Yesterday's IPL Match Results: Yesterday's (May 18, Thursday) IPL match saw visitors Royal Challengers Bangalore keep their IPL 2023 playoff hopes alive with an 8-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad, where the crowd witnessed two hundreds.
The win for Royal Challengers Bangalore sees them climb to the fourth spot with 14 points from 13 matches and if they win their remaining match, they will surely confirm qualification to the playoffs thanks to their superior Net Run Rate (NRR).

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) - 186 for 5 in 20 overs vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) - 187/2 in 19.2 overs. Result - RCB won by 8 wickets with 4 balls to spare at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Toss: RCB won the toss and opted to bowl first
Captains: Aiden Markram (SRH), Faf Du Plessis (RCB)
Michael Bracewell (RCB) took 2 wickets for 13 runs in 2 overs. The other bowlers all claimed a wicket each.
Heinrich Klaasen (SRH) 104 off 51 balls
Virat Kohli (RCB) was awarded the Player of the Match for his batting performance in the match. The former India captain, who scored 100 off 63 balls, smashed 12 fours and 4 sixes in his knock, sharing an opening stand of 172 with Faf Du Plessis (71 off 47 balls).
SRH Playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (captain), Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Kartik Tyagi, Mayank Dagar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nitish Reddy
SRH Impact Substitute: T Natarajan (IN) - Abdul Samad (OUT)
SRH Support Staff: Brian Lara, Hemang Badani, Dale Steyn, Simon Helmot, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ryan Cook
RCB Playing 11: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat (wicketkeeper), Shahbaz Ahmed, Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj
RCB Impact Substitute: Not Used
RCB Support Staff: Mike Hesson, Sanjay Bangar, Sridharan Sriram, Adam Griffith, Malolan Rangarajan