IPL 2020, SRH vs RCB Live Score: Both teams will hope to start the season with a win. IPL 2020, SRH vs RCB Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 10 runs at the Dubai International Stadium on Monday.
After SRH won the toss and opted to field first, Devdutt Padikkal and Aaron Finch provided a brilliant start before the debutant got dismissed for 56 at 90/1. Finch, Virat Kohli departed soon after, but AB de Villiers (51) guided the Bangalore-based team to a fighting total of 163/5.
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In the chase, Jonny Bairstow’s 43-ball 61 proved to be futile as SRH suffered a mid-order collapse from 121/2 to 153-all out. Yuzvendra Chahal (3/18), Shivam Dube (2/15), and Navdeep Saini (2/25) shined with the ball for RCB.
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And it's over! What a turnaround! RCB win by 10 runs! The agony ends for SRH who have been on a freefall since they were 121/2... and now they are all-out for 153 from 19.4 overs. RCB deserve all the plaudits for the way they regained control in the game. Virat Kohli's captaincy played an important role in their first win of the season and so did Yuzvendra Chahal's brilliant spell of 3/18.
The injured Mitchell Marsh is on for his team, limping and in pain. Off his first ball, he tries to go for a six against Dube but his shot goes straight into the hands of Kohli. The Australian has also hurt himself in the process. SRH are 143/9 after 18.2 overs.
All but over for Hyderabad. What Chahal started, Saini adds a finishing touch. The RCB pacer dismisses Rashid for 6 as the delivery hits the off stump clean as a whistle. Hyderabad still need 22 runs from 12 balls. SRH are 142/8 after 18 overs.
Even though Saini started off the over poorly by giving away five wides, he rights his wrongs with a gem of a delivery to dismiss Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Straight down the middle, quick and in line, and it rocks the castle. SRH are 141/7 after 17.4 overs.
Rashid Khan comes on and he hits a confidence-boosting boundary against Dube, but soon after, it turns worse. Off the last ball of the over, both Rashid and Abhishek collide with each other in the middle of the pitch. RCB have it easy and Umesh/Philippe combine to dismiss Abhishek. Rashid gets injured in the process to. Complete mayhem! SRH are 135/6 after 17 overs.
RCB have completely turned it around here! Garg tries to be cute and tries to lift it up over the wicketkeeper, but his shot hits his face and then hits the stumps. Utter jubilation for Dube and his teammates. SRH are 129/5 after 16.3 overs.
Chahal on a hattrick, but Abhishek Sharma handles it well and takes a single. A single from Garg and then a four from Sharma to bring the end of the over. Chahal ends his spell on 3/18. Hyderabad need 37 runs from 24 balls. SRH are 127/4 after 16 overs.
THE WRONG-UN! Chahal strikes again and what a beauty that is! Vijay Shankar comes on to the pitch and he walks away for a golden duck. Could this be the deciding factor for the match? Can SRH bounce back? SRH are 121/4 after 15.3 overs.
Finally! RCB have their man and Bairstow is finally made to walk back to the dressing room. What a delivery by Chahal as he completely dumbfounds the opener and bowls him out. The batsman departs for 61. SRH are 121/3 after 15.2 overs.
After Umesh threw away the control by giving away 14 runs, Kohli brings in Steyn to do damage control. But even Steyn gets the Bairstow treatment on the second ball: four! Another catch dropped though... both Steyn and Kohli shake their head. It's as if Bairstow has nine lives tonight. Garg then doubles the pain with a boundary. 13 runs off the over. SRH are 121/2 after 15 overs.
Umesh comes back and Steyn disappoints him... Bairstow (56*) skies a delivery and the veteran pacer just drops the catch near the ropes. And obviously, the opener smacks one subsequently and reaches his fifty in 37 balls. SRH are 108/2 after 14 overs.
Priyam Garg (2*) comes in place of Pandey to lend his support to the in-form Bairstow (44*). SRH have to bounce back quickly before RCB build their pressure on the back of that wicket. Dube gives away just five runs. SRH are 94/2 after 13 overs.
