SRH vs RR IPL 2026 Highlights: Sunrisers hand Royals a drubbing of 57 runs in Hyderabad

And SRH have bagged this one. They win this by 57 runs. Eshan Malinga gets the final wicket as he dismisses Tushar Deshpande. The Royals have been bowled out for 159. Their unbeaten run ends as SRH win this by 57 runs in the end.

It's a matter of time before SRH win this as RR are now nine down. SRH would go on to win this one very well.

Ferreira's strong run comes to an end. He has been cleaned up by the other debutant of the match, Sakib Hussain. This one stayed low as Ferreira swung but missed. RR are now 127/6 after 15 overs. 

Ferreira and Jadeja are fighting here. They have put up a 100-run stand for the sixth wicket. This is now the highest partnership for the sixth wicket or lower after a team had been reduced to under 10 runs for the loss of five wickets in all men’s T20 matches.

Donovan Ferreira is taking on the SRH bowlers now. He has slammed his fifty with two consecutive fours off Harsh Dubey in the 12th over. He slams a six on the next ball for 14 runs from the 12th over. RR still way behind, need 120 runs from 48 balls.

That opening over burst has not let RR recover, and now it does not seem that they will be able to do that. Jadeja and Ferreira have taken the team past 50 after their team was 9/5. The 50-run partnership is now up but the damage has been done. 

RR have been rocked so hard that they would find it extremely difficult to put up a fight. Jadeja and Ferreira are in the middle but RR are in all sorts at 32/5 after 5 overs. 

Ohh my God!! Where was this man? He gets another one as he now dismisses RR skipper Riyan Parag. RR are five down now for nine after three overs.

Make it 4, please. Would you believe it? Unbeaten Royals, who were firing all guns until now, have been rocked so hard by the debutant Praful Hinge. Sakib now removes Yashasvi Jaiswal as RR are 4/4 after 2 overs.

Ohh dear, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been dismissed for a golden duck. Jurel falls too, as he has been cleaned up. And now Lhuan-dre follows suit. RR 1/3, in all sorts of trouble.

So, Sunrisers Hyderabad get to 216/6. A fine total, but would it be enough against a line-up which has Sooryavanshi, Jaiswal and Jurel? Meanwhile, SRH did well to get to this. Ishan Kishan was the star for them as he made 91 from 44 balls. Klaasen scored 40 from 26. Nitish and Salil, with the finish as SRH get to 216/6. They could have had more had Kishan been there for a longer time. 

Nitish has been dismissed here. Jofra Archer gets his second. This was a short one as Nitish nicks it behind. Salil slams a six on the last ball of the 19th over. SRH now 202/5 after 19.

Nitish Kumar Reddy is nailing in some brilliant boundaries now. He goes six, six against Sandeep Sharma in the 18th over. Good hitting by the all-rounder as he knows this ground pretty well. 

Klaasen has been dismissed now. Another big blow for SRH. This was wide from Tushar Deshpande as Klaasen went chasing for it. Hits this hard to covers and has been caught out by Parag. SRH now 163/4 after 16. 

While Ishan Kishan has been dismissed, Heinrich Klaasen is still out there and getting good runs. He hit a six off Burger over long-off as SRH went past 150 in the 15th over. SRH don't have much batting to follow and Klaasen would be key. SRH 154/3 after 15.

Kishan has been caught out on 91. He misses out on a deserving hundred. Kishan top-edged this off Sandeep Sharma. There is a bit of a mix-up between Sandeep and the wicketkeeper Jurel. Both of them collide but Sandeep hung onto this safely. SRH 143/3 after 13.2 overs now.

Kishan is going absolutely brilliantly now. He is now toying with the RR bowlers and has reached in his 90s. He hit three straight fours off Jofra Archer. SRH are now at 140/2 after 13 overs. 

Ishan Kishan gets to his fifty off 30 balls. A six over deep mid-wicket against Ravi Bishnoi to get to the mark. A fighting fifty by the SRH captain, who is bringing his team back on the track. SRH are now at 89/2 after 10 overs.

