We lost because of a rule in IPL, otherwise Rajasthan would have won easily and reached the final

IPL 2021: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rajasthan Royals lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second qualifier of IPL 2024. With this defeat, the race for the trophy is over for Rajasthan. While Sunrisers Hyderabad will play the final against Kolkata Knight Riders on 26 May. Rajasthan Royals dominated the points table till the first half of IPL 2024 but now they are out of the race for the trophy. When Hyderabad scored 175 runs while batting first, it seemed that this target would be easy for Rajasthan but due to a rule, Rajasthan had to face defeat.

Which rule changed the fate of the match

Sunrisers Hyderabad set an easy target of 176 runs for Rajasthan to win but Rajasthan Royals could not achieve it. The rule due to which Rajasthan lost is the impact player rule. A Hyderabad player broke the back of Rajasthan Royals, who was not a part of the Hyderabad team during the toss. Later, Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins included Shahbaz Ahmed as an impact player. This player supported in batting and broke the back of Rajasthan batsmen with bowling. Due to this, he was also selected as the Man of the Match. If there was no impact player rule in IPL, then perhaps this match would have been in the name of Rajasthan.