Kohli has a talk with Chahal and changes his fielding after Finch dropped Bairstow in the last over. RCB need to find a breakthrough here. And they get it as Pandey is caught by Saini near the ropes, and he walks off for 34. SRH are 89/2 after 12 overs.
After a blistering 13-run over and a timeout, SRH keep it going through Bairstow (39*) and Pandey (31*). The only blot on the SRH innings has been the unfortunate run-out of Warner, but on the whole? A good start. Chahal though... he has been quite economical as he gives away just six runs off the over. Hyderabad need 86 more runs to win. SRH are 78/1 after 10 overs.
Yuzvendra Chahal joins the attack and the spin is doing a world of good for RCB. Both Pandey and Bairstow fail to attack the leg-spinner and manage to get just four runs off the over. Bairstow's on 23*, while Pandey's on 28*. SRH are 59/1 after 8 overs.
Washington Sundar is brought into the attack, and he is punished right away! Pandey gets on one knee and send the ball way over long-on on the second ball of the over. Three dots and a single follows. Pandey retains strike. SRH are 55/1 after 7 overs.
After Pandey smacked Umesh for two fours in the last over, Bairstow (20*) gets his groove on with a brilliant shot to deep square leg against Saini. But the bowler ends with the same kind of length and concedes just two singles. SRH are 48/1 after 6 overs.
Navdeep Saini joins the attack and puts Pandey and Bairstow under some pressure with his full-length bowling. The Englishman tries to find a gap in the last ball but Kohli's field-setup is too good. Just five runs off the over. SRH are 30/1 after 4 overs.
Umesh Yadav begins his spell with a LBW shout, but nothing comes off it. After two wides, the bowler is punished in consecutive balls by Bairstow (10*) in style. First, a four on his leg side with a simple flick of the wrist and then an effortless six! But oh no, that's a runout! Bairstow's shot straight down the ground is directed towards the opposite wicket by Umesh, and Warner (6) walks off. An early breakthrough for RCB. Manish Pandey comes on in the place of his captain. SRH are 18/1 after 1.4 overs.
David Warner and Jonny Bairstow are at the crease. A long-haired Dale Steyn opens the attack, and Warner smacks him for a brilliant four to deep extra cover. The Australian starts well, takes a two on the next ball. SRH are 6/0 after the first over.
STAT | Warner for SRH vs RCB: 61(49), 59(46), 57(27), 52(32)*, 58(25), 92(50), 69(38), 14(8), 100(55)*
Philippe comes on to aid Dube and he takes a single off the fifth ball of the over to give the strike to Dube. The Indian all-rounder tries to slog it in the last ball, but gets runout instead by Bairstow. RCB end the innings on 163/5 after 20 overs.
Bhuvneshwar has the ball for the last over, and ABD just lifts the first ball for a boundary over the bowler's head. With a two, he reaches his 34th IPL fifty from 29 balls. But a ball later? Runout by Pandey/Bairstow. RCB are 162/4 after 19.3 overs.
The projected score says 156 and ABD (44*) looks like he has a mission now to exceed that mark. The talismanic batsman hits his 200th RCB six to his on-side and then follows it up with another maximum! Outstanding over. RCB are 155/3 after 19 overs.
After ABD (31*) hit Bhuvneshwar for a four, RCB have shaken off some pressure off their shoulders. The South African carries on with that momentum and smacks Natarajan for a brilliant boundary straight down the ground on the second ball of the over. Dube, who has just dealt in three singles so far, ends the over with composure with a two and a one. RCB are 141/3 after 18 overs.
Natarajan has got the big fish! Virat Kohli is out caught by Rashid Khan for 14(13). Kohli went for the big hit but the left-armer angle across the bowler probably did him in. SRH are in the driving seat now. RCB are 123/3 after 15.5 overs.
No boundaries and just one dot ball in the last two overs. Bhuvneshwar most likely to come in soon -- he had a brilliant season at the death in 2017, going at just 8.05 rpo. Since then, he's gone at 10.15 rpo and 9.54 rpo. RCB are 116/2 after 15 overs.
