Chaotic finish
Well well well. this is what happens every now and then in T20s. And there is no explanation for it. Except that it is just 40 overs, and if you have one bad over, that constitutes a sizeable chunk. That's what happened with RR. We leave you with a teaser from our report. Thanks for joining us.
Till the 19th over of the chase, the highest Rajasthan Royals let the asking rate in a 202 chase was 10.88, which was at the end of the first over. And yet, Sunrisers Hyderabad won by one run. Pat Cummins bowled a superb 19th over followed by Bhuvneshwar Kumar successfully defending 12 in the final over despite the over-rate penalty giving them one fewer boundary rider. Even until the last ball, RR remained the favourites, needing two to win, but Rovman Powell missed a calf-high full toss to be out lbw. It was Bhuvneshwar who got their defence to a great start, removing Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson in the first over, but Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag made the chase look easy with their fifties. When Jaiswal fell, they needed 67 off 39; when Parag left, they needed 43 off 25. Shimorn Hetmyer and Powell looked like cruising it, and then two hits went straight to the fielders, and Cummins swooped in.