Mumbai, May 8: Royal Challengers Bangalore notched up their second win on the trot as they handed Sunrisers Hyderabad a crushing 67-run defeat at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
Playing in the afternoon match, RCB skipper Faf du Plessis opted to bat first. The Challengers lost former skipper Virat Kohli for a duck, his third golden duck this season. But it was a minor blip for RCB, as skipper du Plessis and Rajat Patidar put up a century stand to guide Challengers to a strong total.
RCB added 47 runs in the powerplay for the loss of 1 wicket. Skipper du Plessis scored his 25th IPL half-century off just 34 deliveries. Du Plessis and Patidar added 105 off 73 for the second wicket. Suchit struck on his final over to remove Rajat Patidar for 48 off 38 to reduce RCB to 105/2 in 12.2 overs
A superb finish by Dinesh Karthik saw RCB to reach 192/3. Karthik, who was dropped on 8 by Tripathi and it went for a six, hammered Farooqi in the final over, hitting three maximums and a boundary.
In reply, RCB bowlers handed them a dream start as a direct hit at the keeper's end saw SRH skipper Kane Williamson run out on the very first ball. Opener Abhishek Sharma followed his skipper back quickly as Maxwell reduced SRH to 1/2 at the end of one over.
Wanindu Hasaranga handed RCB the big wicket of Aiden Markram as he was picked up by Virat Kohli at deep midwicket. Despite a half-century by Tripathi, SRH kept losing wickets as they fell to their fourth consecutive loss. Hasaranga led the bowling attack for the Challengers with a lethal 5/18, to bowl SRH out for 125.
Here are the post match comments from the winning captain, losing captain, man of the match along with the full list of award winners from SRH vs RCB IPL 2022 match:
Faf du Plessis (Winning Captain): I think so, we're trying to get better as a team. We've got some really good hitters in the back. (Patidar) He's been a great addition. Some fantastic young Indian batters in our set up. Rajat comes in and plays with that real freedom and is very calm and composed. We're really lucky to have some good Indian hitters. To be honest I was actually trying to get out - retiring out - cause I was so tired and wanted DK to come in. After the dropped catch, DK just took them on. (Hasaranga) Really happy for him. He was looking for that one match where he blows right through the batting line-up. He's one of those special players. (Two important additions at the auction: Hasaranga & Faf) One is doing exceptionally well & I'm trying to play a role here.
Kane Williamson (Losing Captain): Quite the challenge for us. We need to come up and turn it around. The batting has been quality. For us we need to get back to the drawing board. For us there's a gap, we need to get creative. We need to touch on some areas for sure but not overthink. Obviously we didn't get off to a great start. They had a very good total on that surface. We needed partnerships to take it deep, but we didn't do it. Need to take our next matches on positively. (Washington Sundar & Natarajan) Not sure, but they are recovering pretty well.
Wanindu Hasaranga (Player of the Match): Ya I think that's my role. When special leg spinners play they are special wickettakers. Chahal is a very good friend and he was very supportive last year. This year, four players from Sri Lanka are doing really well, especially Maheesh Theekshana (Chennai), Dushmantha Chameera (Lucknow) and Bhanuka Rajapaksa (Punjab). For us our three main bowlers playing in this IPL, that's good experience for us when we go back to Sri Lanka.
SRH vs RCB 2022 Awards (Every award - Rs 1 Lakh)
Punch Super Striker of the match: Rahul Tripathi (SRH) 56 off 37 deliveries with a strike rate of 156.76
Dream11 Game Changer of the match: Wanindu Hasaranga (RCB) - 155 fantasy points
Unacademy Let's Crack It sixes award: Dinesh Karthik (RCB) - 4 sixes
Cred Power player of the match: Glenn Maxwell 1 for 13 in two overs in the powerplay
Upstox most valuable asset of the match: Wanindu Hasaranga (RCB)
Swiggy InstaMart Fastest Delivery of the match: Umran Malik (SRH) clocked the fastest delivery of 150.8km/hr
RuPay on the go fours of the match: Faf du Plessis (RCB) - 8 fours
Player of the match: Wanindu Hasaranga (RCB)