Live Cricket Score - SRH vs RR, Match 40, IPL 2021

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Four, four and over!

SRH have a win at last! It was starting to look like they'd forgotten how to do that, but this has been a refreshing run chase for them. They'll be specially chuffed that it was orchestrated by Jason Roy at the top - vindicating their tough - but fair - decision to drop David Warner for the second time this season. Kane Williamson too deserves the accolades for this win, steering his team when Roy fell and stopping them from falling into the familiar ditch of a collapse. Mustafizur Rahman bowled another fine over at the death but Abhishek Sharma held his nerve in his return to the side to accompany his skipper. Williamson polished off the chase with two back-to-back fours that took him past another half-century.

Rajasthan Royals once again have failed to support their excellent captain well. They'll probably look back at their death-overs batting and rue what they missed. They looked set for a total in the range of 180, but only 21 from the last three overs left them with a slightly under-par on 165. It still needed a big batting effort from the struggling side in the league, and they found their mojo finally. With this loss, RR missed out on a chance break away from the eight-pointer sides. As it stands, there are four teams on eight points,