So Sunrisers Hyderabad are keeping their hopes of a playoff spot alive. Things have gone horribly wrong for Royal Challengers Bangalore. This is their third loss in a row. Because Delhi Capitals lost earlier in today and RCB lost this match, ther match between DC and RCB on Monday is a virtual quarter-final. That is a must win for both the teams.
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Sandeep Sharma: When I started bowling, it was a bit sticky. It's coming nicely, it's got cooler here, so it's helping. I have been bowling the knuckle ball, Jonny (Bairstow) has been helping me. It took around three or four months to get it right. Kohli is one of the greatest batsman, so getting him out is special. Now we are finding the momentum with one game to go. We are excited about that, let's see what happens.
Player of the Match
SRH's Sandeep Sharma wins the Player of the Match award. Sandeep Sharma bowled a match winning spell of 4-0-20-2.
David Warner: Losing Vijay is a big miss. For us we have worked out, how to go about at the top of the order. With the bowling, the credit goes to them. The wicket is slowing up a bit, the bowlers got to adapt to it. Tonight the bowlers have executed it well. Dubai has been the same, I think it gets dewy here. It wasn't a surprise at all. Holder's a great all-rounder. To bowl a bouncer against someone like him, you have to dig it very short. It's great to have that consistency. We knew we had to win today, and that's the case in the next game. In 2016 we had to win three games and we did that.
Virat Kohli: It was never enough. We thought 140 might be a good total to sort of get into the game on that kind of wicket. Things changed drastically in the second innings. There was a lot of dew which we didn't quite predict, they got it right at the toss eventually. In the end it was very difficult to hold the ball. Strange one. In between we thought the weather has become pleasant and there wasn't any dew, but last few games in Dubai and here as well there has been dew. The pattern keeps changing but regardless you need to have runs on the board. We weren't brave enough with the bat throughout the innings and credit to them - they used the pitch well and the change of pace.
Result
Sunrisers Hyderabad win by 5 wickets
SRH 121/4 after 14.1 overs.
Chahal to bowl. Holder has the strike.
14.1 SIX! Good length ball and Holder smacks the ball over long-on for a maximum.
SRH 115/4 after 14 overs.
Saini to bowl. Holder has the strike.
13.1 Good length delivery on off stump. The ball nips back in and hits the pads. There is a loud appeal for LBW. The umpire gives that as NOT OUT. Kohli takes the review and the review shows that the ball has taken the inside edge of the bat.
13.2 SIX! Short ball and Holder pulls to send the ball flying over deep midwicket for a maximum.
13.3 FOUR! Fuller ball and Holder moves. The ball takes the inside edge and rolls down to fine-leg for a boundary.
13.4 WIDE! Fuller delivery down the leg side. Holder takes a single.
13.4 SIX! Short ball on leg stump. Abhishek just connects the ball as it flies over fine-leg for a maximum.
13.5 WICKET! Abhishek Sharma c Gurkeerat Singh b Navdeep Saini 8(5)
Good length ball outside off. Abhishek goes for a big shot. The ball goes high on the air and Gurkeerat Singh takes a good catch.
Abdul Samad is the new batsman.
13.6 Fuller delivery and Holder hits the ball down to long-on for a single.
SRH 96/4 after 13 overs.
Udana to bowl. Williamson is on strike.
12.1 WICKET! Williamson c Kohli b Udana 8(14)
Slow delivery on good length. Williamson pushes the ball with soft hands to cover. The ball lobs straight to Virat Kohli and he takes a good catch.
Jason Holder is the new batsman.
12.2 Length delivery on off stump. Holder gets an inside edge and the ball rolls around the corner.
12.3 Fuller delivery and Holder drives the ball to sweeper cover for 2 runs.
12.4 SIX! Short delivery and Holder smacks the ball over deep mid-wicket for a maximum.
12.5 Slow ball on good length outside off. Holder gets an outside edge. The ball goes on one bounce to the keeper.
12.6 Fuller delivery and Holder drives the ball to long-off for a single.
SRH 87/3 after 12 overs.
Sundar to bowl. Williamson has the strike. Abhishek Sharma is the new batsman.
