The new season, the teams were reunited but the same old Sunrisers Hyderabad. Ishaan Kishan’s unbeaten centenary SRH’s power-pack batting lineup directed to win a 44-run win over Rajasthan Royals at its Indian Premier League (2025) season opener at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Sunday.
Careless bowling and unseen fielding meant that Royals started the match on the back foot and they never recovered from it. After winning the toss, Skipar Ryan Para had always taken a suspicious decision to bowl first, even against SRH in his home ground, even without any obstruction.
As happened – SRH vs RR
Abhishek Sharma made an explosive start towards the house, in his early magic before falling in Mahesh Thekshana, he gave a smack to Fazlak Farooqui for five borders.
With SRH crossing the 50 -run mark in just four overs, Ryan Parag brought Jofra Archer into the attack. In trademark fashion, Travis Head took him to the cleaner, broke four borders and a demonic 106-meter six, which was a lot for the joy of the domestic house crowd.
The head placed fireworks beyond the powerplay, bringing half of his half a century in 21 balls. Playing his first game after a long injury trimmed, Tushar Deshpande ended the Australian attack with a slow delivery.
The new signed Ishan, who had taken backseat by then, started running away with Nitish Kumar Reddy. He pumiled Archer with a back-to-back sixes to register a blistering half-century off 25 balls at his SRH debut.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Travis Head played a shot between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Twenty20 Championship cricket match. , Photo Credit: KVS Fall
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Travis Head played a shot between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Twenty20 Championship cricket match. , Photo Credit: KVS Fall
Made from the start of the Quickfire, Ishaan maintained the run. In penance, he cleaned the deep-backword square leg and fine leg before keeping an eye on his first IPL century. The 287-ri target set with a border from the final ball was difficult and the Royals stumbled in the beginning.
Simarjit Singh sent Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ryan Parag Packing in their first over to cover the distance between the two teams, after which Mohammed Shami sent Nitish Rana back to the pavilion.
However, Sanju Samson and Dhruv Juraral rapidly registered half-Shaataks and placed a 111-run stand together to keep the Royals into dispute. Both Samson and Jurael fell into the three -ball space, in the past for Harshal Patel and later Adam Zampa.
The Royals then found it difficult to live with the rising run rate despite the best efforts of Shubam Dubey and Shimron Hetmier. In a field that has traditionally favored the teams pursuing (1.235 w/l ratio in IPL), SRH promoted a tendency to launch his IPL campaign on a winning note.
