Batting first, Rajasthan Royals scored 154 for the loss of six wickets. Sanju Samson top-scored with 36 runs off 26 balls and Ben Stokes added 30 off 32. Riyan Parag was instrumental at the end with 12-ball 20 runs as Robin Uthappa and Steve Smith added 19 each. Jofra Archer in seven balls scored an unbeaten 16 runs. During the chase, after a couple of quick dismissals, Manish Pandey (83* off 47) and Vijay Shankar (52* off 51) took the side to the finishing line in 18.1 overs.
David Warner and Jonny Bairstow stand at 7th and 8th places respectively. There is no representative of the Rajasthan Royals in the Orange Cap table. KL Rahul is successfully leading the chart followed by Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal at 2nd and 3rd.
Here is the updated Orange Cap table after RR vs SRH Match 40:
| IPL 2020 Orange Cap Updated | ||||||||||
| Position | Player | Team | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR |
| 1 | KL Rahul | Kings XI Punjab | 10 | 10 | 2 | 540 | 132* | 67.5 | 398 | 135.67 |
| 2 | Shikhar Dhawan | Delhi Capitals | 10 | 10 | 3 | 465 | 106* | 66.42 | 312 | 149.03 |
| 3 | Mayank Agarwal | Kings XI Punjab | 10 | 10 | 0 | 398 | 106 | 39.8 | 256 | 155.46 |
| 4 | Faf du Plessis | Chennai Super Kings | 10 | 10 | 2 | 375 | 87* | 46.87 | 265 | 141.5 |
| 5 | Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 10 | 10 | 4 | 365 | 90* | 60.83 | 289 | 126.29 |
| 6 | Shreyas Iyer | Delhi Capitals | 10 | 10 | 1 | 335 | 88* | 37.22 | 255 | 131.37 |
| 7 | David Warner | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10 | 10 | 1 | 335 | 60 | 37.22 | 270 | 124.07 |
| 8 | Jonny Bairstow | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10 | 10 | 0 | 326 | 97 | 32.6 | 252 | 129.36 |
| 9 | Quinton de Kock | Mumbai Indians | 9 | 9 | 1 | 322 | 78* | 40.25 | 220 | 146.36 |
| 10 | Devdutt Padikkal | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 10 | 10 | 0 | 321 | 63 | 32.1 | 258 | 124.41 |
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