11.1 Short ball and Williamson pulls the ball to leg side for a single.
11.2 Fuller delivery and Abhishek pushes the ball through cover for a single.
11.3 Fuller delivery and Williamson sweeps the ball to short fine for a single.
11.4 Fuller delivery and Abhishek drives the ball through cover for a run.
11.5 Short delivery. Williamson guides the ball to leg side and takes a single.
11.6 Fuller delivery. Abhishek comes on front foot to negotiate the ball.
SRH 82/3 after 11 overs.
Chahal to bowl. Saha has the strike.
10.1 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Saha comes down the track and smacks the ball over deep midwicket for a boundary.
10.2 Fuller delivery and Saha sweeps the ball to short fine for a single.
10.3 Fuller delivery. Williamson hits the ball down to long-on for a single.
10.4 Fuller delivery and Saha hits the ball down to long-off for a single.
10.5 Short delivery and Williamson plays the ball to off side for a single.
10.6 WICKET! W Saha st de Villiers b Chahal 39(32)
Flighted delivery outside off stump. The ball truns after pitching. Saha comes out of his crease to hit the ball but misses. de Villiers collects the ball and completes the stumping.
SRH 74/2 after 10 overs.
Udana to bowl. Saha has the strike.
9.1 FOUR! Full toss outside off stump. Saha punches the ball through cover for a boundary.
9.2 Fuller delivery and Saha drives the ball to mid-off for a quick single.
9.3 Full toss. Williamson plays the ball to backward square leg for a single.
9.4 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Saha guides the ball down to third-man for a single.
9.5 Short ball outside off stump. Williamson is in his pull shot early. The ball goes to the keeper.
9.6 Short ball outside off stump. Williamson leaves the ball for the keeper.
SRH 67/2 after 9 overs.
Chahal to bowl. Saha has the strike.
8.1 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Saha comes down the track to push the ball. The ball goes straight. Chahal putsin a dive. The ball hits the stumps at the non-striker's end Chahal appeals for RUN OUT. The on field umpire refers this to third umpire. The third umpire says that he cannot conclude from the replays. It is NOT OUT!
8.2 Fuller delivery and Saha drives the ball to long-on for a single.
8.3 Fuller delivery and Williamson guides the ball to leg side for a run.
8.4 Fuller delivery and Saha plays the ball to short midwicket.
8.5 Fuller delivery and Saha sweeps the ball to the fielder at short fine.
8.6 Fuller delivery and Saha plays the ball to leg side for a single.
SRH 64/2 after 8 overs.
Isuru Udana to bowl. Williamson has the strike.
7.1 Fuller delivery on off stump. Williamson plays the ball to off side and takes a quick single.
7.2 Fuller delivery on middle and leg stump. Saha plays the ball down to backward square-leg for 2 runs.
7.3 Fuller delivery on off stump. Saha works the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
7.4 Slow fuller delivery wide of off stump. Williamson goes to block the ball but the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.
7.5 Short ball outside off stump. Williamson leaves the ball for the keeper.
7.6 Fuller delivery on off stump. Williamson plays the ball to off side.
SRH 60/2 after 7 overs.
Yuzvendra Chahal to bowl. Pandey has the strike.
6.1 Fuller delivery and Pandey plays the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
6.2 Short delivery. Saha punches the ball going on backfoot down to long-off for a single.
6.3 Fuller delivery and Saha drives the ball back to Chahal.
6.4 WICKET! Manish Pandey c Chris Morris b Chahal 26(19)
Flighted delivery from Chahal. Pandey goes for a big shot. The ball goes miles high in the air. Chris Morris running in from long-on takes a good catch.
Kane Williamson is the new batsman.
6.5 Short delivery and Saha cuts the ball to the fielder at short third-man.
6.6 Good length delivery. Saha plays the ball to the fielder at short fine-leg.
SRH 58/1 after 6 overs.
Mohammed Siraj to bowl. Saha is on strike.
5.1 Fuller delivery on off and middle. Saha drives the ball to the fielder at mid-off.
5.2 FOUR! Fuller delivery on off stump. Saha plays the ball just over the fielder at mid-on and the ball races down to long-on for a boundary.
