Rahul Tewatia and Riyan Parag carried Royals to a five-wicket win against SRH after losing three wickets quite early in the match. Playing against Khaleel Ahmed in the last over Royals needed just eight runs to win which they were successful at chasing a target of 159. Ben Stokes, his first game of the season, entered alongside Jos Buttler but failed at 5 runs similar to Steve Smith and later Buttler also fell. The match seemed to be favoring Hyderabad when the Royals were 36/3 in six overs. Later Robin Uthappa and Sanju Samson infused life once again but both fell to Rashid Khan after making just 18 and 26 respectively. The game then drastically changed the momentum with Tewatia and Parag on the field, where they posted an 85-run match-winning partnership.