RAJASTHAN ROYALS WON BY 72 RUNS
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD
131/8
RAJASTHAN ROYALS
203/5
LOCATION – Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Rajasthan Royals(RR), last year’s finalists, defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) by 72 runs to get the TATA IPL 2023 started on the right foot. Jos Buttler, who won the Orange Cap award last year, carried on where he left off by scoring a half-century in the Powerplay and aiding the team’s fast start. In addition to Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson scoring fifty runs each, Rajasthan amassed the first 200-run IPL total. Trent Boult started off for the team from Jaipur with a double wicket maiden. After that, Yuzvendra Chahal, the Purple Cap winner from last year, continued to work his magic with the ball, picking up 4 wickets today, helping Rajasthan post a comfortable victory and move to the top of the table.