5.3 Short ball outside off stump. Saha pulls the ball to deep midwicket for 2 runs.
5.4 Good length delivery on off stump. The ball goes past the outside edge of the bat.
5.5 SIX! Short ball on off and middle. Saha pulls and the ball goes on the roof of the ground.
5.6 Fuller delivery and Saha drives the ball to mid-on.
SRH 46/1 after 5 overs.
Morris to bowl. Pandey has the strike.
4.1 FOUR! Fuller delivery on off stump. Pandey flicks and sends the ball down to deep midwicket for a boundary.
4.2 WIDE! Fuller delivery down the leg side.
4.3 Good length delivery on off stump. Pandey drives the ball to mid-on.
4.4 Short delivery on middle and leg. Pandey plays the ball with soft hands. The ball falls short of wicketkeeper and Pandey takes a single.
4.5 WIDE! Fuller delivery down the leg side.
4.5 Good length delivery on off and middle. Saha plays the ball to off side.
4.6 WIDE! Poor bowling by Morris as he bowls yet another delivery down the leg side.
4.6 Fuller delivery on middle and leg. Saha gets an inside edge and the ball goes to leg side as Saha completes a single.
4.6 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Pandey flicks the ball to send it racing down to backward square leg for a boundary.
SRH 31/1 after 4 overs.
Sundar to bowl. Pandey has the strike.
3.1 Good length ball. Pandey places the ball through extra-cover for a single.
3.2 Short ball and Saha punches the ball to extra-cover.
3.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery on off stump. Saha goes on one knee and slog sweeps the ball to deep midwicket for a boundary.
3.4 Short delivery and Saha plays the ball to leg side for a quick single.
3.5 Good length ball on middle stump. Pandey plays the ball to leg side.
3.6 Good length ball. Pandey punches the ball down to long-on for a single.
SRH 22/1 after 3 overs.
Navdeep Saini to bowl. Pandey has the strike.
2.1 Good length delivery on off and middle Pandey plays the ball to off side.
2.2 FOUR! Good length delivery on middle stump. Pandey hits the ball down the ground for a boundary.
2.3 Good length delivery. The ball swings back in. Pandey goes for a big shot. He misses and the ball just misses the stumps and goes to the keeper.
2.4 SIX! Short ball on off stump. Pandey swings and sends the ball over deep midwicket for a maximum.
2.5 Fuller delivery on middle stump. Pandey goes for a big shot. The ball takes the inside edge and goes to off side. Pandey takes a single.
2.6 Good length delivery outside off stump. Saha goes on backfoot to play the ball but the ball goes past the outside edge of the bat.
SRH 11/1 after 2 overs.
Washington Sundar to bowl. Warner is on strike.
1.1 SIX! Short ball and Warner rocks back to slog the ball over deep midwicket for a maximum.
1.2 WICKET! Warner c Udana b Washington Sundar 8(5)
Short ball and Warner pulls again. The ball goes to Isuru Udana at mid-on and he makes no mistake in completing an easy catch.
Manish Pandey is the new batsman.
1.3 Short ball which spins back in. Pandey laves the ball for the keeper.
1.4 Good length delivery and Pandey plays the ball to cover.
1.5 Short ball and Pandey plays the ball to leg side.
1.6 Fuller delivery and Pandey hits the ball to long-on for a single.
SRH 4/0 after 1 over.
Chris Morris to bowl the first over for RCB. On strike is Warner.
0.1 WIDE! Short delivery way outside off stump.
0.1 Good length delivery outside off stump. Warner works the ball to leg side and takes a single.
0.2 Lucky! Fuller delivery on off stump. Saha gets an inside edge and the ball just goes wide of the leg stump.
0.3 Fuller delivery on off stump. Saha guides the ball to leg side and takes a single.
0.4 Good length delivery wide of off stump. Warner leaves the ball for the keeper.
0.5 Good length delivery on off stump. Warner goes on the backfoot and plays the ball to off side for a single.
0.6 Good length delivery on off stump. Saha punches the ball to cover.
SRH's chase is about to begin. RCB players are out on the field and in a huddle. Virat Kohli inspiring his team. David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha walk to open the inning for SRH.
RCB 120/7 after 20 overs.
Natrajan to bowl the last over of the inning. Siraj has the strike.
19.1 1 Bye! Slow fuller ball outside off stump. Siraj goes for a big shot but misses. The ball goes to the keeper but Siraj completes a single.
