ANI
Hyderabad
A collective effort from the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) sealed a 35-run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.
RCB ended their six-match losing streak with a strong outing in all facets of the game. The pitch falling on the slower side played in the favour of the visitors.
RCB opted to bat first as star batter Virat Kohli and skipper Faf du Plessis made sure to give RCB a strong start with the bat as the opening pair hammered SRH bowlers all around the ground.
Rajat Patidar with his sensational onslaught over Mayank Markande’s third over of the night as he hammered the bowler for 27 runs. The star batter Patidar also brought up his 50-partnership with Kohli while also smashing fifty in 19 balls.
Kohli slammed a resilient fifty within 37 balls, however, the former RCB skipper was dismissed by Unadkat with a power-less shot after scoring 51 runs in 43 deliveries.
After losing wickets at regular intervals, RCB was successful in scoring 206/7 in 20 overs.
Unlike previous games, the destructive opening duo of SRH failed to spread their wings in the powerplay. Will Jacks dismissed Travis Head (1) on the final delivery of the first over.
Abhishek Sharma (31) showed intent but Yash Dayal got the better of the young left-handed opener in the fourth over.
The middle-order set-up that has backed the opening duo failed to pull SRH out of their distress.
ScorescColor:> Royal Challengers Bengaluru 206/7 (Virat Kohli 51, Rajat Patidar 50; Jaydev Unadkat 3-30) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 170/8 (Shahbaz Ahmed 40*, Pat Cummins 31; Cameron Green 2-12) by 35 runs.
