Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 67 runs

 Faf du Plessis’ unbeaten knock of 73 and Wanindu Hasaranga’s five-wicket haul helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat SunRisers Hyderabad by 67 runs here at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

Chasing a challenging 193 SunRisers Hyderabad to the possible start as skipper Kane Williamson for a golden duck as he run out by Shahbaz Ahmed. 

Four balls later Glenn Maxwell dismissed in-form Abhishek Sharma for a duck to leave SRH tottering at 1 for 2. Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram then stuck a much-needed partnership. In the eighth over the duo notched up a 50-run partnership and also took the team’s total beyond the 50-run mark.

The 50-run partnership was broke by Wanindu Hasaranga for 21 off 27 balls.

The 38-run partnership between the two was broke as Hasaranga took his second wicket of the match. Jagadeesha Suchith then joined Tripathi at the other end as SRH reached the triple-figure mark in 13.1 overs.

Rahul Tripathi went on to score his half-century off 32 balls. Suchith was dismiss for only 2 as Hasaranga took his third wicket to leave Hyderabad in trouble at 104/5.

The next over RahuLTripathi dismiss by Josh Hazlewood for a well made 58 off 37 balls. In the next ball, Hazlewood dismissed Kartik Tyagi for a golden duck to leave Hyderabad tottering at 114/7.

Earlier in the day opting to bat first after winning the toss Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a terrible start losing talisman Virat. Kohli for a golden duck in the very first ball of the match as slow left-arm orthodox bowler Jagadeesha Suchith.

In the seventh over the duo notched up a fifty-run partnership.

Maxwell-du Plessis also notched up a fifty partnership in only 33 balls.