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IPL 2018, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Bengaluru, latest update and cricket score: Royal Challengers keep their hopes alive with a 14-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. Only a single off the final ball and that will do it for them. The red flags are out and Siraj jumps in the air to soak in the celebrations. RCB are in the race. They climb to the fifth position on the table and still have a very healthy and positive run rate. Things getting interesting on the table. In the end RCB’s gigantic total was a little to much for the Sunrisers. Preview: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will take on already-qualified table toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad in a must-win Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter with their playoffs chances hanging by a thread. After registering successive victories over Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab, the Virat Kohli-led RCB are a rejuvenated unit while SRH have been the team to beat this season, having won nine matches out of 12. [caption id=“attachment_4473479” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] RCB required a win for survival in the IPL as they take on table leaders Sunrisers Hyderabad. Sportzpics[/caption] RCB are still languishing at the second last position on the table, while SRH are on top of the table with 18 points. RCB lost seven of their 12 matches so far but the recent turnaround have rekindled hopes of a possible shot at the play-offs albeit some other results also going their way. Kohli and ace South African batsman AB De Villiers are RCB’s key players as far as the batting in concerned. The pair have combined to pile up nearly half of RCB’s total runs this season but the side needs bigger contributions from the likes of Moeen Ali and Corey Anderson. Kohli has led from the front with 514 runs in 12 games. De Villiers (358 runs) is next to him, although he has played two games less than the Indian captain. RCB’s bowling is spearheaded by India pacer Umesh Yadav who has looked in inspired form this term. Umesh has delivered for the team, taking 17 wickets so far. Coming to the away side, SRH depend quite a lot on opener Shikhar Dhawan (369 runs) and skipper Kane Williamson (544 runs) for inspiration. Williamson has been a top leader since David Warner was ruled out of the IPL due to his role in the ball tampering incident. The New Zealand captain would look to consolidate the team’s top spot and ensure a top-two finish at the end of the league stage. Apart from Dhawan and Williamson, Yusuf Pathan (186), Manish Pandey (189) and Shakib Al Hasan (166) have also chipped in at crunch situations for SRH. The former champions’ bowling has been their strength with the likes of Siddharth Kaul (13 wickets), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (8), Sandeep Sharma (8), leg-spinner Rashid Khan (13) and Shakib-Al-Hasan (12) adding a lot of variety to their arsenal. Teams: Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (Captain), Quinton de Kock (WK), Brendon McCullum, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Washington Sundar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Colin de Grandhomme, Moeen Ali, Manan Vohra, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Siraj, Corey Anderson, Parthiv Patel (WK), Aniruddha Joshi, Pavan Deshpande, Tim Southee. Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami, Ricky Bhui, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan, Tanmay Agarwal, Alex Hales, Carlos Brathwaite, Rashid Khan, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan. IPL points table: SRH are currently sitting pretty at the top of the table having accumulated 18 points from their 12 games this season. RCB are in seventh position with just 10 points from 12 games.
Check out the updated IPL points table here. With inputs from IANS
Highlights, IPL 2018, RCB vs SRH at Chinnaswamy: Royal Challengers Bangalore win by 14 runs
Royal Challengers keep their hopes alive with a 14-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. Only a single off the final ball and that will do it for them. The red flags are out and Siraj jumps in the air to soak in the celebrations. RCB are in the race. They climb to the fifth position on the table and still have a very healthy and positive run rate. Things getting interesting on the table. In the end RCB’s gigantic total was a little to much for the Sunrisers.
 "Highlights, IPL 2018, RCB vs SRH at Chinnaswamy: Royal Challengers Bangalore win by 14 runs")
Right then time for us to bid goodbye. Some fabulous cricket from both sides as runs galore at the Chinnaswmany stadium. AB de Villiers was just himself, with the bat as well as in the field. Moeen Ali’s contribution was invaluable today for the home side, as was Colin de Grandhomme’s blitz in the end. Rashid Khan was fantastic with the ball, as he bagged three key wickets. From SRH’s team, they were in the tall chase till the very end almost into the final over, courtesy another admirable performance by Kane Williamson, with a good hand provided by Manish Pandey. RCB have the momentum on their side with three back-to-back wins and their fans will hope they do the same when they take on Rajasthan Royals in their final game, but there is still time for that.
