Aiming to get close to the seal a ticket in the Indian Premier League playoffs, Royal Challengers Bangalore on 18 May defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Chasing a target of 186 runs, RCB finished off the match in 19.2 overs only and won by 8 wickets. Virat Kohli even scored a century in this match to make sure RCB is still in the playoffs race.
SRH Innings:
Standing the bottom of the IPL points tally, SRH’s skipper Aiden Markram was asked to bat first by RCB’s Faf du Plessis.
Like previous matches, the opening pair of the Sunrisers — Abhishek Sharma (11) and Rahul Tripathi (15) — failed to rise and fall down in the powerplay, and that to in the 5th over bowled by Michael Bracewell.
Following this, the first runner up and squad’s skipper Aiden Markram (18), too couldn’t do much and got dismissed Shahbaz Ahmed in the 13th over.
However, Heinrich Klaasen stayed on the pitch and scored a century (104), helping the team cross 180 target. He was too dismissed in the 19th over by Harshal Patel. By the end of 20 overs, SRH managed to put at score of 186 runs after losing 5 wickets.
For RCB, Michael Bracewell took two wickets, while Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed and Harshal Patel clinched one wicket each.
This is a developing story, it will be updated shortly.
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