Hasaranga Stars As Bangalore Win By 67 Runs

In the 54th match of the IPL, RCB defeated SRH by 67 runs. Rahul Tripathi scored the most runs for Hyderabad. 58 runs came off 37 balls from his bat. Apart from Rahul, none of the other batsmen could bat well for SRH.

At the same time, Wanindu Hasaranga bowled amazingly for Bangalore and took 5 wickets for just 18 runs in 4 overs. Hasranga also bowled an over maiden and broke the back of the entire SRH team. Jose Hazlewood also bowled brilliantly for RCB and took two wickets for just 10 runs in 3 overs.

With this win, RCB have 14 points and it has become easier for them to reach the play-offs. At the same time, SRH have only 10 points after this defeat. Now they need to win their three upcoming matches and also improve their net run rate to reach the play-offs.

Initial setbacks for SRH

Captain Kane Williamson was run out on the very first ball of Hyderabad's innings. Shahbaz Ahmed made a brilliant throw from cover point and the ball went on to hit the wicket. Earlier in RCB's innings too, Kohli's wicket fell on the first ball. At the same time, on the fifth ball of the first over, Glenn Maxwell clean bowled Abhishek Sharma.

After the dismissal of these two, Markram also could not play a big innings and got out after scoring 21 runs in 27 balls.

Fantastic batting by Faf Karthik

Captain Faf du Plessis scored the most runs for Bengaluru. He played an innings of 73 runs in 50 balls. At the same time, Rajat Patidar scored 48 runs with the bat and Maxwell scored 33 runs in 24 balls. Dinesh Karthik's bat also spoke a lot in the last over and he scored 30 runs in just 8 balls. In the 20th over, Dinesh hit 3 sixes and 1 four. RCB's batsmen scored 67 runs in the last five overs.

J Suchit took the most wickets for SRH. He conceded 30 runs in 4 overs and dismissed 2 batsmen.

Virat's poor form continues

Virat Kohli got out for a golden duck on the very first ball of the match. J Suchit bowled him a fuller length ball on the feet which Virat went to flick and the ball went straight into Williamson's hands. This season Virat is out on zero for the third time. Even in the first match against Hyderabad, Virat could not open his account. At the same time, in the match against Lucknow, Virat was out on a golden duck.

105 runs partnership between Faf and Rajat

After the dismissal of Virat Kohli, Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis and Rajat Patidar shared 105 runs in 73 balls for the third wicket. In this partnership, Rajat's bat scored 48 runs in 38 balls, while Faf's bat scored 52 runs in 35 balls.

20 runs in the first over from Umran Malik

Umran Malik, who was in superb form, was thrashed fiercely by Rajat Patidar and Faf du Plessis in the very first over. Together they scored 20 runs in the over. 3 fours and a six were hit in this over.

Playing XI of both the teams

Bangalore - Rajat Patidar, Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammad Siraj, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood

Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Shashank Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Fazal Haque Farooqui, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, Karthik Tyagi, J Suchit