Hyderabad: Riding on Sanju Samson's 55-ball 102 Rajasthan Royals set a daunting 199 runs target for Sunrisers Hyderabad here at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Friday.
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Rashid Khan's early breakthrough wicket in the form of Jos Buttler (5) didn't help SRH as Rahane and Samson forged 119 runs second wicket partnership between them to help RR set the tone of their innings.
Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson forged 119 runs partnership. Captain Ajinkya Rahane scored 49-ball 70.
The important partnership between Rahane and Samson helped RR to accelerate the innings and they eventually posted 198 for 2 at the end of 20 overs.
Rahane played a stroke-filled innings comprised of four boundaries and three sixes.
However, it was 24-year-old Samson who stole the show by smashing 102 off 55 balls. His innings was comprised of ten boundaries and four sixes.
Meanwhile, it was Samson's second IPL hundred. In 2017, he rose to fame by slamming 63-ball 102 against now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant.
Earlier, RR captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and opted to bat first.
With both SRH and RR lost their respective season opener, they will eye to win their first match of IPL 2019 to put their campaign on right track.RR, who lost to Kings XI Punjab by14 runs against KXIP on Monday, didn't make any change to their playing XI.
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However, SRH made two changes to their playing XI. While skipper Kane Williamson cameback to the SRH replacing Shakib-Al-Hasan, bowling all-rounderShahbaz Nadeem got his first match of the season as Deepak Hooda has been dropped.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Kane Williamson(c), Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):Ajinkya Rahane(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sanju Samson, Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni
