Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals, Eliminator, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player HighlightsSRH vs RR, Eliminator, Indian Premier League 2026 - Player Highlights

Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, no run, short and wide delivery outside off, Shivang Kumar throws his hands at it, misses. 16 runs from Archer's final over. Has taken three important wickets though. So that will go down as a game changing spell

Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, wide, attempts a yorker, but fires it down the leg-side

Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, FOUR, more runs for Shivang Kumar. Picks the length early, rocks back in the crease and Shivang Kumar pulls it away to the deep mid-wicket fence

Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, 2 runs, on the shorter side around middle and leg, Shivang Kumar pulls it towards deep mid-wicket as the ball falls in no man's land

Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, FOUR, two in two for Shivang Kumar. This was pitched up by Jofra Archer and the batter bludgeons it over wide mid-off for four more. Was a slower one by the pacer and he made sure to punish it

Jofra Archer to Shivang Kumar, FOUR, cheeky. This was on the shorter side outside off, Shivang Kumar arches back and guides it towards third man and finds the boundary. Jofra Archer wanted a better effort from the fielder, reckons this should have been stopped

Jofra Archer to Eshan Malinga, 1 run, full and quick on off, Eshan Malinga chips it towards deep cover for a single

Jofra Archer to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR, lovely shot! Short of length delivery outside off, Klaasen jumps to get on top of the bounce and punches it in front of square. He beats the extra cover fielder and the ball races away..

Jofra Archer to Nitish Reddy, 1 run, back of a length delivery, Reddy opens the bat face and guides to third man

Jofra Archer to Travis Head, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Third wicket for Archer. He's broken this chase in his first three overs. First Abhishek then Ishan and now Head. SRH in deep trouble. Skipper Parag is a delighted man. 150.4ks good length ball, Head backs away and tries to flay it through the off-side, gets beaten for pace and the ball hits the top of off-stump. Excellent move from Parag to keep Archer going for a third over. Travis Head b Jofra Archer 17(8) [4s-2 6s-1]

Jofra Archer to Travis Head, no run, short of length delivery, Head makes room and cuts it straight to cover-point

Jofra Archer to Travis Head, FOUR, that's typical Head. He backs away and creates the room to open up the off-side field, he cracks it in front of square. Not quite off the middle but the ball has enough to trickle into the rope

Jofra Archer to Travis Head, no run, short of length close to off, Head rides the bounce and mistimes the punch to cover

Jofra Archer to Smaran Ravichandran, 1 run, short of length around off, Smaran rides the bounce and steers to third man

Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, out Caught by Donovan Ferreira!! Archer wins the battle. No celebration from him. Just a shake of the head. But Ferreira and rest of the Rajasthan Royals are pumped. Kavya Maran, the SRH owner, has an expression of was it needed. Ishan was bossing Archer but he keeps going and perishes in the process. Back of length delivery, pounded into the surface and it gets big on Ishan who tries to flat-bat it over the off-side, the ball hits the splice and lobs to extra cover where Ferreira takes a simple catch. Just a cameo from Ishan and he's on his way back. Ishan Kishan c Donovan Ferreira b Jofra Archer 33(11) [4s-3 6s-3]

Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, SIX, dropped over the rope. You expect better from Jadeja. Short of length delivery, gets big on Ishan but he still goes through with the pull. The top-edge flies towards deep square leg and Jadeja does not judge it properly. He tries to take it sideways but spills it over the rope

Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, no run, back of a length delivery, Ishan defends it to the off-side. That's rare..

Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, SIX, 2, 6, 4, 4, 4, 6 - that's Ishan v Archer so far. It has been one-way traffic. This line is around leg-stump and that's easy pickings for Ishan, he crouches a bit and uses the pace of Archer to send it over long leg

Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, Ishan is taking on Archer. This is turning into an intense battle. At the moment Ishan is winning it hands down. Short of length angled across, just enough width and Ishan cashes in, he slashes the cut wide of backward point and the fielder in the deep has no chance of stopping it

Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, what an over! Abhishek went for a duck but Ishan has come firing. Full pitcher outside off, he bends his back knee and opens the bat face on the drive, slices it over cover-point and the ball races away

Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, FOUR, Ishan has come out swinging. He sees the width outside off and throws the bat on the drive, gets a thick outside-edge and the ball flies over the slip fielder. Third man was inside the ring as well..

Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, SIX, this he connects. Archer goes full and the line is too straight, Ishan leans a bit to get under the length and whips it in front of square. The fielder can only watch the ball sail over the rope

Jofra Archer to Ishan Kishan, 2 runs, Ishan is not hanging around. He takes on the back of a length delivery and mistimes the heave over mid-wicket. There's a fielder in the deep but the ball plugs in the outfield and the fielder gets around to keep it to a brace

Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by Dhruv Jurel!! Archer strikes! Nothing is as certain in the world as death, taxes, and Jofra Archer striking in the first over. This is a well-directed short ball, Abhishek gets into a tangle - he shuffles a bit and tries to help it along, but the ball gets big on him and lobs off the glove to Jurel. This is a massive blow for SRH's chase. Abhishek was one of the architects in that 228 chase. But he's gone for a duck today. Abhishek Sharma c Dhruv Jurel b Jofra Archer 0(2)

Jofra Archer to Abhishek Sharma, no run, just short of Parag. He knows how close that was. Back of a length slanted across, Abhishek reaches for it and toe-ends the punch. The ball lands in front of Parag at mid-off