Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Pre-match Updates
Head to Head comparison of matches played and won between the two teams shows that out of 19 matches played between them, RCB won 10 and SRH won 8, and 1 match remained with no result.
However, this season’s performances of RCB and SRH don’t justify the records. RCB has already made it into the playoff and will be contending the make a place among the top 2 in the points table.
They have won the last 3 matches they played against PBKS, RR, and MI.
On the other hand, SRH seems to be completely lost, they are at the bottom of the table with just 2 wins out of 12 played matches.
They have too many problems to resolve, the top-order batting, the bowling, the captain, etc., etc. Maybe today’s match helps them resolve some of those issues.
#RCB have won the toss and they will bowl first against #SRH.
Virat Kohli, the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) won the toss and decided to bowl first. Both Bangalore and Hyderabad have not made any change in the playing XI.
Below are the RCB and SRH teams that were declared.
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Kane Williamson(c), Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Umran Malik
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Daniel Christian, Shahbaz Ahmed, Srikar Bharat(w), George Garton, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal
After losing the toss SRH was put on to bat first, SRH finished the innings at 141-7 after 20 overs.
RCB had to chase 142 runs at the rate of 7.1 runs per over, they struggled to keep up with the required run rate and lost the match by just 4 runs, RCB final score was 137-6 after 20 overs.
Kane Williamson was awarded Man of the match for his contribution in the match, he scored 31 runs, took 2 catches, and did 1 runout.
Kane Williamson is adjudged Man of the Match as #SRH win by 4 runs.
SRH lost Williamson to Harshal in the 12th over, Williamson scored valuable 31 runs for the team, SRH was 91-2 after 12 overs.
Priyam Garg joined Roy in the middle for a brief period, Priyam was dismissed by Christian at 15, and in the same of Roy was bowled out at 44, Christian got 2 important wickets in the 15th over, SRH was 107-4 after 15 overs.
A wicket of the first and last ball of the over from Dan Christian.
This time its the well-set batter Jason Roy who has to depart.
RCB had to chase 142 runs at the rate of 7.1 runs per over, it was not a big ask considering the current form of RCB openers.
Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal opened the innings for RCB, Kohli smashed four on the first ball and gave away his wicket to Bhuvneshwar on the last ball of the first over at 5, RCB was 6-1 after 1 over.
Daniel Christian joined Padikkal, they could not build any partnership and Christian was dismissed by Siddharth Kaul at 1, RCB was 18-2 after 4 over.
RCB now needed 124 runs in 16 overs and the required rate climbed from 7.1 to 7.75. It’s up to the pair Srikar Bharat and Padikkkal to build a partnership and keep up with the required rate, RCB was 37-2 after 6 overs.
In the next over Umran Malik scalps Bharat at 12, RCB was 38-3 after 7 overs.
RCB now needed 104 runs in 13 overs and the required rate climbed from 7.75 to 8.00.
With Glenn Maxwell in the middle the chances of getting the score seemed to be bright, both Paddikal and Maxwell completed 50 runs partnership in the 13th over, RCB was 86-3 after 13 overs.
RCB now needed 44 runs in 5 overs at the required rate of 8.8, things were still manageable but needed someone who can score big in the next 1 or 2 overs, all hopes were on AB de Villiers now
In the 17th over Rashid dismissed Padikkal at 41, RCB was 113-5 after 17 overs.
RCB now needed 29 runs in 3 overs at the required rate of 9.7, not impossible but someone had to blast off.
Shahbaz Ahmed joined and scored 11 runs off Umran Malik’s over but much more was required, on the other hand, AB too was struggling to keep up with the required rate. RCB was 124-5 after 18 overs.
In the 19th over Shahbaz was dismissed by Jason Holder at 12 and RCB scored just 5 runs in the over, RCB was 129-6 in 19 overs.
They now needed 13 runs off the last over but could only get 8 runs, RCB finals score was 137-6 after 20 overs.
