IPL 2019 | Meme Report - Sanju Samson’s efforts help Rajasthan Royals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets

After winning the toss, Rajasthan Royals opted to bowl first, inviting David Warner to open alongside Kane Williamson thanks to Jonny Bairstow’s departure for the England camp. However, the beginning of the action started in a rather unlikely manner as Liam Livingstone fired a needless throw to ensure that Sunrisers Hyderabad got five runs for no reason at all. 

However, the real surprise was the fact that David Warner negotiated the middle overs and scored 37 runs without even scoring a boundary. It was the highest for any batsman in the Indian Premier League without a boundary and as soon as the Australian was dismissed by Oshane Thomas, the run-rate took a little boost thanks to Pandey’s pyrotechnics as SRH reached 113/2 in 14 overs.

After 14 overs, Rajasthan Royals bowlers suddenly pull up the strings and dismissed one batsman after another. However, the biggest confusion of the evening came when Sanju Samson dismissed Manish Pandey twice on the same delivery. The umpire went upstairs to check if it was a catch or stumping, and he ruled it as caught behind. After Pandey’s dismissal, wickets started falling like a pack of cards as the team eventually folded for 160.

After that huge over against Siddarth Kaul, Rajasthan Royals again went into the sluggish mode and the next three overs resulted in only 18 runs. The pressure exerted got the better of Liam Livingstone, as on the first ball of the 10th over, he was undone by a Rashid Khan leg-break and managed to get an inside-edge which was taken smartly by Wriddhiman Saha and the team could reach 79-1 in 10 overs.

Two overs after Livingstone’s dismissal, Rahane also fell to another spinner, Shakib al Hasan, after he wanted to drive and gave himself some room but couldn't open the face enough while contact. Samson, however, was determined at the other end and without taking much risk, the Indian guided the Royals to 132/2 in 15 overs.