Kohli and ABD in the middle and Sandeep Sharma [2.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack. One reason why Sharma is back is because of his record against Kohli. Sharma vs Kohli in IPL: 42 balls, 62 runs, six dismissals, SR 147.62.
Padikkal (56) is bowled by Vijay Shankar to finish the 11th over. In the first ball of the next over, Abhishek Sharma traps Finch on 29! A straight delivery to which Finch attempted a sweep and misses it completely. RCB are 95/2 after 12 overs.
Abhishek Sharma comes into the attack. Padikkal takes two twos and gets to 47* in his maiden IPL innings. Third ball, and he pulls it way over for a boundary. A missed catch but the 20-year-old reaches fifty in 36 balls. RCB are 86/0 after 10 overs.
Abhishek Sharma comes into the attack. Padikkal takes two twos and gets to 47* in his maiden IPL innings. Third ball, and he pulls it way over for a boundary. A missed catch but the 20-year-old reaches fifty in 36 balls. RCB are 86/0 after 10 overs.
After Natarajan's economical over, RCB have found themselves in a sequence of singles. But Finch (27*) finds a way to break through that trend with a boundary to his leg side. He follows it with a maximum, goes all the way! RCB are 75/0 after 9 overs.
Evidently, Warner hopes to thwart the growing partnership, so he brings on Rashid Khan in the seventh over! The Afghanistan talisman puts the pressure on the RCB opening duo and concedes just six runs off the over. RCB are 59/0 after 7 overs.
Sharma comes back in, and slows down the rising run-rate somewhat, but he can't stop Padikkal (37*) and Finch (12*) reaching their 50-run partnership though. Still, positives for SRH: just five runs off the over. RCB are 53/0 after 6 overs.
Vijay Shankar comes in to complete the over, but he bowls to consecutive no balls here and Finch (10*) has punished with a high and mighty maximum. On the second free hit though, he takes just one single. 16 runs off the over. RCB are 48/0 after 5 overs.
Even after getting some treatment in between the over, Mitchell Marsh is off the field with a physio. The right ankle already has a strapping but he doesn't look fine to continue. Fabian Allen comes on as sub. RCB are 38/0 after 4.4 overs.
Natarajan is brought into the attack, and the in-form Padikkal (29*) handles him brilliantly. The RCB batsman lets the first ball go, but on the second? He gloriously pulls the ball to deep square leg. Third ball, one bounce for a four towards the on-side. Even after Vijay Shankar has a talk with Natarajan, Padikkal just smacks him for four more! RCB are 32/0 after 4 overs.
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And there's the start Padikkal was looking for! Off Sandeep Sharma's first ball of the over, Padikkal pulls over wide mid-on. He builds a momentum for himself with yet another boundary on the third ball. Finch still at 0*. RCB are 13/0 after 2 overs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts the proceedings against Padikkal with a gentle outswinger outside off stump, no run. After a wide, on the fourth ball of the over, Padikkal gets his first IPL runs. Finch sees off the over. RCB are 2/0 after the first over.
Aaron Finch is out with Devdutt Padikkal to open the innings for RCB. Just minutes away now.
David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Mitchell Marsh, and Rashid Khan are the four foreigners for SRH. On the other hand, Aaron Finch, AB de Villiers, Josh Philippe, and Dale Steyn are the foreigners for RCB.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow (w), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Mitchell Marsh, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Josh Philippe (w), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Dale Steyn, Yuzvendra Chahal
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-- Kohli needs 100 more runs to complete 9000 T20 runs. He will become the first Indian to reach the landmark while being the 7th overall after Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Brendon McCullum, Shoaib Malik, David Warner, and Aaron Finch.
-- Sandeep Sharma needs five more wickets to complete 100 IPL wickets. He has dismissed Virat Kohli six times in IPL.
-- Williamson has scored 262 runs vs RCB at an average of 65.50 which is the best among all the active teams in IPL.
While David Warner is set to appear as IPL captain for the 48th time and is set to surpass Kumar Sangakkara's tally of 47, Virat Kohli is just 20 runs away from being the highest run-scorer against SRH.
RCB Probable XI: Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal/Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Singh, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
SRH Probable XI: David Warner (C), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul/Sandeep Sharma
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