That's it! A comprehensive win for Sunrisers Hyderabad. They are off to a winning start and join CSK, KXIP and KKR in doing so. Shikhar Dhawan and bowlers were superb and so was skipper Kane Williamson. Dhawan and Williamson finish unbeaten on 77 and 36 respectively. Full Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad now need just 12 runs to win from 42 balls. Shikhar Dhawan is batting on 70 while Kane Williamson is on 30.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are comfortably placed. SRH need just 51 more runs to win from 72 balls with nine wickets in hand. Dhawan looks in good touch and is nearing his half-century.
OUT! Move to promote Wriddhiman Saha has not worked for Sunrisers. He hits it straight to mid-off while looking to play inside-out. Saha c Laughlin b Unadkat 5(5)
So, that's it, Rajasthan Royals have been restricted to just 125 runs. Superb bowling effort by Sunrisers Hyderabad. Royals need to be impressive with the ball to try and stop the home side from chasing down the total.Do join us for SRH's response. Full Scorecard
OUT! Shreyas Gopal finds Yusuf Pathan placed at long-on. He was looking to clear him, got the height but not the distance. S Gopal c Y Pathan b Bhuvneshwar 18(18)
OUT! Rashid khan has finally picked a wicket. You can't keep him wicketless for long. Leg-break skids through the defence of Jos Buttler and his off-stump is knocked out. Buttler b Rashid Khan 6(9)
OUT! This is getting worse for Royals, they lose sixth wicket now. K Gowtham is caught behind. Superb bowling this by S Kaul. Gowtham c Saha b S Kaul 0(2)
OUT! Shakib strikes for the second time in the over. It is the big wicket of Sanju Samson this time. He was looking to go over deep extra cover, Shakib bowls it tad slower and Samson ends up hitting it towards Rashid Khan who was fielding near deep cover. He slides forward and completes a fine catch. Samson c Rashid Khan b Shakib 49(42)
OUT! Rahul Tripathi has to go. Shakib al Hasan picks the wicket. Tripathi was eyeing to clear the long-on, but hits it straight to Manish Pandey. Tripathi c Manish Pandey b Shakib 17(15)
After three matches in the Indian Premier League 2018 (IPL 2018), Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals are the only teams who have not been on display yet. And tonight, the two sides collide in match number four of IPL 2018. It is Kane Williamson vs Ajinkya Rahane. Stay on this page as we provide you the live score updates of SRH vs RR IPL 2018 match 4. SRH vs RR IPL 2018 LIVE Streaming
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals have met each other seven times thus far. Royals lead the head-to-head record narrowly at four wins. So, Sunrisers will be keen to draw level here. Both the sides feature some top-notch cricketers.
While SRH feature, Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Wriddhiman Saha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Alex Hales and Carlos Brathwaite, Royals, on the other hand, will have the services of Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jaydev Unadkat.
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (From): Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Deepak Hooda, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, K Khaleel Ahmed, Sachin Baby, Chris Jordan, Alex Hales, Carlos Brathwaite, Ricky Bhui, T Natarajan, Billy Stanlake, Tanmay Agarwal, Shreevats Goswami, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan.
Rajasthan Royals (From): Rahul Tripathi, Ajinkya Rahane(c), D Arcy Short, Sanju Samson(w), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Stuart Binny, Mahipal Lomror, Heinrich Klaasen, Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Zahir Khan, Prashant Chopra, Sudhesan Midhun, Ben Laughlin, Aryaman Birla, Jatin Saxena, Dushmantha Chameera.