19.2 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Mann goes for a big shot but misses.
19.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Mann plays the ball to short fine-leg.
19.4 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Mann plays the ball to sweeper cover and takes a single.
19.5 Fuller delivery and Siraj plays the ball to extra cover for a single.
19.6 1 Leg Bye! Fuller ball. Mann goes for a scoop shot but misses. The ball hits the pads and the ball goes to off side. Mann takes a single.
RCB 116/7 after 19 overs.
Holder to bowl his last over. Morris has the strike.
18.1 Fuller ball outside off stump. Morris hits the ball to the fielder at sweeper cove and takes 2 runs.
18.2 WICKET! Chris Morris c Warner b Holder 3(4)
Low full toss outside off stump. Morris swings his bat. The bal goes to deep midwicket where David Warner takes a good catch.
Isuru Udana is the new batsman.
18.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Mann hits the ball over cover and gets a single.
18.4 WICKET! Udana c Williamson b Holder 0(1)
Slow fuller delivery outside off stump. Undana goes for a big shot. The ball lobs in the air and Kane Williamson at extra cover takes an easy catch.
Mohammed Siraj is the new batsman.
18.5 Slow short ball outside off stump. Mann pulls and sends the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
18.6 Fuller delivery and Siraj plays the ball down to long-on for a run.
RCB 111/5 after 18 overs.
to bowl. Sundar has the strike.
17.1 WICKET! Washington Sundar c and b T Natarajan 21(18)
Slow ball on good length. Sundar hits the ball straight back to Natrajan. The bowler makes no mistake in holding on to the ball.
Chris Morris is the new batsman.
17.2 Fuller delivery and Morris hits the ball to the fielder at midwicket.
17.3 Good length delivery outside off stump. Morris hits the ball to the fielder at sweeper cover for a single.
17.4 DROPPED and FOUR! Fuller delivery outside off stump. Mann goes for a big shot. The ball hits the lower end of the bat and lobs high in the air. Sandeep Sharma runs backward to take the catch but he drops and the ball goes for a boundary.
17.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Mann goes for the shot but the ball goes to the keeper.
17.6 Yorker outside off stump. Mann looks for a shot but is beaten.
RCB 105/4 after 17 overs.
Sandeep Sharma to bowl his last over. Mann has the strike.
16.1 Fuller ball and Mann drives the ball to off side for a single.
16.2 WIDE! Fuller ball wide of off stump.
16.2 Good length delivery outside off stump. Sundar hits the ball to off side for a single.
16.3 Fuller delivery on off stump. Mann flicks the ball to backward square leg for a single.
16.4 Slow fuller delivery outside off stump. Sundar plays the ball to point for a single.
16.5 Low full toss outside off stump. Mann plays the ball to off side and takes a single.
16.6 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Sundar hits the ball to the fielder at sweeper cover for a single.
RCB 99/4 after 16 overs.
Rashid to bowl his last over. Sundar has the strike.
15.1 Short ball and Sundar plays the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
15.2 Short ball. Mann looks to pull but the ball hits on the pads.
15.3 Fuller delivery and Mann plays the ball to off side for a single.
15.4 Fuller delivery and Sundar plays the ball to backward point.
15.5 FOUR! Fuller deivery and Sudnar lifts the ball over extra cover for a boundary.
15.6 Short delivery outside off stump. Sundar cuts and the ball flies to Manish Pandey at extra-cover. Pandey puts in a dive to take the catch. But he is not sure. The decision is reffered to third umpire and the replay shows the ball was grounded.
RCB 92/4 after 15 overs.
Holder to bowl his third over. Sundar has the strike.
14.1 FOUR! Good length delivery outside off stump. Sundar slashes the ball over the fielder at backward point for a boundary.
14.2 Short delivery on middle and leg stump. Sundar plays the ball to off side for a single.
14.3 Full toss on off stump. Mann plays the ball to leg side.
14.4 Fuller delivery on off stump. Mann flicks the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
14.5 Fuller delivery on leg stump. Sundar plays the ball to extra-cover.
14.6 Fuller delivery and Sundar plays the ball to off side for a single.
RCB 86/4 after 14 overs.
Natrajan to bowl his second over. Sundar has the striike.
