RR vs SRH Match 36 Commentary - Jaipur (25 April 2026)

Honing in on the off stump, on a good length. Salil angles it behind point for a single.

Wide! Sprayed down leg, on a length. Aniket Verma is beaten for pace on the glance.

Hits the hard length, over off. Aniket arches back and plays the ramp with an open bat face for a single.

SIX! Salil Arora finishes things off with a nonchalant hit. SRH win by 5 wickets and make it four wins in a row. Full and sliding onto the pads from around the wicket, Salil keeps a still head and plays the pick-up shot off the pads without any fuss. It sails over the deep square leg fence for a biggie.

SIX! Into the stands! Brijesh Sharma bowls the leg-cutter into the surface, over middle. This sits up to be hit, just below the chest. Nitish Kumar Reddy hangs back and unleashes the pull way over square leg for a biggie. The 50-run stand comes up between this pair.

OUT! LBW! Struck on the boot, and the finger is raised. A searing yorker by Brijesh Sharma with a bit of tail back in at the toes. Nitish Kumar Reddy hurriedly drops his bat, but he is late in doing so. The ball goes under the bat and strikes Reddy on the left boot. Reddy reviews almost immediately. No bat is involved on UltraEdge, and the Ball Tracking has the ball crashing into the leg pole. The on-field decision is upheld, and Reddy is given the marching orders. SRH are 219/4, needing 10 more runs.

Another well-executed yorker, on middle. Salil bunts it out to long on for a single.

Low full toss, tailing back in at the off stump. Heinrich Klaasen just angles the drive to Riyan Parag at a catching cover position.

Wide given. A marginal call, but it goes in favour of the batter. Brijesh Sharma is not happy with it, and Riyan Parag sends it upstairs. Flirting with the tramline, on a length, Heinrich Klaasen lets it through to the keeper. Klaasen had not moved, and some part of the ball is inside the wide guideline. It is a fair delivery.

OUT! CAUGHT! Not the best of balls, but Brijesh Sharma will take it. Brijesh goes searching for the yorker, but it comes out as a high full toss, on middle. Klaasen swings across the line but does not quite go hard at it. He just shovels it to deep square leg, where Ravi Bishnoi runs in off the ropes and gets low out in front to take the catch. Klaasen has been asked to wait as the umpires want to check the height of the full toss. The ball is below the waist, and it is a fair delivery. Heinrich cannot finish the job himself. SRH lose their 5th wicket and are left needing 9 runs from 12 balls.

SIX! Incredible shot! Deshpande goes full, on the off stump. Heinrich Klaasen clears the front leg slightly and collapses his back knee. He opens up the front hip to go inside out over cover for a six.

Stays full, on off and middle. Klaasen swings hard at it but the bat turns in his hand. He gets it past the bowler's right and picks up a single.

Full and skidding through, around the off stump. Reddy shanks it off the inner half of the bat but it goes right between deep mid-wicket and long on. That allows him to sneak in the second run.

SIX! A skimmer from Reddy. Deshpande digs it in short but takes pace off, outside off. It comes at shoulder height to Reddy, who stands up tall on his toes and pulls it to the right of deep mid-wicket for a flat six.

Deshpande responds well as he slips in the yorker, on middle. NKR jams it out to cover and takes a single.

FOUR! In the gap! Deshpande gets the line wrong as he serves a low full toss, slanting into the right-hander. Heinrich Klaasen hangs low to take the ball on the full and whips it all along the ground. Picks the gap between deep mid-wicket and long on for a four. 20 runs from the over. 16 more needed for SRH.

Low full toss, on middle. Heinrich Klaasen pushes it to long on for a single.

Keeps it nice and full, on middle. Nitish Kumar Reddy knocks it to long off and crosses over.

Low full toss again, on middle. Heinrich mistimes the drive to cover.

Leg-cutter, on a length, on middle. Klaasen plays it with a straight bat back to the bowler.

Follows the batter with a yorker as he backs away, does Brijesh. Heinrich Klaasen drops his bat down and squeezes it out to the right of long on for a brace.

Low full toss, on the leg stump. This is swiped to deep mid-wicket for a run.

