SRH vs RR Highlights, IPL 2026 Match 21: Scorecard & Stats | SRH Won By 57 Runs

Match Overview

• Fixture: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals
• Tournament: Indian Premier League 2026
• Match: 21st Match
• Date & Time: 13 April 2026, 7:30 PM IST
• Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
• Result: Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 57 runs

What happened in this match?

The 21st match of IPL 2026 is one that cricket fans will talk about for a long time. Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs at their home ground in Hyderabad. But the result is only half the story. The real story is what happened in the very first over of Rajasthan batting. Three wickets fell for just one run. The match was almost over before Rajasthan could even start. This is the kind of cricketing moment that makes you think twice.

SRH scored a huge score of 216 runs in 20 overs. Then their two debutant fast bowlers, Praful Hinge and Shakib Hossain, never let Rajasthan recover by beating the top order. Rajasthan were all out for 159 runs in 18.6 overs. SRH won comfortably and climbed up the IPL 2026 points table.

SRH innings: 216/6 in 20 overs

Sunrisers Hyderabad win the toss and elect to bat. Abhishek Sharma comes in to open but is out on the very first ball. Jofra Archer bowls a sharp delivery and Abhishek cuts it straight to deep backward point. It’s a tough start for SRH, but captain Ishan Kishan has other plans.

Kishan is cautious and starts hitting the ball from the very first ball. He plays his shots without fear. He hits boundaries, he clears the ropes by hitting six after six, and he just keeps going. By the time he is out in the 14th over for 91 off just 44 balls, SRH already have a platform that will be very difficult for Rajasthan to chase down.

Kishan has hit 8 fours and 6 sixes. His strike rate is 206. That means he scores more than two runs on every ball. That is extraordinary batting. He and Heinrich Klaasen put on an 88-run partnership. Klaasen contributed 40 runs off 26 balls, playing some clean hits of his own.

In the final overs, Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 28 runs off just 13 balls and Salil Arora scored 24 runs. SRH’s score is 216/6, which is a very strong score on this ground.

For Rajasthan, Jofra Archer is the best bowler. He takes 2 wickets for 37 runs in 4 overs. But bowlers like Sandeep Sharma and Tushar Deshpande give away more than 13 runs per over, which is very costly.

SRH Batting Scorecard

RR Bowling Figures

SRH Innings At a Glance

RR Chase: All out for 159 in 18.6 overs

Rajasthan need 217 to win. This target is tough but not impossible on this ground. Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal come out to open. The Hyderabad crowd roars with excitement. Then Praful Hinje starts his run-up on the very first ball of the chase.

What happens next is history.

Hinje bowls Suryavanshi on the very first ball. Out on 0. Hinje then calls on Dhruv Jurel to drag one over his stumps. Again 0. Hinje sends Luan-Dre Pretorius to deep fine leg. Another duck. Three wickets in an over. All for just 1 run. Rajasthan are 1/3 before the blink.

This is the first time in the history of IPL that a bowler has taken three wickets in the first over of a chase. Praful Hinje creates cricket history on his debut. The crowd goes absolutely crazy.

Things go downhill very quickly for Rajasthan. Shakib Husain dismisses Yashasvi Jaiswal in his first over. Then Hinje comes back and dismisses Riyan Parag too. Five wickets down, just 9 runs remaining. The score is 9/5 after just 2.6 overs. This match seems to be completely over.

But then something remarkable happens. Donovan Ferreira and Ravindra Jadeja come to the crease and decide not to give up. The two players put on an incredible 118-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Ferreira scored 69 runs off 44 balls with some really clean strokes. Jadeja plays smart cricket and contributes 45 runs in 32 balls. Together, they give Rajasthan fans some hope and make the match interesting again.
But it is not enough. Shakib Hussain comes back and breaks the partnership. He picks up Ferreira and then dismisses three lower-order batsmen. Rajasthan are all out for 159 in 18.6 overs. SRH wins by a huge margin of 57 runs.

RR Batting Scorecard

SRH Bowling Figures

RR Chase At a Glance

Full Scorecard – SRH vs RR, IPL 2026 Match 21
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 216/6 in 20 overs (Ishan Kishan 91 off 44 balls, Heinrich Klaasen 40 off 26 balls; Jofra Archer 2/37)

Rajasthan Royals: 159/10 in 18.6 overs (Donovan Ferreira 69 off 44 balls, Ravindra Jadeja 45 off 32 balls; Praful Hinze 4/34, Shakib Hussain 4/24)
Result: Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 57 runs

Key Moments and Match Highlights

The most shocking over in IPL history

Praful Hinze bowled the first over while chasing Rajasthan. He dismissed Suryavanshi in 1 ball, Jurel in 3 balls and Pretorius in 6 balls. Three wickets in an over on IPL debut. And this has never happened in the history of IPL. Hinge became the first bowler to take three wickets in the first over of a chase in IPL. This moment alone makes Match 21 one of the most memorable matches of IPL 2026.

Ishan Kishan steps up from the front

When Abhishek Sharma gets out for a golden duck in 1 ball, it can easily shake the team. But Kishan stays calm and takes control. He scores 91 runs in a blistering innings that sets the entire innings. He doesn’t just bat for himself – he bats for the team and gives SRH a score that is very difficult to chase.

Ferreira and Jadeja: Never say die

After falling 5 wickets for just 9 runs, any other team could have given up mentally. But Donovan Ferreira and Ravindra Jadeja fought back with a 118-run partnership. This is the spirit of cricket. Even when everything goes wrong, these two players refuse to stop fighting. Their partnership saves Rajasthan from complete embarrassment.

Two debutants, eight wickets

Praful Hinde and Shakib Husain are both playing their first IPL match. Together, they took 8 wickets. Hinde took 4 for 34 runs and Husain took 4 for 24 runs. On his first day in IPL cricket, he destroyed the entire Rajasthan batting lineup. This is the beginning of a kind of fairy tale that young cricketers dream of.

Player of the Match

Ishan Kishan (SRH) — 91 runs in 44 balls (8 fours, 6 sixes, SR: 206.81)

Ishan Kishan was awarded the Player of the Match for his brilliant captaincy innings. When SRH lost their first wicket on the very first ball, Kishan did not panic. He took charge, played his natural game and almost single-handedly scored SRH’s score. His aggressive batting put SRH in a position where their bowlers could operate freely.

• “I expressed this. I had written somewhere that I would take four-five wickets on my debut.” — Praful Hinje, Match 21 debutant
• “Every player wants to debut like this. It feels great.” — Shakib Hussain, Match 21 debutant
• “They bowled beautifully. The pressure on them, the home crowd chanting their names – the way they bowled, it was beautiful.” — Riyan Parag, Rajasthan Royals captain

SRH vs RR – Head to Head (IPL)

Note: SRH and RR have now met 26 times in IPL history. SRH lead this rivalry with 13 wins. After this match, SRH keep their head-to-head edge firmly intact.

IPL 2026 Points Table Update (After Match 21)