Who won yesterday IPL match? Faf Du Plessis led Royal Challengers finally clinched their second win of the season on Thursday by convincingly defeating the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
RCB vs SRH: Top highlights
The well settled opening pair of Virat Kohli and Faf Du Plessis opening the batting for the royals in Hyderabad on Thursday. Skipper Faf Du Plessis (25 off 12 balls) provided an explosive start to the RCB innings and was later dismissed in the 4th over of the innings trying to hit a short and wide delivery from T Natarajan but only managing to send it Aiden Markram withing the 30 yard circle. Meanwhile, Young English batter Will Jacks couldn’t make an impression in this game as he completely misjudged a straight delivery from Mayank Markande and was eventually dismissed on a score 6.
Later on, Virat Kohli continued to be a stabilizing force in the RCB lineup while Rajat Patidar (50 off 20 balls) provided the much needed impetus to the RCB innings and put the Bengaluru based franchise on the path of getting over 200 run total. However, RCB did seem to lose momentum after the quick wickets of Rajat Patidar (13th over) and Virat Kohi (15th over) but an impactful innings by Cameron Green (37 off 20 balls) helped RCB eventually get to the total of 206/7.
In reply, the explosive opening pair of Aiden Markram and Abhishek Sharma started the proceedings for Sunrisers Hyderabad. However, Head was dimissed in the first over of the match itself while trying to slog a flighted delivery from Will Jacks only to hand it straight into the hands of Karn Shama. 23 year old Abhishek Sharma (31 off 13 balls) did provide an explosive start to the SRH innings but his innings proved to short lived as the left hander was dismissed in the 4th over of the match after hitting a ball straight up in the air which was caught safely by the wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik. No other SRH batsman with the exception of Shahbaz Ahmed (40 off 37 balls) and skipper Pat Cummins (31 off 15 balls) could make an impact in the game as SRH were eventually defeated by 35 runs at their home ground.
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Published: 26 Apr 2024, 08:08 AM IST
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