Sunrisers Hyderabad chased down the target of 199 set by Rajasthan Royals with a collective team effort. The orange army chased down the target of 199 runs in 19 overs.
The openers of Sunrisers Hyderabad came out all guns blazing and gave a flying start to the SRH innings with Warner completing his half century in the batting powerplay itself. Warner scored 69 off 37 balls before getting out. Vijay Shankar too played a blitz hitting 3 sixes to take his team close to the target.
Rashid Khan was adjudged 'Man of the Match' for his one wicket and the innings of 15 runs off 8 balls hitting a six and a four.
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"First of all, 190+ on that wicket was really good. Initially when Sanju and me were batting the wicket looked slow - it was stopping and coming - and we thought 150 was a good total. But when players like Warner bat like that there is a very small margin for us. They didn't lose any momentum when someone got out and they played really well. We all know how talented Sanju is. He will go miles and consistency is going to be the key for him," said a disappointed Rahane.
"A very tough game. Rajasthan Royals played really well to get to that total after the start we had with the ball. It was a brilliant chase. The openers set it up for us. A good collective effort, we needed parts to work well for us tonight. Really good experience for us as a batting unit to chase it down. It was nice that it came off (Rashid bowling to Buttler). He's such a wicket-taker for us and Jos is a threat for us. Rashid was supposed to bat 7 or 8 depending on the situation. His batting has improved so much in the last year or so. It's nice to be on the right side of the result tonight," said Kane Williamson in the post match ceremony.