13.1 Good length delivery outside off stump. Sundar punches the ball through off side and takes a single.
13.2 Fuller delivery on off stump. Mann blocks the ball.
13.3 Good length delivery around off stump. Mann looks to push the ball to off side but the ball goes past the outside edge of the bat.
13.4 Good length dellivery outside off stump. Mann guides the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
13.5 Fuller delivery and Sundar flicks the ball to backward square leg for a single.
13.6 Fuller delivery and Mann guides the ball to leg side.
RCB 83/4 after 13 overs.
Nadeem to bowl. Sundar has the strike.
12.1 Fligted delivery and Sundar plays the ball to long-on for a single.
12.2 Short delivery and Mann plays the ball to leg side for a single.
12.3 Good length delivery and Sundar works the ball to leg side for a single.
12.4 Fuller delivery and Mann plays the ball to long-off for a single.
12.5 Fuller dleivery and Sundar plays the ball to leg side for a run.
RCB 76/4 after 12 overs.
Rashid to bowl. Philippe has the strike.
11.1 Short ball outside off. Philippe goes for a cut but the ball goes past the bat.
11.2 Short ball outside off. Phlippe tries to cut but is beaten.
11.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Philippe sweeps the ball to fine-leg for a boundary.
11.4 Short ball and Philippe goes for a cut but misses.
11.5 WICKET! Philippe c Manish Pandey b Rashid Khan 32(31)
Good length delivery outside off stump. Philippe goes for a wild slog and the ball goes straright to Manish Pandey at deep midwicket.
Gurkeerat Singh Mann is the the new batsman.
11.5 Fuller delivery and Mann drives the ball to cover.
11.6 Fuller delivery and Mann plays the ball to off side.
RCB 71/3 after 11 overs.
Nadeem to bowl his third over. de Villers has the strike.
10.1 Fuller ball and de Villers hits the ball to off side.
10.2 SIX! Fuller delivery and de Villers smacks the ball over the bowler's head for a maximum.
10.3 Short ball and de Villiers hits the ball to deep midwicket for 2 runs.
10.4 Short ball and de Villiers hits the ball to off side for a single.
10.5 Fuller delivery and Phlippe hits the ball to off side for a single.
10.6 WICKET! de Villiers c Abhishek Sharma b Nadeem 24(24)
Disaster for RCB! Full and flat delivery outside off stump. de Villiers hits the ball over cover and Abhishek Sharma to sweeper cover position takes a good catch.
RCB 61/2 after 10 overs.
Rashid to bowl his second over. de Villiers has the strike.
9.1 Short delivery and de Villiers cuts the ball through point for a single.
9.2 Short delivery. Philippe plays the ball to deep midwicket for a single.
9.3 Short delivery and de Villiers hits the ball to the fielder at sweeper cover for a single.
9.4 Fuller delivey and Philippe reverse sweeps for a single.
9.5 FOUR! Shot ball and de Villiers pulls to send the ball dowm to deep midwicket for a boundary.
9.6 Short delivery and de Villiers plays the ball to off side for a single.
RCB 52/2 after 9 overs.
Nadeem to bowl his second over. Philippe has the strike.
8.1 Short delivery and Philippe hits the ball to leg side for 2 runs.
8.2 Short ball and Phlippe plays the ball to off side for a single.
8.3 Short ball and de Villiers hits the ball to sweeper cover for a single.
8.4 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Philippe smacks the ball down the ground for a boundary.
8.5 Short delivery and Philippe plays the ball down to deep backward square-leg for a single.
8.6 Short ball and de Villiers hits the ball to off side for a single.
RCB 42/2 after 8 overs.
Rashid Khan to bowl his first over. Philippe has the strike.
7.1 Short ball and Philippe plays the ball to leg side for a single.
7.2 Fuller deivery and de Villiers plays the ball to off side.
7.3 Short ball and de Villiers goes for a cut but misses.
7.4 Another short delivery and de Villiers goes for a cut again but is beaten again.
7.5 Fuller delivery and the ball goes past the outside edge of the bat.
7.6 WIDE! Fuller delivery down the leg side.
7.6 Fuller delivery and de Villiers drives the ball through cover for a single.
RCB 38/2 after 7 overs.
