Hyderabad: Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have won 7th in the current IPL series, extend their playoff chances even further.
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore clashed in today’s match of the IPL cricket series. Bengaluru skipper du Plessis elected to bowl after winning the toss in the match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Accordingly, all but one of the Hyderabad players who batted first continued their poor form.
Opener Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for 11 runs, Rahul Tripathi for 15 runs and skipper Markram was dismissed for 18 runs. However, Clauson, who was at the other end, realized the responsibility and played aggressively. He scored his maiden IPL century. After his departure for 104 runs, Harry Brook was not out on 27 runs in the last over.
In the end, Hyderabad scored 186 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Virat Kohli – du Plessis partnership played well for the Bengaluru team, who entered the field with the target of winning if they score 187 runs. Attempts by the Hyderabad bowlers to separate the two who handled the action from the start failed. Both crossed fifties consecutively.
Du Plessis was silent after his half-century, and Virat Kohli started to accumulate runs in top gear. Virat Kohli registers his 6th IPL century. Virat Kohli, who hit a six and scored his first century in this series, got out on the very next ball of his century. It was only in the 18th over that this alliance was separated.
Du Plessis, who had scored 71 runs within minutes of Virat Kohli’s dismissal, also lost his wicket. In the end, needing 10 runs to win, Maxwell hit a boundary and Bengaluru won by 187 runs in 19.2 overs.
Natarajan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took one wicket each for Hyderabad.
This is Bengaluru’s 7th win in the current series. With this win, the team is still alive in the playoffs. It is noteworthy that the team will play one more match against the Gujarat team.
