denied him the glory.
Following the win, SRH snapped their two-game shedding streak and moved to the fourth spot with 12 factors, similar as Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Tremendous Giants, whereas RR stayed on the prime with 16 factors.
Chasing the entire, Jaiswal and Parag had been dropped early of their innings they usually capitalised on the reprieves to script a fast restoration.
Parag broke the shackles in third over when he carted Bhuvneshwar for 2 fours and a six. Jaiswal then blasted Marco Jansen for 2 boundaries after Cummins spilled a straight ahead catch.
Parag, who was dropped on 24 by Abhishek Sharma, hammered Cummins for an additional most, earlier than carting Jansen for 2 extra fours.
Cummins lastly launched spin into the assault however Jaiswal smashed Shahbaz Ahmed for a 4 to finish his fifty. Three balls later, Parag produced a reverse sweep 4 to achieve his milestone in 32 balls.
Jaiwal then performed a T Natarajan supply onto the stumps, whereas two overs later Parag was holed out at long-on.
Earlier, Head solid a 96-run stand off 57 balls for the third wicket with Nitish, who additionally added one other 70 off 32 balls with Klassen to take SRH throughout the 200-mark for the fifth time this season.
Head, who was dropped by 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.
Enjoying his three hundredth sport, Yuzvendra Chahal, who has been picked for the T20 World Cup, was on the firing line as he conceded 62 in his quota of 4 overs.
Avesh Khan (2/39) produced the primary breakthrough, having Abhishek (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), nonetheless, disillusioned because the batters milked them for runs to set SRH on the street to restoration.
Chahal had a horrible evening 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, who plundered him for 2 sixes and two fours to build up 21 runs.
Nitish, who additionally clobbered Ashwin and Avesh for 2 maximums, then despatched Sandeep crusing over additional cowl, whereas Head pulled Avesh for an additional six within the fifteenth over.
The Australian, nonetheless, performed the pacer onto his center stump as SRH slipped to 131/3.
New man Klassen then joined the social gathering, sending Chahal into the orbit with back-to-back sixes. When Trent Boult was again, Klassen picked him for 2 fours, whereas blasting one other six off Sandeep.
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