IPL 2026: RR vs SRH Highlights, Match 36 - Stats, Player of the Match & More

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) registered their fourth successive win of the Indian Premier League 2026 (IPL 2026), beating Rajasthan Royals (RR) by five wickets in Match 36 on Saturday, April 25, at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Batting first, Rajasthan Royals (RR) posted a huge score of 228/6 in their 20 overs, riding on a breathtaking century from Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

In reply, SRH chased down the target in 18.3 overs, courtesy of half-centuries from Ishan Kishan (74 off 31) and Abhishek Sharma (57 off 29). As a result, they chased down the fourth-highest total in IPL history, registering their sixth successive win over Rajasthan.

Earlier, Rajasthan lost Yashasvi Jaiswal (10 off 8) cheaply, but Sooryavanshi kept the run rate in check with his fiery innings. He got the support from Dhruv Jurel (51 off 35) at the crease and brought up another half-century in just 15 balls. As Sooryavanshi took on SRH’s bowlers, Jurel played second fiddle to the opener and brought up his fifty off 34 deliveries.

The duo stitched a massive 112-run stand off 62 balls for the second wicket to put Rajasthan in the driver’s seat. After Jurel departed for 51, Sooryavanshi continued his onslaught and brought up his second IPL century off 36 balls.

He was dismissed shortly after trying to play a reverse scoop against Sakib Hussain. Donovan Ferreira (33 off 16) played the finishing role for Rajasthan to guide them to 228/6 in their 20 overs.

In reply, SRH lost Travis Head (6 off 5) early in the run chase, who edged Jofra Archer to Jurel behind the stumps. The early blow brought Ishan Kishan (74 off 31) to the crease, and he stitched a game-changing partnership with Abhishek Sharma (57 off 29).

The duo added 132 runs off just 55 deliveries to bring the required rate under nine. Following their dismissals, Heinrich Klaasen (29 off 24) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (36 off 18) also made valuable contributions as SRH chased down the target, comfortably.

Meanwhile, following their win, SRH climbed to third spot on the IPL 2026 points table, with five wins from eight games, having ten points to their name. On the other hand, RR slipped to fourth spot, having ten points as well from eight matches.

Top run-scorer of the Match

Top wicket-taker of the Match

Player of the Match

Ishan Kishan was adjudged Player of the Match for his match-winning innings of 74 (31), laced with 11 fours and three sixes. He stitched a crucial stand with Abhishek Sharma to give SRH a perfect platform to chase down a huge total.

Turning Point

Rajasthan Royals (RR) were 184/3 after 15 overs, eyeing a score in excess of 240. However, some tight bowling from Praful Hinge (1/49), Pat Cummins (1/27) and Eshan Malinga (2/38), only allowed them to score 44 runs in the last five overs, which became a huge turning point.

Later in the day, Ravindra Jadeja dropped Abhishek Sharma on 30 at point, which again came back to haunt Rajasthan big time as the opener stitched a massive partnership with Ishan Kishan.

What did the captains say:

Winning Captain, Pat Cummins (Sunrisers Hyderabad):

(Returning to cricket after a long break) I'm really happy. You are never quite sure how it's gonna come out first game. But the preparation was good. And I think I have played enough to maybe pick it up a bit earlier than I would have 10 years ago when I first started. I don't know. (Today a record number of runs score in both games. Where are the bowlers going to go?) I don't know! Start working on our batting (laughs). It's incredible cricket. I mean, the good thing is it's so high scoring that you do feel like even if you have a couple of bad overs or a couple of big overs, someone like, Praful (Hinge), you can bounce back and have a real impact on the game. So it's just the way T20 cricket's going, it's good fun. (About young bowlers doing well in his absence) Yeah, awesome. Ishan (Kishan) led the beautiful way. Obviously we've got Harshal (Patel) and Jaydev (Unadkat) who started the season as well. So I feel like we've got a good, you know, dugout there full of bowlers for the young guys being awesome. They've got really clear plans on the next kid as well. (Feeling at the halfway) (We were) Quite calm. I think it could have gone away from us if it had gone up to 250. So 220, get ahead of it in the first six overs and hopefully it's only 10 off or so an over which Ishan and these guys eat up pretty quickly at the moment. So very calm and confident group and yeah, really good win.

Losing Captain, Riyan Parag (Rajasthan Royals):

"I think skill-wise, we executed pretty nicely, but I think we dropped a few too many catches. And quality players like Abhishek and everyone who batted, I feel you can't really drop catches of them and you can't really give them second chances. And they took them, so credit to that. But we could have been better on the field. (what will Trevor Penney make them do next for their fielding today?) I mean, that's going to be a sight to behold, hopefully not too harsh, but I think it's one part of the game yes, but like I've been saying, we've got to be clinical and fielding plays a major part in that. So I feel next game, we'll try and step it up. We've got a day's break, I feel, mentally refresh and then come back next game. (satisfied with 228?) I think we left like 10-15 on the table. To be honest, they bowled really well in the 18th and the 19th over. They bowled like, executed really good yorkers. I felt not much we could have done. But best-case scenario, I think we would have liked another 15 runs. (what determined when Bishnoi came in?) Well, I think there were two lefties and I thought me and Don had a better chance of getting a wicket and then I wanted Klaasen to come in and then get Ravi and Jaddu bhai in. But the wicket was not really spin-friendly. So I just had to manage four overs. Maybe less of an economy I would have liked that, but then it was a wicket where the pacers had to take wickets and the spinners had to just be there and control the economy. Didn't really go to plan, but would do the same thing next time as well. (on Archer) Absolutely, I think he's been such a sensation this whole season. Another classical performance for him. Unlucky as well, a lot of top-edges in between the keeper and the fielders. So yeah, a few unlucky chances, a few chances that we gave away. Hopefully, we don't repeat that next time. (on PK next) I think different venues everyday, different games, different ways to approach it. I feel we don't know how Chandigarh is going to be as of now. I mean, they chased down a big score, yes, in Delhi, but Chandigarh is a new ground and a new wicket, a new soil. So hopefully, it doesn't go to that extent. We'd like to restrict them for lower, but then that's again another day's thought and I have got some time to regroup, think about this and then move ahead."