Sunrisers Hyderabad’s skipper David Warner’s half-century had put his aspect on the course of a victory however Shahbaz Ahmed ran by their center order to assist Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) register an exciting win in their Indian Premier League (IPL) sport on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday (April 14).
Earlier, Glenn Maxwell had scored a gutsy half-century to make sure that RCB, regardless of shedding a flurry of wickets in the second half of their innings, arrange a 150-run goal. In response, SRH fell seven runs wanting the goal, due to some sensible bowling in the second half by RCB.
SRH was proper on monitor for a win with Warner and Manish Pandey stitching a 83-run stand for the second wicket however the aspect misplaced the plot in the center overs. SRH collapsed from 96/1 to 123/6 inside 4.4 overs and was managed 143/9 in their allotted 20 overs. Shahbaz picked three key wickets and delivered when RCB wanted him essentially the most.
SRH had a foul begin to their chase as opening batsman Wriddhiman Saha was despatched again in the hut in the third over by Mohammed Siraj.
But skipper Warner and Manish carried the innings and ensured SRH did not lose a wicket as the duo took their aspect to 50/1 on the finish of the powerplay.
While Manish performed a run-a-ball knock, Warner was in his prime finest as he took on the RCB bowlers and accomplished his fifty in simply 31 balls.
RCB lastly took a sigh of reduction when Kyle Jamieson dismissed Warner in the 14th over. Warner’s wicket triggered a significant collapse as SRH misplaced 5 batsmen in 4.4 overs.
In the tip, Rashid Khan tried to get SRH over the road however was run out in an try and take a double.
Earlier put in to bat, RCB had a good begin earlier than Devdutt Padikkal departed in the third over.
Shahbaz, who was promoted up the order, had his fair proportion of probabilities the place he smoked a 4 however Shahbaz Nadeem received the higher of him as RCB misplaced the second wicket simply after the completion of powerplay.
The subsequent few overs noticed skipper Virat Kohli and Maxwell scoring at a sluggish fee earlier than the Australian all-rounder whacked two sixes and one 4 in Nadeem’s ultimate over.
But SRH once more got here again in the sport with two fast wickets of Kohli and de Villiers. While Holder dismissed Kohli in the twelfth over, Rashid despatched the previous Proteas batsman again in the hut in the subsequent over.
In the loss of life overs, Maxwell saved slogging the ball to finish his gutsy fifty (his first since 2016 in IPL) as RCB went previous the 140-run mark.
Brief Scores: RCB 149/8 (Virat Kohli 33, Glenn Maxwell 59; Jason Holder 3-30); SRH 143/9 (David Warner 54, Manish Pandey 38; Shahbaz Ahmed 3-7)
