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Patna : Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 8 wickets in the 40th match of IPL 2020 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE, on October 22, 2020, late night, with Manish Pandey scoring an unbeaten 83 runs in 47 balls hitting 4 fours and 8 sixes and Vijay Shakar scoring an unbeaten 52 in 51 balls with 6 fours. Replying to RR’s 154/6 in 20 overs, SRH scored 156/2 in 18.1 overs. Manish Pandey was named Player Of The Match. It was SRH’s 4th win in 10 matches and they have now 8 points. For RR, it was their 7th defeat in 11 matches and they have 8 points.
Manish Pandey and Vijay Shankar added 140 runs in their unbroken partnership for the 3rd wicket. Vijay hit RR fast bowler Jorfra Archer for three consecutive fours in 16th over. It was Archer’s 4th over. Manish hit medium fast bowler Kartik Tyagi for 2 sixes and a four in 6th over. Earlier, he had hit Ben Stokes for 2 sixes in 5th over. Manish also hit Tyagi for 2 consecutive fours in 4th over and for a six in 17th over. He also hit spinner Shreyas Gopal for a six in 9th over. Opener David Warner (captain) fell to Jofra Archer for 4 making it 4/1. Jonny Bairstow also fell to Archer for 10 and it 16/2. Archer took 2/21 in 4 overs.
SRH had won the won but opted to bowl. Batting first, RR openers Robin Uthappa and Ben Stokes added 30 runs for the first wicket. Uthappa was run out for 19 making it 30/1. Ben Stokes and Sanju Samson (wk) then added 56 runs for the 2nd wicket. Stokes fell to spinner Rashid Khan for 30 and it was 86/2. Samson fell to fast bowler Jason Holder for 36 and it was 86/3.Jos Butter fell to Vihay Shankar for 9 and it was 110/4. Captain Steven Smith too fell to Holder for 19 and it was 134/5. Riyan Parag also fell to Holder for 20 making it 135/6. Holder took 3/33 in 4 overs.