IPL 2021 | Talking points from RR vs SRH game: Rejigged Sunrisers line-up fails to deliver yet again
India TV NewsSunrisers Hyderabad's misery continued as they suffered their sixth defeat this season, losing to Rajasthan Royals by 55 runs in Delhi. Rashid conceded only another boundary in his next three overs as the pair of Buttler and Samson cautiously negated the leggie, pulling off just 17 runs, and almost ended up with the wicket of Buttler in the second over Well, Sunrisers had managed to keep the two batters quite at the halfway mark, barring that 18-run over off Vijay Shankar as Royals put together 86 for 1 at the end of the 11th over. Manish Pandey, SRH's new opener With Warner dropped, Manish was promoted up the order to open for SRH alongside Jonny Bairstow. Warner dropped but the problem remains Minutes ahead of the toss in Delhi, SRH's director of cricket operations, Tom Moody confirmed Warner's exclusion from playing XI, explaining that "at this stage, two overseas bat, an all-rounder, and Rashid Khan is our best combination." Despite being SRH's second-highest scorer, Warner was dropped with Jonny Bairstow and Kane Williamson shining with the bat and Rashid being an indispensable member of SRH.