A big blow this for SRH as Travis Head has been dismissed. Riyan Parag brought himself to bowl and gets the big wicket. Head chipped this to long-on as Ferreira's holds this. SRH now two down as both the openers have been dismissed. SRH 56/2 after 7. 

Ishan Kishan is now going all tongs now and has taken the attack to the RR bowlers. He is on 30 off 18 balls and has been smoking boundaries and sixes. SRH are at 40/1 after 5 overs.

Head goes inside out, smashes Burger over covers for the first four of the match. There seems to be a true bounce on this pitch and the bowlers are exploiting it. SRH 6/0 after 2 overs.

And Abhishek Sharma has been dismissed for a golden duck here. Jofra Archer removes the hard-hitting SRH opener for a one-ball duck. This was short and fast as Abhishek went for the aerial cut. He found deep third as Bishnoi takes the catch. Abhishek's second duck of the season.

"This is a very good batting surface. We saw that last season when Rajasthan Royals took on Sunrisers Hyderabad and well, it was over 500 runs scored in that encounter. So will the same be expected today? We'll have to wait and see. But firstly, let's just look at the boundary dimensions. It's pitch number three. Down the ground it's 77. And to my left is the shorter of the two square boundaries, just 63 meters in length. It looks like an absolute belter. It looks beautiful, nice and hard. So you expect both teams, what they have in the powerplay and those top two openers, that the powerplay is going to be a big one. The teams are looking at that tendency of chasing. You know, it's big scores, hopefully a bit of dew in the evening. So it feels like every captain that wins the toss now wants to have a chase. Well, this encounter, two of the hottest opening pairs will go face to face. Expect pyrotechnics," Daren Ganga and Faf du Plessis say in their pitch report

Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravi Singh, Shubham Dubey, Brijesh Sharma

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Smaran Ravichandran, Sakib Hussain, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Harshal Patel,

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

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

"We’ve got two changes from the last game, Henge coming in. I think I’ve been doing this for a long time. I was a leader in Under-19 India, I’ve been doing it for my state team, and I think it makes you more aware of the situation, more focused on the game. You look to do more for your team because it’s never about individual performance, it’s always about teamwork. So we have done it, and I think we’re doing it in a very good manner. I think obviously it makes a difference when you’re the captain of the team and you’ve been doing well. It shows a lot of maturity, that a player has a certain amount of growth in him now. So it did help me a bit in the last few years when I’ve been a leader of my side and done well for the team. It made me come back to the Indian side. So what else can you ask for?" Kishan said at the toss.

"We’ll be bowling first. A new wicket for us, first time it’s been used this season as well. So hopefully there’s a little bit of stickiness at the start. We’ve chased down a lot of totals here. We fell short in 2024, so hopefully not the case this time. We’ve got two changes. Brijesh steps out and Tushar Deshpande comes in. Hetty gets a rest and Pretorius makes his debut. It’s been a journey. I was under (Sanju Samson) Bhaiya for the longest time, and then Sangaa did really well in improving me with all the decisions and involved me in all the tactical and strategic meetings. Now I think I’ve taken the onus up. Had to make a lot of tough calls, but happy to be here," Riyan said at the toss.

Riyan Parag has won the toss and has confirmed that his team will be bowling first. Parag confirms that his team has two changes. Hetmyer and Brijesh are out.

The toss is not far away from now. SRH have a pretty strong record against RR at this venue. They have won five of the six matches at this venue against RR. They have also won all the previous four games against the Royals in IPL.

On one side are Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal, dominating the bowling attacks for fun. On the other are Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, blowing hot and cold this season after tearing apart the bowlign line-ups last season. Which pair will have it's say today? We will find it out soon.

Sunrisers Hyderabad host the unbeaten Rajasthan Royals in the 21st match of the Indian Premier League 2026 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, in what is a clash of two batting power-houses. RR have been the team to beat, as they have won all four of their matches, while SRH have one win to show for in their four outings. Stay tuned as I, Varun Malik, take you across this game.