In the chase, the Royals were left speechless courtesy of a brilliant spell on debut from Praful Hinge. He picked up three wickets in his first over and put the Royals on the back foot early in the game. The Royals were half the side down for just nine runs. From there, Donovan Ferreira and Ravindra Jadeja started the repair job for the Royals. They stitched together a partnership of 118 runs and kept the game alive for the team. However, Sakib Hussain broke the partnership with Ferreira's wicket. Jadeja's wicket followed soon, ending the game as a competition. Ultimately, the Royals were bundled out for 159 as the Sunrisers won the match by 57 runs.

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and invited Sunrisers Hyderabad to bat ahead of the game. Jofra Archer gave the best possible start to the Royals with a wicket off the first delivery of the game. After that early shock, Ishan Kishan and Travis Head came together to try to turn Hyderabad's fortunes around. After Ishan Kishan's dismissal, some useful contributions came from the lower middle order, helping SRH post 216/6 at the end of their 20 overs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad return home tonight as they meet a Rajasthan Royals side that has been the cleanest, most convincing team of IPL 2026 so far, sitting atop the table with four wins in four matches, while SRH arrive with just one win from four matches. This is a meeting between a side trying to protect early momentum and another trying to stop the table from running away. The broader history offers SRH a little comfort: they lead the overall head-to-head 12-9, have won four straight against Rajasthan since 2024, and have dominated this matchup in Hyderabad with a 5-1 record.

But Rajasthan walks in with form, confidence, and a powerplay game that can shred attacks early, with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi at the peak of his hitting powers. SRH, meanwhile, remains one of the tournament's most explosive but volatile teams, a side capable of racing to 100 inside the powerplay and still leaving questions behind. With Sooryavanshi-Jaiswal at one end and Travis Head-Abhishek Sharma at the other, this contest promises to be high-scoring and an edge-of-the-seat thriller.

Playing XIs -
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga

Impact Player Substitutions -
Rajasthan Royals: Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Ravi Singh, Brijesh Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Smaran Ravichandran, Harshal Patel, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Sakib Hussain