In the 40th match of the 13th season of IPL, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) won on Thursday night. In Dubai, he defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 8 wickets. Hyderabad achieved the winning target (155 runs) by scoring 156/2 runs in 18.1 overs. Hyderabad kept their hopes alive in the tournament by winning a very important match.

The hero of the Sunrisers victory was Manish Pandey, who played a strong innings of 83 not out (47 balls, 8 sixes, 4 fours). He was supported by Vijay Shankar, who scored 52 not out. Both shared an unbroken partnership of 140 runs for the third wicket. Hyderabad won the match after three consecutive defeats.

Jofra Archer gave the initial setbacks to the team of Sunrisers who came to chase the target of 155 runs. Captain David Warner (4) was caught by Ben Stokes. After this, Johnny Bairstow (10) also kept going, he was bowled by Archer. Both these wickets fell at the score of 4 and 16.

After this, the pair of Manish Pandey (83 not out) and Vijay Shankar (52 not out) took over the team and took it to victory. Both shared an unbroken partnership of 140 runs for the third wicket. Manish Pandey completed his fifty in 28 balls. Vijay Shankar completed his half-century in 51 balls.

This is how Sunrisers Hyderabad won

Jofra Archer (2 for 21) dismissed David Warner (4) and Johnny Bairstow (10) in consecutive overs to put the Sunrisers score 16 for two. When Warner caught the second slip, Bairstow had no answer to his inswinger.

Manish Pandey came out on the field with a clear mindset to dominate. After Archer withdrew from the attack, he hit two sixes on Stokes and Karthik Tyagi to bring the score to 58 in the powerplay. While the spinners were under pressure, he hit a six over Shreyas Gopal and completed a half-century off 28 balls.

Manish Pandey-Vijay Shankar seen in full color

Steve Smith called Archer for the second spell when the batsmen had set foot at the crease. Archer completed his quota before the death overs. In his last over, Shankar hit three consecutive fours. Tyagi did not control his balls and Pandey constantly punished him for this mistake. He also sent Stokes' ball for six runs while Shankar completed his half-century with a winning four over Tyagi.

Rajasthan Royals had scored 154/6

After winning the toss, Sunrisers Hyderabad brought Rajasthan Royals to bat. In front of the disciplined bowling of Sunrisers, none of the Rajasthan Royals batsmen played a big innings and scored 154/6 runs. Most of the Royals batsmen lost their wickets after spending enough time at the crease. For him, Sanju Samson (36 off 26 balls) scored the most runs, while Ben Stokes scored a struggling 30 off 32 balls.

Jason Holder, playing his first match in the current season, took 3 wickets for 33 runs for the Sunrisers, while Rashid Khan (one for 20) and Vijay Shankar (15 runs in three overs, one wicket) bowled.