Jason Holder
Royal Challengers Bangalore messed up their run chase as Sunrisers Hyderabad dashed their hopes of a place in the top two with a narrow four-run victory in the final over. IPL Thriller, here on Wednesday.
After scoring 141 for 7, SRH restricted RCB to 137 for six for their third win in the league.
Devdutt Padikkal (41) chasing Kul and Glen Maxwell (40) scored a lot of runs but RCB lost wickets and faltered in the end.
Defending 18 runs in the last two overs, Jason Holder Brilliant over bowled for just five runs for one wicket.
AB de Villiers hit a six on the fourth ball of the last over Bhuvneshwar Kumar But could not take the team home as the South African team did not need to hit a six off the last ball.
Earlier, the opener Jason Roy (44) shared a partnership of 70 runs in 58 balls with the captain Kane Williamson (31) to set the stage but SRH lost three quick wickets for two runs in seven balls to end up with a below-par total.
RCB suffered an initial setback while chasing their target when Bhuvneshwar got stuck Virat Kohli In the first over.
The decision to promote Daniel Christian at number 3 also did not work as Siddharth Kaul’s slow delivery betrayed him.
On 18 for 2, Srikar India joined hands with Devdutt Padikkal and delivered two beautiful shots for a six and a four to take RCB to 37 for 2 in six overs.
New pace sensation Umran Malik dismissed India for his fifth ball as RCB were bowled out for 38 for 2.
The new-man at Maxwell made his intention clear, defying Rashid Khan over and over. He repeated the treatment again, sent the Afghan spinner to long-on and then hit him for another boundary.
But with Malik covering more than 150 km in a row, RCB decided to target other bowlers.
However, a poor call from Padikkal ended with Maxwell being runout while the former was also caught at the boundary line as RCB further rolled to 109 for 4 in 16.5 overs.
Needing 29 off 18 balls, Shahbaz Ahmed hit two boundaries to bring the equation down before being dismissed by Holder in the 19th over.
For RCB, Harshal Patel (3/33) and Daniel Christian (2/14) did the most damage after skipper Virat Kohli bowled.
spin pair Yuzvendra Chahal (1/27) and Shahbaz Ahmed (0/21) kept things under control, while George Garten conceded 29 runs in two overs for his one wicket.
Abhishek Sharma called to open the innings, hitting a boundary and a six off Garten in the second over before Maxwell was dismissed.
Williamson starts off with a good looking cover drive and then a pull through square leg from Siraj for the second boundary.
The New Zealand captain was all pride as he played two sweet timed shots for two more hits off Garten. Left-arm spinner Shahbaz attacked the stumps but when he made a mistake, Roy was quick to pull him through square leg.
At the end of the powerplay, SRH scored 50 for 1.
The spin pair of Shahbaz and Chahal bowled together, which did not help the batsmen.
While Roy lived dangerously, Williamson’s stump was knocked off the cutter by Patel as he tried to make room for himself as SRH rolled down to 84 for 2 in the 12th over.
Priyam Garg hit a six off Chahal and in the very next over, Christian was caught by AB de Villiers.
Five balls later, Christian took a sensational catch off his own delivery and removed Roy from the well set. Chahal trapped Abdul Samad in front of the wicket on the first ball of the next over as SRH were bowled out for 107 for 5 in 15.1 overs.
Wriddhiman Co: This was followed by a slow delivery by Patel.
Rashid (seven not out) and Holder (16) tried to accelerate before falling later off the last ball.
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