Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) started their IPL 2018 journey on Monday night at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad) where the hosts SRH clinched an easy 9 wickets victory with 25 balls to spare.
SRH sent RR to bat first who managed to score only 125/9 at the end of first 20 overs. In reply, SRH comfortably reached that target in 15.5 overs after losing the only wicket.
Brief Scores: RR – 125/9 in 20 overs (Sanju Samson 49, Shreyas Gopal 18, Siddarth Kaul 2/17)
SRH – 127/1 in 15.5 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 77*, Kane Williamson 36*, Jaydev Unadkat 1/28)
Result – SRH won by 9 wickets
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
i) SRH player Yusuf Pathan played his 150th IPL match.
- Seventh player to feature 150 or more IPL matches. The other six players are Suresh Raina (162), MS Dhoni (160), Rohit Sharma (160), Dinesh Karthik (153), Virat Kohli (150) and Robin Uthappa (150).
ii) SRH decided to field first after winning the toss.
- First time in IPL history between SRH and RR when RR batted first and SRH chased a target.
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iii) RR scored 125/9 after batted first
- Third lowest IPL total for RR against SRH.
Lowest IPL totals for RR against SRH
iv) SRH opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan was not out on 77 runs
- Highest IPL knock by any SRH batsman against RR. The previous record holder was Eoin Morgan with 63 runs knock at Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium) on May 7, 2015.
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v) SRH batsmen Shikhar Dhawan and Kane Williamson put a match-winning unbeaten 121-runs partnership for the second wicket.
- Highest IPL partnership for SRH against RR for any wicket. The previous record was the 75-runs partnership for the second wicket at Abu Dhabi on April 18, 2014.
vi) SRH won the match by 9 wickets.
- Third time in IPL history when SRH won by 9 or more wickets.
SRH IPL victories by 9 or more wickets
Vii) SRH won this match by 9 wickets with 25 balls to spare.
- Fourth largest IPL victory (by balls remaining at the end of the second innings) for SRH.
Largest IPL victories (by balls remaining at the end of the second innings) for SRH 
