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R Ashwin said that RR have a tough challenge in hand when they face SRH in the IPL 2024 Qualifier 2 on Friday, May 24 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. On Wednesday, the Royals beat Faf du Plessis\u2019 RCB by 4 wickets in the Eliminator and stayed alive in the competition.<\/p>\n
The Sunrisers will go into the game after losing to Shreyas Iyer\u2019s KKR by 8 wickets<\/strong><\/a> in the Qualifier 1 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. However, Ashwin did not wish to undermine the Sunrisers given their overall form in the ongoing edition of the T20 league.<\/p>\n \u201cSRH have been the team to beat this time in the IPL. They have played fearless cricket and to take them on is going to be a challenge for us, but we will up our best performance,\u201d Ashwin said in a video on IPL\u2019s official website. <\/i><\/p>\n Sanju Samson, the RR skipper, in the meantime, admitted that his team was under a bit of pressure after going winless in their last 5 league matches. The captain said that he was overwhelmed to see how the Royals responded in crisis by showing guts and character.<\/p>\n IPL 2024 Full Coverage<\/a><\/strong> | IPL 2024 Points Table and Standings<\/a><\/strong> | 2024 IPL Full Schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLosing 4 out of 4 and then having the game in Guwahati definitely raised a lot of questions, a lot of doubts were coming up in the dressing room, but I am proud of the way we responded. We wanted to show some character. Each and every one in the team stepped up and I am very happy for them,\u201d he added. <\/i><\/p>\n Against RCB, the Royals chased down a challenging target of 173 with 6 balls left in their innings. Ashwin won the Player of the Match award after he finished with figures of 4-0-19-2. Avesh Khan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Samson, Riyan Parag and Shimron Hetmyer also chipped in with useful contributions.<\/p>\n\u2018We wanted to show some character\u2019 <\/b><\/h3>\n