Jason Holder made an immediate impact and Sunrisers Hyderabad blocked the road with an eight-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
David
Warner's Sunrisers lost three games in a row but ended their deficit with an
impressive performance in Dubai on Thursday.
Holder,
the West Indies captain went unsold in the IPL auction but was prepared to
replace the injured Mitchell Marsh last month, when he ran out Robin Uthappa in
the first leg of the tournament.
Half-centuries from @vijayshankar260 (52*) & @im_manishpandey (83*) guide @SunRisers to an 8-wicket win over #RR#Dream11IPL pic.twitter.com/2hQSA2ZM2W
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 22, 2020
Sanju
Samson scored 36 and Ben Stokes 30 runs. Royals could only make 154-6 runs.
Jofra
Archer blasted a powerful 16 and then removed Warner before bowling England teammate
Johnny Bairstow in a quick burst.
The
game went on 16-2 in the third over of the Sunrisers' reply, but a 140-run
stand between Pandey (not out 83) and Vijay Shankar (52) helped Rajasthan beat
Rajasthan.
Pandey
was the chief aggressor, with the help of Shankar, who hit the winning runs off
the first ball of the 19th over with the help of eight sixes off an excellent
47-ball 47 to take Sunrisers to fifth.
The
holder grabs the opportunity
The
all-rounder was given’ a chance after Ken Williamson's dismissal and he grabbed
it with both hands.
He
finished the opening stand of 30, made a quick useful piece to get Uthappa out
with a straight hit, and then bowled the dangerous Samson with a slow ball,
when he saw the previous delivery disappear from the six.
The
holder did not end there, removing Stoll Smith and Ryan Parag from the supply
chain. He bowled an impressive start with 11 dot balls in hand.
PANDEY
PUMMELS ROYALS
Archer
rocked the Sunrisers with an early miracle, with Stokes catching a good slip to
ensure the Australian opener was dismissed’ six times in seven innings.
Bairstow
also failed to turn, but Pandey and Shankar chased down the runs and accepted
responsibility with the stand that took life out of the Royals.
Shankar
was willing to score just one run as Pandey displayed a master display of time,
strength and use of feet, reaching his half-century off 28 balls and finishing
with a strike rate of 176.59.
Karthik
Tyagi and Stokes hit three sixes. In this year's IPL innings, only Samson and
Ishan Kishan have scored maximum runs with nine wickets.
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