 STRAIGHT UP AND DROPPED! Brijesh is the man who shells one now. This is not going down well for the Royals and the frustration is visible in the RR camp. On a back of a length on off, rearing up off the pitch. Reddy pulls but is late on it, gets a top edge that balloons miles into the air to deep third. Brijesh tries to settle under it. First moves to his right and then to his left, but misjudges the trajectory of the ball and makes a meal of it. The TV umpire checks the boundary cushions and finds his feet were not in contact with the ropes. Just a single.

Short of a length, outside off, Klaasen cuts to deep cover-point for a single.

Hard length into the pitch, on top of middle. Reddy hops on the toes and dinks it through mid-wicket for a single.

Well-directed short ball, on off. Heinrich Klaasen controls the pull shot along the ground to deep backward square leg for a single.

Hard length on middle and leg, Nitish looks to work it to the leg side but closes the bat face too early, gets a leading edge that rolls on the bounce straight to Jadeja at backward point.

 FOUR! Glorious hit! On a slightly fuller length, around the off pole. Nitish Kumar Reddy presses forward, presents a straight bat and drives it down the ground. Jofra sticks his left hand out by bending low on the follow-through. Only manages to get it parried behind as it races to the fence, beating long off to his right. Archer is done with his spell. 4-0-34-2 are his bowling figures.

 SIX! Helped on its way! Back of a length, from around the stumps and rearing up into his chest. Reddy stays rooted and hoicks it hard across the line, clearing the ropes at long leg comfortably.

Nagging length, on off, punched into the off side off the back foot.

Slightly fuller, outside off, at 142.1 kph, Nitish Kumar Reddy gets on the front foot and creams it through covers. Ravi Singh comes charging across to his right from deep backward point and slides to cut it off. Two taken.

 FOUR! A rare loosener from Burger and gets the treatment! Wide line on a good length, outside off. Nitish Kumar Reddy flashes hard at it by getting on the toes and cuts it over backward point for a cracking four. Burger is not happy with himself.

On a good length, around off, Nitish Kumar Reddy works it to sweeper cover for a single.

At 140.3 kph, this is pitched full and just outside off. Heinrich Klaasen chips the ball on the bounce to mid off. Looked like the ball held up a bit on this occasion.

OUT! MISCUED AND CAUGHT! Archer answers the call for his team and fishes Kishan out. Banged in hard. Kishan looks to flat bat it down the ground but gets nowhere near the middle of it, with one hand coming clean off the handle. Ferreira, from long off, runs forward and dives, gets both hands to it, and rolls on the turf in his follow-through to take a fine catch. Sets an example for others in his side. Sunrisers Hyderabad are 166/3, needing 63 runs from 47 balls.

On a hard length, kicking up, on leg. Nitish Kumar Reddy is squared up and drops it down the pitch.

Bangs it on a shortish length, on off. Reddy stabs it down on the off side.

Oh, that could have gone anywhere. A sharp and quick bumper, around the left shoulder. Nitish Kumar Reddy fails to drop his wrists and fends it awkwardly. Gets a top edge that sails over the keeper. Brijesh Sharma gets around from deep third and slides to his left to prevent the boundary. The third umpire is called into action to check the effort, and Brijesh has done well near the ropes. Just a single.

At 139 kph, this is a hostile short ball, over off. Heinrich Klaasen arches back to play the ramp but misses. Missed by a kitten whisker.

Absolutely fantastic stuff from Archer. A wicket and just 1 run from it amid all the carnage. Back of a length around off, pace taken off. Klaasen reads it early, gets on top of the bounce, and adjusts nicely to the length by dabbing it firmly into the deck.

Pitched slightly fuller, on middle. Heinrich Klaasen backs away and knocks it to cover.

Full, outside off, a bit round-armish, Heinrich Klaasen presses forward and hammers it to long off for a single.

Oops! Misfield again! The Royals cannot afford this as the game is slipping away. Short and outside off, quicker at 101 kph. Kishan sits back and cuts it hard to backward point where Bishnoi gets down to his right, fumbles, and lets it through his legs. Bishnoi gets up and sprints back to flick the ball back in before the ropes, but by then, the batters cross for three runs.

Short outside off, punched hard off the back foot but straight to cover.

Short again, outside off. Heinrich Klaasen presses back and cuts it wide of deep backward point for two.

Wide! Short and wide. A bit of turn and it goes beyond the tramline. Heinrich Klaasen lets it pass.

 FOUR! More runs! Full and outside off. Klaasen gets forward and throws everything at it, driving hard through the gap to the right of cover for a boundary.

