Sunrisers Hyderabad’s star batter, Travis Head, went on a rampage against Rajasthan Royals’ bowlers in their clash at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, smashing them all over the park.
Head, the Aussie powerhouse, kicked off his IPL 2025 campaign just like he finished in 2024 full of fire. He wasted no time, smashing three boundaries in his first nine balls. Then, he went after Jofra Archer, hammering him for five boundaries in a single over that went for 23 runs.
In that explosive 23-run fifth over, Head smashed Jofra for a massive 105-meter six. He moved his front leg out of the way to make room for the shot and hammered the ball, which was heading towards his stumps, over deep mid-wicket for a stunning maximum. Head reached his fifty in the eighth over, taking just 21 balls. He kept the runs flowing at a fast pace before getting out for a quickfire 67 off 31 balls. His innings included nine fours and three sixes.
Ishan Kishan Gets His Maiden Century
Ishan Kishan put on a stunning show with the bat in IPL 2025, smashing a brilliant century against Rajasthan Royals. Batting at number three, he played an aggressive knock, scoring a hundred in just 45 balls and putting Sunrisers Hyderabad in control.
With this incredible innings, Ishan became the first SRH batter to score a century against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. In the process, he also broke Manish Pandey’s record for the highest individual score by an SRH player against RR.
Head smashed a quickfire 67 off just 31 balls, while Ishan played a brilliant unbeaten knock of 105 runs from 47 deliveries. After being put in to bat, SRH posted a massive total of 286/6.
Fastest 100s for SRH in IPL (by Balls):
| Balls | Player | Opponent | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Travis Head | RCB | Bengaluru | 2024 |
| 43 | David Warner | KKR | Hyderabad | 2017 |
| 45 | Ishan Kishan | RR | Hyderabad | 2025 |
| 49 | Heinrich Klaasen | RCB | Bengaluru | 2023 |
SRH vs RR: Cummins and Parag Share Strategies at the Toss
“It is great to be back. The core of the group is the same, the coaching staff is the same. Don’t think batting or bowling first matters. It is pretty hot, so don’t mind bowling second. Would be nice to keep last season’s form going. We always encourage our games to play with freedom. Abhi and Heady with hopefully continue from last year, and Nitish and Klassen will be there as well. Ishan Kishan and Abhinav Manohar will be making their debuts,” SRH skipper Cummins at the toss.
“Bowling first. Looks like a dry wicket so we’ll have a crack at it later. (On captaincy) Means a lot, started here as a 17-year-old. Getting to fill in big shoes, very excited. The impact rule helps with Sanju. We’ve retained a lot of our core so that helps with the batting order. The other three overseas will be Theekshana, Jofra, and Farooqi. Always good to start well, we have practiced a lot,” Parag said at the toss.
RR Playing XI: Riyan Parag(c), Shubham Dubey, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi
SRH Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami
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