Shahbaz Nadeemto bowl. de Villiers is on strike.
6.1 Short delivery and de Villers hits the ball to the fielder at sweeper cover for a single.
6.2 Short delivery wide of off stump. Philippe hits the ball to long-off and takes another single.
6.3 Fuller delivery and de Villiers hits the ball to mid-on and takes another run.
6.4 FOUR! Short delivery and Philippe pulls the ball to send it down to fine-leg for a boundary.
6.5 Short ball and Philippe hits the ball down the ground for a single.
6.6 DROPPED! Short ball and de Villiers hits the ball straight back to Nadeem. The bowler makes a mess of the opportunity.
RCB 30/2 after 6 overs.
T Natrajan to bowl his first over. de Villiers has the strike.
5.1 Fuller delivery on off stump. de Villiers blocks the ball.
5.2 Good length delivery on off stump. de Villiers drives the ball to mid-off.
5.3 Good length delivery on middle and leg stump. de Villiers hits the ball to mid-off.
5.4 Good length delivery on middle and leg. de Villiers hits the ball to mid-off again but this time he is able to take a single.
5.5 BEATEN! Good length delivery outside off stump. Philippe goes for pull but the ball goes past the bat.
5.6 Fuller delivery on middle and leg. Phlippe hits the ball straight and Natrajan stops the ball.
RCB 29/2 after 5 overs.
Sandeep Sharma to bowl his third over. Kohli has the strike.
4.1 Fuller delivery and Kohli hits the ball down to long-on for a single.
4.2 Fuller delivery and Philippe pushes the ball to mid-on and takes another single.
4.3 Good length delivery wide of off stump. Kohli hits the ball to cover. Williamson puts in a dive and stops a certain boundary. Kohli takes 2 runs.
4.4 WICKET! Kohli c Williamson b Sandeep Sharma 7(7)
Big blow for RCB!!!! Good length delivery outside off stump. Kohli drives the ball to extra-cover and Williamson takes a good low catch.
AB de Villiers is the new batsman.
4.5 Fuller delivery outside off stump. The ball takes the outside edge and runs down to third-man as de Villiers takes a single.
4.6 Fuller delivery on off stump. Philippe pushes the ball with soft hands.
RCB 24/1 after 4 overs.
Holder to continue. Philippe has the strike.
3.1 WIDE! Short delivery going down the leg side.
3.1 Fuller delivery just outside off stump. Philippe pushes the ball to cover and takes a single.
3.2 Fuller delivery just outside off stump. Kohli works the ball to leg side and takes 2 runs.
3.3 Good length delivery wide of off stump. Kohli gets inside edge and the ball rolls to off side. Kohli charges down to the other end for a single.
3.4 1 Leg Bye! Yorker on leg stump. The ball hits Philippe's foot and goes to off side. Philippe takes a single.
3.5 Short delivery outside off stump. Kohli guides the ball to short third-man and takes a single.
3.6 FOUR! Short delivery wide of off stump. Philippe hits the ball over the fielder at mid-off and it rolls down for a boundary.
RCB 13/1 after 3 overs.
Sandeep Sharma to bowl his second over. Philippe has the strike.
2.1 Good length delivery wide of off stump. Philippe swings his bat. The ball takes the under edge and goes on one bounce to the fielder at short third-man.
2.2 Slow delivery. Phlippe plays the ball straight and the ball falls in front of Sandeep Sharma.
2.3 FOUR! Fuller delivery and Philippe hits the ball down the ground for a boundary.
2.4 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Philippe plays the ball to deep midwicket and takes a single.
2.5 WICKET! Devdutt Padikkal b Sandeep Sharma 5(8)
Important wicket for SRH given the form Padikkal is in. Good length delivery on middle stump. The ball nips back in. Padikkal goes for a big shot but misses his shot. The ball hits the stumps.
Virat Kohli is the new batsman.
2.6 Good length delivery on off stump. Kohli defends.
RCB 8/0 after 2 overs.
Jason Holder to bowl his first over. Philippe has the strike.
1.1 Good length delivery outside off stump. Philippe leaves the ball for the keeper.
1.2 Good length delivery and Philippe plays the ball to leg side and takes a run.
1.3 Good length delivery outside off stump. Padikkal pulls the ball to the fielder at midwicket.
1.4 Short delivery just outside off stump. Padikkal looks to hit the ball through off side but the ball goes past the outside edge of the bat.
