Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, match number 36, was in the western part of India as Rajasthan Royals (RR) faced Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the reverse match of the tournament. It was the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday. SRH beat RR by 5 wickets. This match was also high scoring.
SRH captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first. This Australian all-rounder returned after missing the first half of the tournament. He made some changes in the match and Rajasthan entered the match with the same team. A large number of fans arrived in Jaipur to watch the first match.
IPL 2026: RR vs SRH Match Result:
After being invited to bat first, Vaibhav Suryavanshi went on the offensive in the very first over. He hit back at Prafulla Hinge, who dismissed him for a duck in the last match. The southpaw gave him 25 runs in the first over of the game. The start of the Royals was explosive. Yashasvi Jaiswal could not score much runs and returned after scoring 10 runs.
Later, Suryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel put up a good partnership, and the former brought up his half-century in 15 balls and continued his striking at a pace of over 200. He scored his century in just 36 balls and put the Royals in the driver’s seat.
Vaibhav was out for 103 off 37 balls, then Donovan Ferreira played an impressive 33 off 16 balls and Shimron Hetmyer’s 11 runs were also crucial as RR scored 228/6 in their 20 overs.
Coming into the chase, Sunrisers once again lost the wicket of Travis Head early, as the southpaw continued to struggle and Jofra Archer took a wicket in the first over once again this season. Then Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan formed a partnership between the two and started storming from both the ends. After the power play their score was 89/1.
There was a partnership of 100 runs between the two. Abhishek completed his half-century in just 24 balls. Kishan also completed his half-century in the same number of balls as his partner. Ferreira broke this partnership by dismissing Abhishek on the score of 57 runs. Kishan was also out soon after scoring 74 runs.
After this, thanks to short, impressive innings of 29 and 36 runs from Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Reddy respectively, the Orange Army achieved the target of 229 runs with 9 balls to spare. Orange Army performs double over Royals in IPL.
Updated IPL points table after RR vs SRH match 36
| drink | Team | P | w | l | N.R. | NRR | For | against | public telephone | latest form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PBKS | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.333 | 1315/112.0 | 1249/120.0 | 13 | WWWWN |
| 2 | rcb | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1.101 | 1424/129.4 | 1362/137.5 | 10 | WLWWL |
| 3 | SRH | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.815 | 1683/158.3 | 1513/154.2 | 10 | WWWWL |
| 4 | RR | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.602 | 1391/141.1 | 1380/149.1 | 10 | LWLLW |
| 5 | Chennai Super Kings | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.118 | 1338/140.0 | 1235/130.5 | 6 | WLWWL |
| 6 | DC | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -0.184 | 1345/135.1 | 1407/138.5 | 6 | LLWLL |
| 7 | GT | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -0.790 | 1227/138.2 | 1333/138.0 | 6 | LLWWW |
| 8 | MI | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -0.736 | 1229/130.1 | 1279/125.4 | 4 | LWLL |
| 9 | lsg | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | -1.277 | 1112/139.5 | 1209/131.0 | 4 | LLLW |
| 10 | KKR | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | -0.879 | 1063/119.4 | 1160/118.5 | 3 | wllln |
IPL 2026: Orange Cap list updated after RR vs SRH match 36
| drink | player | Team | it goes | mat | Inn | No | HS | average | BF | sr | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhishek Sharma | SRH | 380 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 135* | 54.29 | 179 | 212.29 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 28 |
| 2 | Vaibhav Suryavanshi | RR | 357 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 103 | 44.63 | 152 | 234.86 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 32 |
| 3 | KL Rahul | DC | 357 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 152* | 59.50 | 190 | 187.89 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 19 |
| 4 | heinrich classen | SRH | 332 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 55.33 | 217 | 152.99 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 13 |
| 5 | Virat Kohli | rcb | 328 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 81 | 54.67 | 201 | 163.18 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12 |
IPL 2026: Updated Purple Cap list RR vs SRH after match 36
| drink | player | Team | wickets | mat | Inn | ow | it goes | B.B.I | average | economy | sr | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -Anshul Kamboj | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 24.4 | 221 | 3/22 | 15.78 | 8.95 | 10.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ishaan Malinga | SRH | 14 | 8 | 8 | 27.0 | 255 | 4/32 | 18.21 | 9.44 | 11.57 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Prince Yadav | lsg | 13 | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 218 | 3/32 | 16.76 | 8.38 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | jofra archer | RR | 12 | 8 | 8 | 27.0 | 224 | 3/20 | 18.66 | 8.29 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Prasidh Krishna | GT | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 269 | 4/28 | 22.41 | 10.34 | 13.00 | 1 | 0 |
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