The fourth match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL 2023) took place between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad hosted the game where put into bat first, Rajasthan Royals posted a massive total of 203 in their allotted 20 overs. Both Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler got off to a flying start and smashed fifties. Later Sanju Samson also scored a fifty and helped his side post a huge total.

While chasing, Trent Boult gave the first breakthrough by removing Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi in the very first over. However, they couldn’t stabilize their chase as they lost wickets at regular intervals. Abdul Samad top-scored with 31 but that wasn’t enough to chase the huge total and the eventually lost by 72 runs.

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Here is what the captains and the player of the match said after the game:

Sanju Samson, RR captain said as quoted by Cricbuzz: “Was wondering how we’ll start this season, very happy with this. Having batters like Buttler and Jaiswal, the mindset with which they play the powerplay we can expect such starts. We are a very good side, but you know this format. So we need to keep our heads down. Today was a very good start but we are looking at finishing things well. For me, today I wanted to stay there and finish the innings. We will find out if there are any weaknesses as the tournament goes on (chuckles).”

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, SRH captain said as quoted by Cricbuzz: “100 per cent we can say that, let’s forget and move on, the way we pulled back in the last 6 overs and Umran’s cameo at the end. We did not bowl pretty well, first match of the season and a lot to improve. South Africans are coming back and we definitely will be a much better batting side, we have to move forward from this game. It was a pretty good track, we can prepare what we want but we are not worried about that.”

Jos Buttler, Player of the Match said as quoted by Cricbuzz: “Fantastic start. We had a really good last season but this is a great marker for this time, we start fresh. I plan a bit but react on the day, assess the conditions and try and put pressure on the bowlers. Enjoying my cricket at the moment, playing with a clear mind.”

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Yuzi Chahal said as quoted by Cricbuzz: “Definitely, the start we wanted. The way Jos and Jaiswal batted, we knew a big score will always be difficult to score. The plan was to bowl stump to stump, tossing it up is my strength. I’m not too bothered about who I’m bowling to. Definitely, you’ll see a big celebration when I get a five-wicket haul.”