Today’s Match
Match 36 IPL 2013 –Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date – Sat Apr 27
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Toss – Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bat
Result – Rajasthan Royals won by 8 Wickets
Man of the match: James Faulkner

Today in the 36th match of IPL 2013, Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat first. Akshath Reddy and Shikhar Dhawan opened the innings but failed to give Hyderabad a good start. Akshath Reddy got out on the 5th ball of the innings when the team score was just 2. Captain Kumar Sangakkara also got out leaving Sunrisers at 6/2 in 1.4 overs. Sunrisers Hyderabad witnessed a total batting collapse of top and middle order as from 6/2 they slipped to 29/6 in 6.1 overs and it looked that they might even fail to cross the 50 run mark. James Faulkner was the pick of the bowlers as he took 5 wickets for just 20 runs in his quota of 4 overs. But lower middle order played exceptional cricket lead by Darren Sammy who scored 60 off just 41 balls to take his team to a respectable total. Amit Mishra and Ashish Reddy also chipped in with useful 21 and 14 respectively. Finally Sunrisers were able to post a total of 144/9 in 20 overs.

Chasing 145 to win, Rajasthan opened the innings with Rahul Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane. Ajinkya Rahane got out after scoring just 1 leaving Royals at 7/1 in 2.3 overs. This brought Shane Watson to crease and he along with Rahul Dravid smashed every Sunriser bowler. Shane Watson scored brilliant 98 not out off 53 balls which included 13 fours and 4 sixes and took his team to an emphatic 8 wicket win.

Match 36 IPL 2013 –Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Scorecard