IPL 2017: Match 1 Highlights: Hyderabad (SRH) Vs Bangalore (RCB)

Hyderabad, April 5: Vintage Yuvraj Singh was on view in the opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 here tonight (April 5).

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Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH) Yuvraj blazed his way to a 27-ball 62 as the hosts defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 35 runs. It was an easy triumph for the defending champions. (IPL 10 Special Site)

Here are the highlights of the match

# Yuvraj Singh hit 3 sixes and 7 fours on way to a superb 62 off 27 balls. He won the Man-of-the-match award

# Yuvraj registered his fastest fifty in IPL, off 23 deliveries

# Australian Moises Henriques contributed 52 runs off 37 (3x4, 2x6)

# SRH posted 207/4 in 20 overs. They scored 17 fours and 9 sixes

# RCB were bowled out for 172 in 19.4 overs to lose by 35 runs

# RCB were without their captain Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers (both injured). Shane Watson was the stand-in skipper

# Chris Gayle was RCB's top-scorer with 32

# RCB hit 15 fours and 5 sixes

# Ashish Nehra took 2 wickets off consecutive balls. He had figures of 2/42 in 4 overs

# Nehra completed 100 wickets in IPL. He is the first left-arm bowler to the milestone

# Yuvraj was dropped on 26 by S Aravind off Aniket Choudhary

# The first ball of IPL 2017 was bowled by debutant Tymal Mills to David Warner

# Rashid Khan, the 18-year-old legspinner created history as he became the first Afghan cricketer to play in IPL. He was bought by SRH for Rs 4 crore. He took 2/36 in 4 overs

# The first 4 and 6 of the season were hit by Warner off Mills

# Before this match, Warner had scored a half century in each of the previous 7 matches against RCB but he failed today, scoring just 14

# SRH scored 59/1 in powerplay overs (6)

# Legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal was RCB's most economical bowler with figures of 1/22 in 4 overs (5.50 economy rate)

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