Pune: Former champion Rajasthan Royals kicked off IPL 2022 with winning note as they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 61 runs at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, here on Tuesday night.
After losing the toss, riding on brilliant attacking knocks by skipper Sanju Samson (55 off 27), Devdutt Padikkal (41 off 29) and a late cameo by Shimron Hetmyer (32 off 13), Rajasthan Royals posted 210-6.
Apart from the trio of Samson, Padikkal and Hetmyer, Jos Buttler (35 off 28) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (20 off 16) also made valuable contributions with the bat.
In reply, Sunrisers started to lose wickets in regular intervals and could score 149 in allotted overs losing 7 wickets. They lost 5 wickets at just 37 runs on board in 10.2 overs. Later Aiden Markram (57no off 41 balls) and Washington Sundar (40 off 14) showed some power hitting. Leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took 3 wickets for 22 while Trent Boult and Prasidh Krishna grabbed two wickets each.
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