Mullanpur | Rajasthan Royals crushed Sunrisers Hyderabad by 47 runs in the Indian Premier League Eliminator clash to reach Qualifier 2 here on Wednesday.
Rajasthan Royals will take on Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 here on Friday.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit 97 off 29 balls to power RR to a massive 243 for eight. In reply, SRH folded for 196 in 19.2 overs.
Jofra Archer was the pick among the bowlers for RR, returning 3/58.
Ishan Kishan made 33 to give a brisk start before a collapse. Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 38 and Salil Arora made 35 in SRH’s reply.
Brief scores: RR 243/8 in 20 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 97, Dhruv Jurel 50; Praful Hinge 3/54) lost to SRH 196 in 19.2 overs (Nitish Kumar Reddy 38; Jofra Archer 3/58, Nandre Burger 2/26) by 47 runs.
SRH’s innings:
Abhishek Sharma c Jurel b Archer 2
Travis Head b Archer 17
Ishan Kishan c Ferreira b Archer 33
R Smaran c Archer b Burger 1
Heinrich Klaasen lbw b Punja 18
Nitish Kumar Reddy c Shanaka b Jadeja 38
Salil Arora c Burger b Jadeja 35
Pat Cummins c Archer b Mishra 1
Shivang Kumar c Sooryavanshi b Mishra 27
Eshan Malinga c Archer b Burger
Sakib Hussain not out 5
Extras: 16 (nb-1, w-15)
Total: 196 in 19.2 overs
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-51, 3-52, 4-57, 5-81, 6-137, 7-139, 8-163, 9-187, 10-196
Bowling: Jofra Archer 4-0-58-3, Nandre Burger 3-0-26-2, Brijesh Sharma 3-0-31-0, Yash Raj Punja 4-0-39-1, Sushant Mishra 2-0-20-1, Ravindra Jadeja 3-0-21-2