Royal Challengers Bangalore for a six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a thrilling finish
Sunrisers won the toss and chose to bat but it was the rain that took the guard at the ground soon. The persistent rains delayed the start by 160 minutes much to the frustration of a capacity 28,839 that thronged the stadium to witness the fireworks. State Chief Minister K Chandra Shekhar Rao was at the inauguration time and he was supposed to greet the players from both teams. But with rain halting the play, he waited in the CM box at the stadium.
Virat Kohli powered Royal Challengers Bangalore for a six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a thrilling finish. In a rain-curtailed match, RCB were required to score 81 from six overs after Sunrisers scored a competitive 135 for three.
Moises Henriques smashed a 22-ball 57-run blitzkrieg while skipper David Warner led from the front with yet another unbeaten half-century (52 runs in 32 balls) as Sunrisers Hyderabad amassed a massive 135 runs for three wickets in a truncated match that was reduced for 11 overs a side in a crucial IPL match, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here on Friday.
Score Card
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
DA Warner* not out 52, S Dhawan c Dinda b Wiese 8, MC Henriques c ?Karthik b Wiese 57, EJG Morgan c Mandeep Singh b Starc 11, Extras (lb 2, w 3, nb 2) 7;
Total (3 wickets; 11 overs) 135;
Fall of wickets 1-19, 2-122, 3-135;
Bowling: MA Starc 3-0-26-1, HV Patel 2-0-30-0, D Wiese 2-0-20-2, AB Dinda 2-0-23-0, YS Chahal 2-0-34-0.
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