Rajasthan Royals batsman Donovan Ferreira batted for the Royals for the first time this season and played a brilliant innings after his team struggled to get off to a good start at one point. He hit SRH spinner Harsh Dubey hard after scoring his maiden IPL half-century.
The batting attack of Rajasthan Royals is most in-form. Their top three players have performed in such a way that on most of the occasions no other player has needed to come out to bat.
Donovan Ferreira is one such batsman who was chosen by the Royals as a finisher while batting lower down the order. The South African batsman has the sheer ability to clear the fence on such occasions; However, he was waiting for the right time and it finally came.
Donovan Ferreira’s tremendous hit against SRH spinner Harsh Dubey
South African batsmen hitting the ball out of the park in the IPL is nothing new. From AB de Villiers to David Miller, these players have done this on many occasions before and now a new name has been added to this list of Donovan Ferreira.
he is very big pic.twitter.com/dJ55F5xEuq
– Nick Knight (@KnightNick34590) 13 April 2026
The batsman played a very good innings and scored his first half-century in the Tata IPL. But his tremendous six against Harsh Dubey in the 12th over of the game attracted attention. It was bowled on a length, and the bowler could sit well under the ball, and take it across the mid-wicket boundary for a big hit of 102 metres.
The bowl went crazy and Tata will be one of the biggest hits in this edition of IPL.
Ferreira and Jadeja show commitment with century partnership for Royals
At one point, Rajasthan Royals were not only in trouble but also doomed, with half the team back in the dugout after the massacre of two SRH debutants. However, Donovan Ferreira and Ravindra Jadeja are the batsmen at no. 6 and 7 for Royals showed some great character in those difficult conditions.
Both the batsmen took control, as Ravindra Jadeja was trying to control the innings mostly with singles and doubles, and Donovan was trying to give it back to the SRH batsmen. He played some brilliant shots and especially took charge against the spinners.
He added 118 runs for the sixth wicket with experienced all-rounder Jadeja. This is the highest partnership between two batsmen for the sixth wicket after a team collapses.
Saqib Hussain completed his spell by hitting a four.
Also read: Prafulla Hinge shocks Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel; He was out for a duck in the SRH vs RR clash
