He shared an emotional moment during the toss with his brother Krunal Pandya, who is leading LSG in the absence of KL Rahul, who is ruled out of the competition due to injury.
The SRH batter has smashed 237 runs in the ongoing IPL in 10 matches. He has an average of 26.33 and a strike rate of 127.42. he has the highest knock of 74*.
Abhishek Sharma gave a solid start with his 55 off 34 runs and the game-changing cameo of Glenn Phillips's 25 off just 7 balls gave SRH their biggest win of the season so far.
"We gave too many runs in the first innings. When it's 227, you have to go hard every over. The surface played really well. The batters said it was a good wicket to bat on. Had we restricted them to 200-210, we would have had a chance," Krunal said at the post-match presentation.
Jos Buttler's blistering knock of 95 and Sanju Samson's 66 powered Rajasthan Royals (RR) to a massive 214/2 against Sunrisers Hyderbad (SRH) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match on Sunday.
Choose to bat, RR plans were clear as they started off with a boundary. Yashasvi Jaiswal was taking form from the previous match forward and was hitting boundaries in every over. Jos Buttler also joined him as they added a 50-run partnership off 26 balls.