Starts with a length ball, on leg. Ishan dinks it to the leg side, in front of square for a single.

 FOUR! Well, that's some way to get off the mark! Very full, around off. Heinrich Klaasen gets crouched on the back knee and lofts it inside out over cover for a boundary. The replay shows that the ball just bounced in front of the boundary cushions.

Shortish around off, this is stabbed into the off side.

Quicker one, on a length, on off. Heinrich Klaasen presses back and cuts it through backward point for a run.

 SIX! All the way! Flatter ball by Bishnoi, full and on middle. Ishan Kishan gets down on a knee and slog sweeps it aerially, dumping it behind deep square leg for half a dozen runs.

 FOUR! Absolutely belted! Drags the length back, keeping the line of attack on the stumps. It is the googly, but it barely troubles Ishan, who goes deep in the crease and hammers it down the ground to long on's right for a boundary.

Darted in from around the wicket, full and on leg. Abhishek drives it uppishly it to the right of long off for a couple of runs.

Speared in again, this is quicker and the length stays full. Sharma eases it to long off and crosses over.

FOUR! Ishan Kishan gets to his FIFTY now. He gets a warm embrace from his partner at the other end. A bit short, on middle. Ishan goes deep in the crease and pummels it hard and wide of deep mid-wicket for a four. 3rd half-century of the season for SRH's number 3.

SIX! Excellent use of the feet! Floated up, full and on middle. Ishan Kishan shimmies down the track and gets to the pitch of the ball before going over long on for a six.

Pushed through now, on a length, on middle. Kishan pushes it to long on for a run.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Ferreira angles it into the left-hander and tucks him up for room with a full ball. Abhishek Sharma dances down the track and clears the front leg to allow his hands through the line of the ball. He looks to go back over the bowler's head with a straight bat. He gets the height but not the distance. Jofra Archer runs in a bit at long on and has to take a step back before taking the catch over his head, and he ensures that he keeps his balance near the ropes.

Starts with a full ball, on off. Kishan firms the drive to long off and crosses over.

FOUR! Threads it through! Brijesh comes up with the slower bumper, over middle. Abhishek Sharma waits on the back foot for the ball to arrive and unleashes the pull in front of square. Shimron Hetmyer sprints to his left at deep mid-wicket but is beaten.

FOUR! Nicely done and that takes Abhishek Sharma to a FIFTY. The southpaw backs up the hundred in the previous game with a fifty. This is his third consecutive fifty-plus score. Seam-up ball, going away, Sharma makes use of the angle and opens the bat face to slice it wide of backward point for a four.

On the off stump, on a nagging length, driven on the up to extra cover.

Wide! Down leg, on a length, Sharma lets it go.

Low full toss, on off, this is knocked to deep point for a single.

Another low full toss, outside off. Ishan swings hard at it. Gets it more off the outer half through backward point. The sub fielder, Ravi Singh runs and slides to his right to mop it up. Two runs taken.

Wide! This is well wide on off, on the fuller side. Abhishek Sharma lets it be.

FOUR! Stand and deliver stuff! Off-cutter, running across the left-hander, on a length. Abhishek lets the ball come to him and gets his hands through to power it to the right of long off for a boundary.

Slips in the yorker, at the toes. Sharma digs it out to square leg and rotates the strike. The 100-run stand comes up between this pair.

Just short! Deshpande pushes it across the left-hander, on the shorter side. Kishan reaches out but his weight stays on the back foot. He slaps it uppishly towards extra cover, where the ball drops short of Riyan Parag.

Very full, going away. With mid on inside the circle, Kishan looks to go up and over that man but he does not get the desired leverage. Hits it along the ground to mid on.

FOUR! In the gap! Deshpande looks to keep it away from the batter's arc, on a back of a length. Ishan reaches out with his hands and gets on top of it before smashing it to the left of deep point.

Low full toss, outside off. Kishan throws his hands at the ball. The ball goes off a thickish outside edge to deep third. Single taken. SRH need 117 runs in 72 balls.

FOUR! All too easy for Kishan. A real half-tracker, on middle. Kishan presses deep in the crease and hammers the pull to the right of deep square leg for a four.

Full and sliding in, on middle. This is driven to long on for one.

Slows it down and this is shorter, on leg. Sharma turns it to deep mid-wicket and crosses over.

Sliding onto the pads, on a length. Kishan reaches out in front for the sweep. He toe-ends it to mid-wicket for a run.

