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Sunrisers Hyderabad ace another tight defence after batting slump

[ad_1] Sunrisers Hyderabad 151 for 7 (Williamson 63, Hales 45, Archer 3-26) beat Rajasthan Royals 140 for 6 (Rahane 65*, Samson 40, Kaul 2-23) by 11 runs play 5:47 Ajit Agarkar, Shaun Tait and the ESPNcicinfo crew review another stellar defence by Sunrisers Hyderabad After Rajasthan Royals limited Sunrisers Hyderabad to 151 for 7 on a two-paced pitch in Jaipur, their debutant legspinner Ish Sodhi said the total was "a little under par". Having successfully defended 118 and 132 in their previous two matches, however, Sunrisers had plenty to play with and strangled another chase after Royals had made a sound start. Their sixth win in eight games took Sunrisers to the top of the points table. The Sunrisers batsmen could have made their bowlers' task a lot easier had they not collapsed after Kane Williamson 's masterful 63 off 43 balls, on a pitch where every other batsman struggled. Williamson had a control % of 100 against every Royals bowler except K Gowtham and Jofr...