Hyderabad: Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) yesterday evening during their opening match at the season 10th of Indian Premier League (IPL).
After the formal inauguration of the tournament with a glittering opening ceremony, the first match between SRH and RCB kicked off at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium here at the home ground of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The RCB faces defeat by the host 37 runs against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. For the host Shikhar Dhawan along with Moises Henriques and Yuvraj Singh to post 207 for the lost of four wickets.
The defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on a solid top order contribution and some disciplined bowling to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 35 runs in the opening match of the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Wednesday.
Asked to bat first by the visitors, Hyderabad posted a commanding 207/4 in their allotted 20 overs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
In reply, RCB were bowled out for 172 runs in 19.4 overs.
RCB started their chase in explosive fashion as Chris Gayle and Mandeep Singh scored around 10 runs an over in the first five overs.
The visitors suffered their first blow when a Rashid Khan delivery found an inside edge off Mandeep’s bat before hitting the stumps.
Following is the scoreboard at the end of the Indian Premier League clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Wednesday.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner c Mandeep Singh b Choudhary 14, Shikhar Dhawan c Sachin Baby b Binny 40, Moises Henriques c Sachin Baby b Chahal 52, Yuvraj Singh b Mills 62, Deepak Hooda not out 16, Ben Cutting not out 16
Extras: (lb 1, w 5, nb 1) 7
Total: (in 20 overs) 207/4
Fall of wickets: 1/19 (David Warner, 1.4 overs), 2/93 (Shikhar Dhawan, 10.3 ov), 3/151 (Moises Henriques, 15.2 ov), 4/190 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.4 ov)
Bowling: Tymal Mills 4-0-31-1, Aniket Choudhary 4-0-55-1, Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-22-1, Sreenath Aravind 3-0-36-0, Shane Watson 3-0-41-0, Travis Head 1-0-11-0, Stuart Binny 1-0-10-1
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle c Warner b Hooda 32, Mandeep Singh b Rashid Khan 24, Travis Head c Yuvraj Singh b Rashid Khan 30, Kedar Jadhav run out 31, Shane Watson c Henriques b Nehra 22, Sachin Baby c Henriques b Bipul Sharma 1, Stuart Binny c Yuvraj Singh b Kumar 11, Sreenath Aravind b Nehra 0, Tymal Mills c Warner b Kumar 6, Yuzvendra Chahal run out 3, Aniket Choudhary not out 6
Extras: (lb 1, w 4, nb 1) 6
Total: (in 19.4 overs) 172
Fall of wickets: 1/52 (Mandeep Singh, 5.4 overs), 2/60 (Chris Gayle, 6.3 ov), 3/116 (Kedar Jadhav, 11.4 ov), 4/126 (Travis Head, 12.5 ov), 5/128 (Sachin Baby, 13.4 ov), 6/154 (Stuart Binny, 16.5 ov), 7/156 (Shane Watson, 17.3 ov), 8/156 (Sreenath Aravind, 17.4 ov), 9/164 (Tyron Mills, 18.5 ov), 10/172 (Yuzvendra Chahal, 19.4 ov).
Bowling: Ashish Nehra 4-0-42-2, Bhivneshwar Kumar 4-0-27-2, Ben Cutting 3.4-0-35-0, Rashid Khan 4-0-36-2, Deepak Hooda 1-0-7-1, Moises Henriques 2-0-20-0, Bipul Sharma 1-0-4-1