FOUR! A poor delivery, and it gets the treatment. Too short, too wide on off, there to be put away and Abhishek obliges. He gets closer to the line of the ball by moving across and spanks it past extra cover for a four. The 100 is up for SRH in just 6.5 overs.

Fuller and around leg. Abhishek nurdles it square on the leg side for another single.

Wide! Sprays it down leg, on a length. Ishan crouches to swing it away on the leg side but misses.

FOUR! Thumped! A juicy half-volley, on off. Kishan swings through the line and cracks it down the ground. Donovan Ferreira at long on does not have a lot of ground to cover but the ball skips across the turf and he is beaten to his right.

FOUR! Easy pickings! Brijesh errs in line this time, drifts down leg, on a length. Kishan hangs low and helps it fine of the man at short fine leg for four more.

Wide! Sharma spots Kishan backing away and that puts him off. He slips down leg again, on a good length. Ishan fails to get it away this time.

FOUR! Put away with disdain. Fractionally short, on middle and leg. Kishan pivots on the back foot and pulls it through backward square leg for the third four of the over.

Low full toss, across off. Ishan reaches out and drills it to deep cover. They cross.

FOUR! Nicely waited to find the fence. Brijesh dishes out the leg-cutter and he goes into the surface. Sharma frees his arms and waits for the ball to arrive. Drags the pull off the front foot past mid-wicket for four more.

Gets the yorker in, outside off. Abhishek lets it go, thinking it is a wide but the ball sneaks just inside the tramline. 19 runs off the final over of the Powerplay. At the end of 6 overs, SRH are 89/1.

Begins with an overpitched delivery on off, Ishan carves it down to Parag at mid off.

 FOUR! That's been absolutely hammered! Fuller in length, on the stumps. Ishan Kishan gets the front leg out of the way and drills it straight back past the bowler for a boundary down the ground.

Cannons it full and pitching just outside the leg stump line. Ishan looks to play the pick-up shot, but misses and the ball beats his inside edge before rapping him on the exposed area on the back knee. The ball then deflects to the mid-wicket region as Ishan hobbles in pain, but realises that a leg bye is on and rushes through to the other end, responding to Abhishek's call. The fielder collects and releases the throw to the bowling end, but it hits Kishan's right leg instead.

 FOUR! Excellent adjustment! Seeing Abhishek run down the track, Deshpande bangs it short into the body to cramp the southpaw. Sharma arches back and nicely dabs it between the backward point and the short third fielders for a boundary.

 FOUR! Clears the in-field! A rank full toss from Tushar, on the stumps. Abhishek stays leg side of the ball and slices it over the cover-point region for a boundary.

 DROPPED! Jadeja, of all people in the park. This is rare, very rare. Tushar cannot believe it, Jurel is shocked, and so are many watching it. Low full toss around leg, and Abhishek opens the bat face and slices it flatly off the toe end, and goes straight to Jadeja at backward point. Jadeja gets a bit too across to his left, and despite getting both hands on it, the ball bobbles out. That was as straightforward as it could be for a catch. Abhishek gets a big reprieve.

Slams the deck really hard by bending his back, outside off. Abhishek Sharma is rushed into the back foot square cut, but the extra bounce means the ball zips over Sharma's angled bat.

 FOUR! CHANCE GOES DOWN! Hetmyer is the guilty party, and this is the second blemish in the field by RR tonight. He just couldn't sight the ball in the lights. Length ball outside off, 141 kph. Abhishek stays leg side and looks to carve it square on the off side, but plays it uppishly and gets it off the outside half. It goes flat to deep third, where Hetmyer takes a couple of steps to his right before losing the ball in the lights. He ends up shielding his face with his hands as it flies past his left and bounces into the fence.

 SIX! KABOOM! On a slightly fuller length, around off. Abhishek charges down the track and smokes it flat over deep extra cover for a six.

Well-directed short ball into the bodyline. Abhishek swivels and mistimes the pull shot to backward square leg.

FOUR! Powered away! This is on a back of a length, on off and middle. Sharma makes room and hammers it with a flat bat to the right of mid on for a four. The 50 comes up for SRH!

Wide! Pace off now, a bumper, over middle. Sharma moves towards the leg side and hops. He also gets his hands high to connect. The ball goes past the bat and goes on the bounce to the keeper. Abhishek feels this is too high and it should be a wide. The Ball Tracking confirms that the ball passed Abhishek over his head, and the UltraEdge confirms no bat involvement. The on-field decision is overturned to a wide.

