Twitter Reactions: Lifeless SRH bow down to sparkling Royals in Jaipur

Steve Smith and Co won with five balls to spare.

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Shreyas Gopal. (Photo Source: Twitter)

The Rajasthan Royals (RR) managed to keep their playoffs hopes alive in this edition’s Indian Premier League (IPL). The team, captained by Steve Smith, came out firing on all cylinders and defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. With their sixth defeat, the Orange Army is now in requisite of winning all their remaining for matches.

Pandey takes charge

After losing the toss and being put in to bat first, the Sunrisers put 160 for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. Kane Williamson looked scratchy on his comeback and was cleaned up by Shreyas Gopal. However, David Warner and Manish Pandey stitched together a vital stand of 75 off 50 balls to set the platform for a final flourish. Warner wasn’t fluent, yet scored 37 runs and surprisingly hit no boundary.

Pandey carried on and notched consecutive fifties in a mere 27 deliveries. Both Warner and Pandey perished in quick succession. Even as Warner was dismissed by Oshane Thomas, Pandey perished to Gopal after scoring 61 off 36 with nine fours. The Sunrisers’ innings stuttered a tad thereafter and it was Rashid Khan’s breezy 17 from eight balls that helped them post a competitive score on the board.

The Royals romp home

The Royals had a new opener in Liam Livingstone and him along with Ajinkya Rahane came out all guns blazing. The duo made use of the mandatory powerplay and scored 60 runs in it. Livingstone was the more attacking of the two and he raced away to 44 off 26 balls with four boundaries and three sixes. Rashid Khan was expensive in his first over, but he made amends, picking up Livingstone’s wicket.

Rahane hot four boundaries and scored 39 off 34 with four fours and one over-boundary. Shakib nipped him out in the 12th over. Then, Sanju Samson and Steve Smith put their heads down and kept pegging away at the target. Smith was nipped out by Khaleel Ahmed for 22, but by then the writing was on the walls for Williamson’s men. Samson remained not out on 48 to script victory for the home team.

Here is how Twitter reacted

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