1.5 Good length delivery on off stump. Padikkal punches the ball to off side.
1.6 FOUR! Good way to end the over. Good length delivery outside off stump. Padikkal punches the ball down the ground for a boundary.
RCB 3/0 after 1 over.
Sandeeep Sharma to bowl the first over for SRH. On strike is Philippe.
0.1 Good length delivery wide of off stump. Philippe moves across his stumps bit leaves the ball for the keeper.
0.2 Good length delivery wide of off stump. Philippe works the ball to leg side and takes a single to get the RCB inning underway.
0.3 Fuller delivery outside off stump. Padikkal plays the ball to the fielder at point.
0.4 Fuller delivery outside off stump. The ball goes past the outside edge of the bat.
0.5 Fuller delivery wide of off stump. Padikkal works the ball through backward point and takes a single.
0.6 Fuller deivery and Philippe plays the ball to leg side and takes a run.
The two umpires make their way to the middle. David Warner and his team are out on the field. Devdutt Padikkal along with Josh Philippe walk out of the RCB dugout to open the inning for RCB.
SRH Playing XI
David Warner(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan
RCB Playing XI
Josh Philippe, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Virat Kohli: We wanted to bat first to be honest. We think it'll get slower. Navdeep's back for Dube, Udana replaces Steyn. It was a strange bit of batting. These things happen. We are not too far away from that professional performance.
David Warner: We'll have a bowl. Vijay Shankar is out, Saha is fit. We have to win both the games. It's how I approach every game. We gotta start well. We had only one look at this pitch. Got to see how it plays today.
Toss
SRH captain David Warner wins the toss and opts to bowl.
Deccan Herald’s Dream XI
Devdutt Padikkal, David Warner, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Manish Pandey, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, T Natrajan, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact player for SRH
Rashid Khan: Rashid Khan is the leading wicket taker for SRH with 17 scalps and has the best economy among the five leading wicket takers this season. If he cannot pick wickets then he will stop the flow of runs from one end. Not many batsmen in the league take chance against Rashid.
Impact player for RCB
Virat Kohli: The chips would be down in the RCB camp after back to back losses and it is now on Virat Kohli to inspire his team. Kohli comes up with a special knock when his team needs him the most. Kohli should be the key player for RCB in this match.
Form Guide (last five matches)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: L-L-W-W-L
Sunrisers Hyderabad: W-L-W-L-L
Head to Head
Matches played: 16
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 7
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 8
No Result: 1
Royal Challengers Bangalore are second in the league with 14 points from 12 matches. Sunrisers Hyderabad are seventh in the league with 10 points from 12 games. This match is a must win for SRH. If the Orange Army losses tonight it will be an end of their chances to qualify for the playoffs.
Good evening and welcome to the coverage of match 52 of the Indian Premier League. Tonight Royal Challengers Bangalore meet Sunrisers Hyderabad at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah.
The SWOT for SRH
Strengths: They found a player who can help them use both Kane Williamson and Jason Holder in the XI. Wriddhiman Saha’s batting in his first match of the season was inspiring to watch. Unfortunately, Saha was injured and may not play in this match.
Weaknesses: SRH are too reliant on Rashid Khan to get wickets for them. Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed and Jason Holder should make more of an impact.
Opportunities: They could spoil RCB’s tournament hopes and make their final push for the play-offs.
Threats: It is a must-win match. Can Warner lead from the front when it counts?
The SWOT for RCB
Strengths: The batting seems to have strengthened with Josh Philippe opening in place of the struggling Aaron Finch. With Devdutt Padikkal settled as a reliable opener who racks up consistent scores and Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers to follow, the batters have reached a good place.
Weaknesses: The bowling issues resurfaced against Mumbai. It was a mistake to play Dale Steyn instead of Isuru Udana. Kohli needs to get smarter in managing his bowling resources.
Opportunities: A victory will take RCB to 16 points and they should be through to the play-offs.
Threats: If they lose this clash, they will be stuck with a must-win final match. RCB would want to avoid that situation as they might get pushed out of the play-offs by another team.
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