March 19, 2024

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RCBvSRH : Hosts beat Guests by 14 runs, jump to 5th

RCBvSRH : Hosts beat Guests by 14 runs, jump to 5th

In the 51 st match of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and invited Royal Challengers Bangalore to bat first. Parthiv Patel and captain Virat Kohli opened the batting for Bangalore and Sandeep Kumar opened the bowling. The over started on an interesting note as Parthiv was dropped by Hooda on the very first ball. Parthiv who was caught this time as the ball came short and top edge led the ball to fielder’s hands. AB de Villiers started the second over hitting two consecutive balls for boundaries off Shakib Al Hasan. In the third over, Sandeep was smashed for two consecutive balls, he managed to get two dots after that.

Shakib came for the fourth over, de Villiers directed the first ball for a boundary, the batsmen remained calm after that, taking singles only. Rashid Khan was deployed in the 5th over, Kohli fumbled initially, the bowler got three dot balls, Kohli pulled the fourth ball for a boundary but Rashid struck back and dismissed Kohli in the next ball, the bowler had the last laugh. Moeen Ali replaced Kohli. Siddarth Kaul came for the 6th over, de Villiers smashed the fourth ball for a boundary after taking the strike. After 6 overs, RCB were 44/2. AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali were at the crease. The run rate was 7.33 per over.
Rashid Khan was brought in again, this time de Villiers was on strike, After 9 overs, RCB were 73/2. AB de Villiers 40 (25) and Moeen Ali 20 (14) were at the crease. The run rate was 8.11 per over.

Moeen smashed the ball towards the boundary rope, Shikhar Dhawan took the catch but crossed the boundary with the ball in hands to get some balance, giving 6 runs to Bangalore. Rashid Khan came for the next over, Moeen smashed him for a six followed by a double. Siddarth Kaul came for the 12th over, de Villiers took quick double and then hit two consecutive boundaries, he also completed his fifty. Moeen got the strike and smashed Kaul for a six on the 5th ball. After 12 overs, RCB were 112/2. AB de Villiers 53 (33) and Moeen Ali 46 (24) were at the crease. The run rate was 9.33 per over.

Moeen got the strike soon and continued the streak of hitting sixes. Rashid Khan finally got a breakthrough, Dhawan took a good catch near the boundary, de Villiers was back into the pavilion. Just a ball after, Moeen too succumbed to Rashid’s clever bowling, the attempted sweep landed in the keeper’s gloves. Two wickets in a short span.

Mandeep Singh and Colin de Grandhomme were the two new batsmen after Bangalore lost two quick wickets. Thampi came for the 16th over, Grandhomme went for a boundary, soon he went for a bigger shot, a clean six.

Shakib returned for the 17th over, kept the first two balls low,  the batsmen ran for singles, Hooda managed to save a six but Grandhomme hit the next ball into the fence. Kaul got  the better of Mandeep on the very first ball of the 18th over, Dhawan took the catch this time. Grandhomme hit a six on the next ball, a slower resulted in a single. A misfield led to a boundary in the next ball. RCB gained 13 runs from the over. In the next over, Thampi was hit for a six on the first ball by Grandhomme, Sarfaraz hit the third ball for a boundary, 200 runs came up for Bangalore, an innovative shot by him went for a six in the next ball. Kaul came for the last over, Grandhomme smashed it into the air, Williamson dropped the catch. the next ball went like a bullet but Rashid took a brilliant single handed catch in the deep mid-wicket. Tim Southee came next to bat. Another chance came for a catch in the next ball but Sandeep dropped it, singles came after that but a boundary came off the last ball. Bangalore set the target of 218 runs for Hyderabad.

 

The target was set. SRH opened with their regular Dhawan and Hales,  Umesh Yadav bowled the first over and gave just 3 runs off it. SRH openers Dhawan and Hales looked to hit Tim Southee in the second over, hitting 2 sixes in it. Yadav came for the third over, Hales smashed a four and a six off it, he was given not out on a catch taken by Southee on the 5th ball. Chahal was brought in for the 4th over, the batsmen settled with 4 singles off it. Mohammed Siraj came for the 5th over, Dhawan hit him for a six, two singles followed. A catch was dropped by Kohli and the last ball went for six. Chahal got the first breakthrough on the first ball of the 6th over, dismissing Dhawan by taking a soft catch. Williamson played a soft stroke for a boundary and Hales hit the last ball for a four. After 6 overs, SRH were 56/1. Kane Williamson 5 (3) and Alex Hales 33 (18) were at the crease. The run rate was 9.33 per over.

Umesh Yadav returned for the 7th over, just four singles came off the over. Moeen Ali came for the 8th over, AB de villiers took a wonderful catch towards deep mid wicket, Hales was sent back, it was an unbelievable one by de Villiers.

**Superman Catch**

Manish Pandey replaced Hales. Southee toook the 9th over, Williamson smashed two boundaries off it. Moeen Ali returned for the 10th over, Williamson got two boundaries off the first two balls, the third one was sent for a six, 17 runs came off the over.

Chahal came for the 11th over, just 3 runs came off it. Siraj came for the next over, Williamson hit a six followed by a boundary. SRH bagged 11 runs off the over. de Grandhomme took the next over, Williamson brought in his fifty with the help of a double, singles followed after that, Pandey ended the over with a six. Umesh Yadav bowled his last over, Williamson managed to steal a boundary on the third ball and ended the over with a six. Pandey hit two boundaries off de Grandhomme, Williamson smashed a six towards deep sqaure leg, Pandey hit a six on the last ball.  SRH were 152/2. Kane Williamson 76 (35) and Manish Pandey 21 (16) were at the crease. The run rate was 10.13 per over.

Chahal came to bowl his last over, Pandey pulled the short ball for a four, 12 runs came off his over. Southee came for the 17th over, managed to save runs, 6 came off it. Siraj came for the 18th over, Pandey smashed the first ball for six, the next went for a four, 14 runs came off the over. Southee came to bowl the second last over, the first ball went wide, a misfield went for four, Pandey completed his fifty also. The second ball went for a boundary too, singles came off the next two balls, the last ball went for a four. 20 runs were needed off the last over, Siraj bowled it,  Williamson hit the ball in the air, Grandhomme took the catch, the match had turned in a different direction. The third ball went for a single, RCB was closer to victory now. Kohli dropped Hooda on the fourth ball, 2 runs came off the 5th ball, the last one went for a single, RCB won a nail-biter.

Kane Williamson’s 81 wasn’t enough for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to cross the finish line as they were beaten by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 14 runs.

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“Ankit Vaishnav”

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