Subsequent to controlling Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to a success over Rajasthan Royals, Vijay Shankar said that he saw the game with a "sink or swim" mentality and is glad to have conveyed a decent presentation in the match. SRH vanquished Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Dubai on Thursday. Shankar parted with only 15 runs from his three overs and furthermore got a wicket. He at that point played an unbeaten thump of 52 rushes to enable the group to pursue down the objective of 155.

Manish Pandey additionally scored an unbeaten 83, taking SRH over the line in the nineteenth over.

"We both knew that we had to stay in the middle to take the game deep and if you ask me personally, it was a do or die game for me. That is how I saw this game, I did not have the best of time with the bat and this was a do or die game for me. I had to perform. Really happy to go out and play such an innings for the team," Pandey said in the post-match press conference.

With this success, SRH have moved to fifth spot in the focuses table with eight focuses while Rajasthan Royals have gone down to the seventh spot with eight focuses.

Shankar wants the team to keep the momentum going and get into the top four.

"I think in the last couple of games, we were really, really close and we slipped in the last minute. I think a win like this will give confidence to each and every individual in the team and we can win the remaining games and keep ourselves alive in the tournament and push to get into the top four," he said.