It is the Chennai Super Kings locking horns with Delhi Daredevils tomorrow. CSK will need those two points to ensure top two finish and a big win for them could help them surge past SRH at the helm. Can Daredevils be the party poopers? We will find out tomorrow. We look forward to your company as will bring you all the LIVE scores, graphs, over-by-over updates along with opinions and lot more. Until we meet, it’s goodnight from us.
So this is how the standings are after RCB’s win. They move to 5th place in the table and making the race for playoffs tighter.
Royal Challengers keep their hopes alive with a 14-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Ball 6: Only a single off the final ball and that will do it for them. The red flags are out and Siraj jumps in the air to soak in the celebrations. RCB are in the race. They climb to the fifth position on the table and still have a very healthy and positive run rate. Things getting interesting on the table. In the end RCB’s gigantic total was a little to much for the Sunrisers.
After 19 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 199/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 81 , Manish Pandey 59)
Fifteen runs come off the penultimate over. Tell you what it is still lesser than what the required rate was at the start off the over, which was 17.5. Leaves 20 runs for the final over. Pandey missed out on couple of occasions and that might be the difference in the end. South completes with 45 against his name.
Most consecutive 50-plus scores by captains in IPL:
5 – Virender Sehwag, 2012
4 – Virat Kohli, 2016
4 – KANE WILLIAMSON, 2018*
After 18 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 184/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 80 , Manish Pandey 46)
Pandey improvised couple of times and did it well, but got a little too fancy in the end when he attempted to hit it from the back of the bat, trying to lift it through the slips. Missed out. Siraj gives only four runs after boundaries off the first two balls. Great comeback with some wide yorkers. 35 needed off 12.
The Hitman approves!
T20 cricket isn’t just about power, it’s also about being smart and playing to your strengths and Williamson is doing exactly that
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) May 17, 2018
After 17 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 170/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 80 , Manish Pandey 34)
Southee starts off with a wide off the offstump and Williamson squeezes it to wide third man for a single. Southee continues to keep it wide outside off and smart field placing with a short third in the ring and a wide third man patrolling the boundary. AB at mid off makes up for almost two fielders, running to covers and keeping down to one. More fielders on point and cover boundary. hard for batsmen to score off such deliveries. Great over. Only 6 runs off it. 49 off last 18 balls.
Least innings to score 1,000 runs in IPL:
21 – Shaun Marsh
23 – Lendl Simmons
25 – Matthew Hayden
27 – Chris Gayle
28 – KANE WILLIAMSON*.
After 16 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 164/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 78 , Manish Pandey 30)
Unreal batting by these two. They have brought the century-stand in quicktime. With Pandey getting runs, it realises lot of pressure of Williamson, who is batting brilliantly. All sorts of problems for RCB. They need a wicket soon, very soon. 55 off 24 needed. Tight finish beckons.
Captains to score 600-plus runs in an IPL season:
Virat Kohli, 2016
David Warner, 2016 and 2017
Virat Kohli, 2013
Sachin Tendulkar, 2010
KANE WILLIAMSON, 2018*
After 15 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 152/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 76 , Manish Pandey 21)
Good to see Manish Pandey finally arriving. Just what SRH needed. Runs from both ends. 22 come of CdG’s over. 67 now off 30 balls
Most 50s by a captain in an IPL season:
9 – David Warner in 2016
8 – KANE WILLIAMSON in 2018*
7 – Virat Kohli in 2016
7 – David Warner in 2015
After 14 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 130/2 ( Kane Williamson (C) 69 , Manish Pandey 6)
Umesh conceded 18 off his first 3 overs. 13 off his last. He has been bowled out, Kohli would have wanted a wicket at this stage but doesn’t get it. 89 needed off 36
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