Ishan Kishan’s blistering hundred propelled Sunrisers Hyderabad to 286/6, the second-highest total in IPL as SRH eased past Rajasthan Royals in the second match of the tournament. The Royals ended on 242/6 as they looked for damage control.
Sunrisers Hyderabad carried their beast mode of IPL 2024 into IPL 2025 after their batting might made light work of Rajasthan Royals in match 2 of the season on Sunday, March 23. After putting up the second-highest score in IPL history on the board – 286/6 – SRH handed RR a 44-run defeat in their opener at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Ishan Kishan led the team with a blistering hundred. He smoked 106 from 47 balls as he became the first Sunrisers batter to hit a hundred in IPL. Kishan hit his century in 45 balls, which is now the joint second-fastest by an Indian in the Indian cash-rich league.
Playing in his first match for the Sunrisers, Kishan showcased his hard-hitting skills after the duo of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head provided a rollicking start. Head and Abhishek took SRH to 45 in 3 overs before the latter was done by Maheesh Theekshana. Head carried on and made 67 from 31 and fell to Tushar Deshpande. Ishan had a brilliant night with the bat.
He kept the scoreboard ticking and ensured the momentum stayed with SRH. His blistering knock of 106 alongside Nitish Reddy and Heinrich Klaasen‘s cameos took the Sunrisers to a huge total.
In reply, the Royals were always on the back foot in their hunt for a mountain. They did fight well with the bat. They lost Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag early, but Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel took the Royals further. While the asking rate was always out of their control, the duo kept fighting, looking for damage control and mitigating the loss to their Net run rate. They put up a 111-run stand for the fourth wicket. Samson scored 66, while Jurel made 70.
Shimron Hetmyer and Shubham Dubey came and made quick runs. Hetmyer’s 44 and Dubey’s 32 took RR to 242/6 in reply but it wasn’t enough as RR lost the game by 44 runs in the end.