 FOUR! Cleverly done and the extra ball costs RR. Burger tries to deceive the batter with a slower bumper, on top of off. Abhishek has already charged down the track but adjusts well and lifts it over cover-point for a boundary. This also brings up the 50-run partnership between Abhishek and Ishan.

FOUR! Fine touch! Kicks up from a good length, on off. Ishan Kishan rides the bounce, opens the bat face at the point of contact and finds the gap between backward point and short third for a boundary.

Keeps hitting the hard length, does Archer. Kishan prepares to play the square cut, but chops it down the strip.

 FOUR! Finds the gap again! Back of a length, with a little bit of width on offer, outside off. Ishan Kishan stands tall in his crease, in fact, rises on the toes and slaps it to the left of the diving point fielder to find the fence.

 Absolute ripper! Now that's some response! Not too full, not too short either. This one spits up like a cobra and beats Ishan's attempted block on the front foot.

 Beaten again! This is top-notch fast bowling. In the channel of off, angling across the batter, on a good length. Ishan's feet go nowhere, and he tries to smash it behind cover-point, only to miss.

 FOUR! Up and over the in-field! Serves it up there, full outside off. Ishan commits on the front foot and hammers it ruthlessly over Vaibhav Sooryavanshi at cover to pick up a boundary. 12 runs off the over.

Hits the hard length first up, does Burger. Abhishek gets on his toes and drops it beside the strip on the off side.

 FOUR LEG BYES! Good heat from Burger, on a length, angled at the pads. Abhishek Sharma stays rooted and tries to help it behind but misses. The ball clips the thigh pad and races to the fence at deep fine leg.

Some intent now from Sharma! On a hard length, Abhishek makes room and charges down the track to smash it downtown, but the ball bounces over the angled bat and goes just above the middle pole on its way to the keeper.

 FIVE WIDES! A wayward short ball that goes well over the head and down leg. Abhishek Sharma ducks, and it evades Jurel's leap to his right. Runs to the fence behind.

Hits the hard length, on top of off. Abhishek Sharma blocks it watchfully.

 FOUR! They say, when you flash, flash hard. Spears it full and outside the off stump. Abhishek Sharma swings his bat hard to lift it over covers, but gets a thick, healthy outside edge and the ball flies over the leaping Donovan Ferreira at first slip before racing to the fence behind.

Short of a good length around off, and Abhishek comes charging down the track, swings hard to hit it to the off side. The ball zips past the outside edge and goes untouched.

 EDGED AND DROPPED! Jurel shells an early chance and Archer just cannot believe it. Zips through the deck, on a good length, just around off. Travis Head is squared up as he plays from the crease and has a loose poke at it, getting a thin outside edge. The ball dips to the left of the keeper. Jurel dives in that direction, but puts it down. A huge lifeline for Head on the very first ball.

Hard length, just outside off, nipping away. Travis Head throws everything in the tank to slash it to the off side, but misses to connect.

WIDE! And again! Head throws his bat at the length ball angling outside off but misses. The ball keeps leaving the southpaw and breaches the tramline.

 BEATEN! Too hot to handle! Extra bounce on a good length, in the corridor of uncertainty, around off. Travis Head does not move his feet at all and goes for a waft at it, only for the ball to whistle past the outside edge.

 SIX! He has made that look so easy! First runs off the bat for SRH. Back of a length, slightly outside off. Travis Head arches back, gets on the toes and times it off the middle. Scythes it cleanly over deep backward point for a six.

OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN THIS TIME! Absolute seed from Archer. Jurel redeems himself almost instantly and Archer's joy knows no bounds. Short of a good length, swinging away from middle and off. Head stays rooted to the crease, feels for it without any foot movement, and gets an outside edge. Jurel flings himself to his left, gets both hands to it low to the ground, and holds on. He lets out a huge roar. Never looked comfortable at the crease at all, did Head. Sunrisers Hyderabad are 7/1, chasing 229.

 SIX! Geez, where did this come from? Jofra Archer looks perplexed. A well-directed bumper slipped through by Archer, over middle. Ishan initially shapes up to take on the short ball but then takes his eyes off it and ducks. The ball catches the top edge and flies over the keeper for a six. Archer feels it brushed the helmet, but the umpire signals runs.