IPL 2025, ton-up Ishan Kishan helps SRH down RR: Stats
What's the story
A maiden Indian Premier League hundred from the blade of Ishan Kishan helped Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals in match 2 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season on Sunday.
Kishan's unbeaten 106 runs helped SRH post a mammoth score of 286/6.
Despite fighting knocks from Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel, the Royals (242/6) fell short of the target. Here are further details.
SRH innings
Summary of SRH's innings
SRH were aided by opener Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head as the pair added 45 runs in three overs.
After Abhishek's dismissal, Kishan joined Head and the two added 85 runs.
Kishan continued his exploits after Head departed with Nitish Reddy and Heinrich Klaasen doing well in forging partnerships.
Kishan remained unbeaten on 106 as SRH posted 286/6. For RR, Tushar Deshpande clocked 3/44.
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2nd-highest IPL total
SRH posted the 2nd-highest IPL total. They broke their own record of 277/3 versus MI in IPL 2024. Notably, the highest total in IPL is also held by SRH, who smashed 287/3 versus RCB last season.
Head
Sixth IPL fifty for Head
Head's 67 from 31 balls had nine fours and three sixes. He struck at 216.13.
The Aussie opener has raced to 839 IPL runs from 26 matches at 38.13, as per ESPNcricinfo.
In addition to a ton, he owns six fifties. He has hit 85 fours and 43 sixes.
Last season, he bagged 567 runs from 15 matches for SRH at 40.50.
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4,000 T20 runs for Head
Playing his 147th match in the T20 format, Head has raced to 4,003 runs at 31-plus. This was his 24th fifty. He owns two tons. His strike rate reads close to 150. 1,093 of his T20 runs have come for Australia at 33.12.
Kishan
Ishan Kishan slams his maiden IPL ton
Kishan reached his ton off 45 balls. He ended up scoring 106 runs from 47 balls. His knock had 11 fours and six sixes. He struck at 225.53.
Kishan's unbeaten 106 takes him to 2,750 runs from 106 IPL matches (105 innings).
He averages 29.56 and his strike rate is 137-plus. Apart from his maiden ton, he also owns 16 fifties.
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Kishan completes 5,000 T20 runs
Kishan also surpassed 5,000 career T20 runs. He owns 5,022 runs from 193 matches at 28-plus. This was his 4th T20 ton. He owns 28 fifties as well.
Klaasen
1,000 IPL runs for Klaasen
Klaasen didn't disappoint and forged a 55-run stand alongside Kishan. Klaasen hit 5 fours and a six before being dismissed by Sandeep Sharma.
In 36 matches (33 innings), Klaasen has raced to 1,027 runs at 38.03. His strike rate reads 170.03. He owns a ton and six fifties.
As per Cricbuzz, Klaasen has taken the 2nd-fewest balls to reach 1,000 IPL runs.
Deshpande
Deshpande claims 3-fer versus SRH
Deshpande, who was snapped up by Rajasthan Royals in the IPL mega auction, was the lone bright spark for his side.
Former Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings pacer Deshpande, has raced to 45 wickets in the IPL at 28.60.
In T20s, Deshpande has raced to 121 scalps. He averages a solid 21-plus.
Archer
Jofra Archer bowls most expensive spell in IPL history
Rajasthan Royals fast bowler, Jofra Archer, recorded the most expensive spell in Indian Premier League history.
Archer was smashed for a total of 0/76 from his 4 overs.
Archer broke the unwanted record of Mohit Sharma, who conceded 0/73 for GT vs DC, Delhi, 2024. Before that, SRH's Basil Thampi conceded 0/70 against RCB in Bengaluru, 2018.
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Archer bowls just a solitary dot ball
In his 4-over spell, Archer bowled just one dot ball. He was smashed for 10 fours and four sixes. He also bowled two wide balls and a no ball. Archer's economy rate read 19.
RR in PP overs
RR lose three wickets inside the powerplay
RR were off to a poor start in this 287-run chase. They saw three wickets get lost inside the powerplay overs.
Despite scoring at a brisk rate, RR lost Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, and Nitish Rana to be reduced to 50/3 in 4.1 overs.
Simarjeet Singh claimed two wickets in this phase whereas Mohammed Shami took one scalp.
Duo
Samson and Jurel slam fifties before departing in quick succession
RR duo Samson and Jurel did well with the bat and kept Royals in the hunt.
They stitched a superb century-plus stand of 111 runs as both players struck half-centuries.
Samson was finally dismissed for 66 runs by Harshal Patel in the 14th over.
The very next over saw Adam Zampa dismiss Jurel for 70 runs. This changed RR's momentum.
Samson
5th fifty versus SRH for Samson
Samson's 66 from 37 balls had four sixes and 7 fours.
He has raced to 4,485 runs from 169 matches (164 innings) in the IPL at 30.93. This was his 30th IPL fifty. He also owns three tons.
Versus SRH, Samson now owns 867 runs from 24 matches at 45.63.
He registered his 5th fifty versus SRH (100s: 1).
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Jurel slams his highest IPL score
Jurel's 70 is now his highest IPL score. He struck at 200, having faced 35 balls. He smashed six sixes and five fours. In 23 innings (29 matches), Jurel has amassed 417 runs at 26.06. This was his 3rd IPL fifty.
Duo
Hetmyer and Dubey provide late blitz for RR
RR lost two set batters in Samson and Jurel. They saw Shimron Hetmyer and Shubham Dubey join hands.
That followed was a whirlwind fifty-plus stand between the two. They added 80 runs.
They hammered 22 runs each in the 17th and 18th over respectively. 15 runs were added in the 19th over.
Hetmyer perished for 42 from 23 balls. Dubey remained unbeaten on 34.