The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) snapped their six-match losing streak by defeating a rampant SunRisers Hyderabad by 35 runs in the away clash on Thursday. The SunRisers losing 4 wickets inside 5 overs derailed their run-chase of 207 after Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar struck half-centuries.
Mid-Innings Score:
Orange cap holder Virat Kohli and middle-order batter Rajat Patidar hit fifties each as Royal Challengers Bengaluru posted a competitive 206 for 7 in 20 overs against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 41 of IPL 2024.
Kohli, who is leading the run charts, scored 51 off 43 balls with a six and four boundaries while Patidar made 50 off 20 with five maximums and a couple of fours.
All-rounder Cameron Green provided the finishing touches with his unbeaten cameo of 36 from 19 balls that included 5 fours.
For Hyderabad, Jaydev Unadkat picked up 3 wickets in his 100th IPL match while T Natarajan scalped a couple of batters.
Toss Update:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru fans can heave a sigh of relief as captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat first against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 41.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal
Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Travis Head, Umran Malik, Anmolpreet Singh, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact Subs: Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Himanshu Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh
SRH vs RCB Preview:
Revenge will be on Royal Challengers Bengaluru's mind when they take on Sunrisers Hyderabad for the second time in IPL 2024. But this time the challenge will be even tougher for the visitors as RCB will have to stop SRH's juggernaut in Hyderabad.
The last time these two teams faced each other, SRH hammered 287 runs to post the highest total in IPL history at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
RCB came close to the target thanks to Dinesh Karthik's valiant 83 but fell short eventually by just 25 runs.
Another run-fest is expected at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal with even 300 a possibility if SRH bat first and get off to a flying start once again.
Notably, SRH are scoring at 11.17 RPO which is the highest this season and RCB are conceding at 10.56 RPO which is also highest in IPL 2024.
Pitch Report:
"Certainly think that we can see 300 here tonight because the way SRH have been playing, they are going out all guns blazing.
"When you look at this pitch, it's absolutely rock hard and it's got a little bit of roughness to it, but it looks like a dry creek bed, so it should come onto the bat beautifully," reckon Samuel Badree and Simon Katich in their pitch report.
Squads:
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad - Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, Anmolpreet Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Tripathi, Upendra Yadav, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Sanvir Singh, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad - Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Himanshu Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Reece Topley, Tom Curran, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mayank Dagar, Alzarri Joseph, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Saurav Chauhan, Rajan Kumar
