WATCH: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals in last-ball thriller; match review in five minutes

No sport conjures up drama the best way cricket does. The reverse fixture between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad gave the packed Sawai Mansingh Stadium a well timed reminder of simply that.

The sport ended with Sunrisers edging Royals off the final ball, by 4 wickets. Chasing what was going to be its greatest ever goal, 215, SRH wanted 41 off the final two overs.

Glenn Phillips (25, 7b, 1×4, 3×6), taking part in solely his second sport of the season, tore into Kuldip Yadav hitting him for six,6,6,4 earlier than falling to a superb operating catch within the deep by Shimron Hetmyer. Twenty 4 got here off the over, the penultimate one of many SRH innings.

Now 17 was wanted from the twentieth over, which was given to Sandeep Sharma, the person who had carried out the job in an identical scenario in opposition to Chennai Super Kings. Abdul Samad hit the second ball for a six, beating an awesome effort on the boundary by Joe Root, who made his IPL debut within the match.

-P.Okay. Ajith Kumar

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