Warner, on Saturday, was replaced by Williamson as the Hyderabad outfit announced a change in captaincy midway through the season.
They dropped David Warner, SRH's most consistent scorer, in a bid to rejig their lineup. But the issue persisted. They brought in all-rounder Mohammad Nabi to provide depth, but he was hardly used as a bowler with Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson firing from both ends.
Jos Buttler cracked a 64-ball 124, while skipper Sanju Samson made 48 off 33 balls as RR posted a challenging 220 for three.
Since his debut for SRH in 2014, Warner has missed 20 IPL matches for the franchise but has been dropped from the playing XI for the first time
SRH have been criticised for not including West Indian all-rounder Jason Holder in the playing eleven.
Having won just one game so far, the Hyderabad outfit is languishing at the bottom of the points table.
David Warner took 55 balls for his 57-run knock against Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday.
Warner combined with Manish Pandey to put up a century stand which comprised half-century scores of both the batters, off 83 balls. SRH did revive from their early blow, but the conservative approach left them with 128 onboard for the loss of just one wicket at the start of the 18th over.
Warner scored his first half-century this season with a knock of 57 runs off 55 balls.
Sunrisers have lost three matches on the trot at the MA Chidambaram Stadium track here, which has the reputation of aiding the spinners.
Warner also praised 'young' Abhishek Sharma, who bowled the first over for SRH returned with figures of 2/24 in his four overs.
In India TV's post-match show 'Cricket Dhamaka', former India women's team captain Anjum Chopra said that there will be conversations in the SRH camp on the way their batsmen got out in the game.
Warner and Jonny Bairstow had provided their side a platform with a quick 67-run opening-wicket partnership. But the batsmen that followed disappointed.
SRH suffered their third-straight loss in IPL 2021, becoming the only team yet to register a point in the campaign and lose all their contest while batting second.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat in their IPL match against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Saturday. For SRH, Virat Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Mujeeb ur Rahman and Khaleel Ahmed got their first game of the season. MI, on the other hand, included Adam Milne in place of Marco Jansen.
Warner himself scored an impressive half-century, 54 off 37 balls, and set Hyderabad on the path to victory. However, the remaining batsmen floundered.
Warner scored his 49th half-century in the tournament, off 31 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
KKR's Nitish Rana and Rahul Tripathi put up 80 and 53 respectively to guide their side to an intimidating total on the Chepauk track.
In IPL 2019, Harbhajan at Chepauk averaged 15.18 with the ball and conceded runs at an economy rate of 5.96.
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