Highlights, SRH vs RCB, Cricket Score, IPL 2021, Match 6: Bangalore stage fine comeback, beat Hyderabad by six runs

Glenn Maxwell is Man of the Match

Maxwell: A new franchise for me this year and it is satisfying to do well. It is a very similar role that I play for Australia. He (Kohli) just shared his experience (in the middle while batting). Not the easiest of wickets, takes you a bit of time to get into full flow. It is good to have a these guys behind me, earlier I was required to go from the ball 1 which is not really the way I go.

RCB have won this coming from the dead. They beat SRH by 6 runs. Climb to the top of table.

Two wins in two games for them. And two losses in two games for Hyderabad who were ahead in the contest till the 16th over. The second time out of the innings changed everything, for the worse of Hyderabad and for the good of Bangalore. They kept on losing wickets and none of their middle order batsmen showed maturity and nerves to finish the game for the side. Warner must be a upset man.

OUT! Rashid pulls Harshal to long leg and wanted a double but it was not there, he was only half way back to the crease when ABD clipped the bails after collecting a good throw from the deep. Almost all over for Hyderabad. Rashid Khan run out (Siraj/de Villiers) 18(9)

Need 7 from 2 balls.

After 19 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 134/7 ( Rashid Khan 11 , Bhuvneshwar Kumar 0)

Since the 16th over, five SRH batsmen have departed trying to play big shots. SRH have made a mess of a simple chase in which they were cruising till 16th over. In other words, they are doing a KKR. 11 off the over. SRH need 16 off 6.

After 18 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 123/6 ( Jason Holder 4 , )

Alright then, Harshal Patel bowls his third over, the 18th, so he should be bowling the 20th, knowing how good he has been in death overs. Shankar gone as well. This is a terrible display of batting to be honest. A no-ball for height, a free hit and a risky couple where Holder could have fallen short and then a dismissal. All happening out in the middle right now. No boundary has been hit by SRH since the 14th over. Warner is looking grim. 27 needed off 12.

After 17 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 116/5 ( Vijay Shankar 1 , )

The time out has completely changed the momentum for RCB. They have picked three wickets in the same over. SRH on back foot and they look completely clueless in the middle.

After 16 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 115/2 ( Manish Pandey 38 , Jonny Bairstow 12)

Chahal comes back to complete his quota. Bairstow colllects a third off the second ball via an overthrow. Some nerves in the SRH dugout. Time out taken. SRH need 35 in 24 balls.

After 15 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 108/2 ( Manish Pandey 37 , Jonny Bairstow 6)

Shahbaz Ahmed, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack now as Kohli looks to contain the flow of runs, slow down the pace of the game by taking pace off the ball. Shahbaz bowling wicket to wicket, not letting batsman score easily. Pandey lost his patience and almost lost his wicket. SRH need 42 in 30 balls. The gap is widening slowly.

After 14 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 102/2 ( Manish Pandey 33 , Jonny Bairstow 4)

Jamieson returns and gets the big man Warner. This is the wicket RCB wanted. His wicket may change the momentum in the game. Jonny Bairstow has arrived in the middle but this is not a pitch to start playing your shots from the word go. Bairstow needs to be cautious here and Pandey needs to up his game now. SRH have gone past 100. They need 48 off 36.

After 13 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 96/1 ( David Warner (C) 54 , Manish Pandey 33)

FIFTY for Warner. This has been a fine captain’s knock so far. Whenever he shines with the bat for SRH like this, more often than not they win. Daniel Christian, right-arm fast medium, introduced into the attack in this over and he has given just 7 off the over despite a couple of loose deliveries. SRH need 54 off 42 balls.

After 12 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 89/1 ( David Warner (C) 48 , Manish Pandey 32)

Harshal continues. Brilliant stuff from the bowler as he bowls four dots upfront before bowling a low full toss flicked by Pandey for a single. Warner has been the aggressor between the two batsmen, as Pandey is playing with a strike rate of below 100, which has been a troubling issues for him in last couple of seasons. If RCB get Warner here, they can still take this match deep. SRH need 61 off 48 balls.

After 11 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 87/1 ( David Warner (C) 47 , Manish Pandey 31)

Chahal was looking ominous against Pandey. Warner took charge in this over to play him and has done a good job. Two boundaries in the over and the figures are now ruined. Shoulders are dropping for men in red and black. SRH need 63 off 54.

After 10 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 77/1 ( David Warner (C) 38 , Manish Pandey 30)

Harshal Patel, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack after the end of first time out of the innings and Warner collects a boundary off the first ball. One of his slowers did beat Warner and went through inches above the stump. RCB have looked quite ordinary in the field in the last couple of overs. SRH needed 73 off 60.

After 9 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 70/1 ( David Warner (C) 32 , Manish Pandey 29)

Chahal continues. He again produces an edge off the bat of Pandey but it landed far too right of the first slip. Pandey has looked uncomfortable against Chahal so far. Five off the over. Time out taken.

After 8 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 65/1 ( David Warner (C) 30 , Manish Pandey 26)

Sundar continues. He bowled well except for that one gift to Pandey who got six off it. SRH cruising at the moment and wickets are hard to come by for RCB. Eight off the over.

After 7 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 57/1 ( David Warner (C) 29 , Manish Pandey 19)

Yuzvendra Chahal, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack now after the end of the powerplay. He almost got Pandey but there was no first slip to take the catch. Seven off the over.

After 6 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 50/1 ( David Warner (C) 28 , Manish Pandey 14)

Kohli gives Siraj another go as he is looking in good rhythm and RCB need wickets. But Warner played him well. He smashed him for two boundaries. Siraj was bowling well from the other end. Also, he had not bowled so much to Warner before this over. He could not find the right length for the left-hander. Fifty up for Hyderabad inside the powerplay.

After 5 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 38/1 ( David Warner (C) 17 , Manish Pandey 13)

Washington Sundar, right-arm off break, comes into the attack now. Pandey is looking to attack more in this innings. A four, a single and wide in the over. Six off it.

After 4 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 32/1 ( David Warner (C) 17 , Manish Pandey 8)

Jamieson continues. Goes fuller to Pandey and gets smacked for a six. He is struggling to find the right length is Jamieson. Went touch fuller to Warner as well and did not get any swing, got punished. Went shorter and got hit for a six. 17 off the over.

After 3 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 15/1 ( David Warner (C) 7 , Manish Pandey 1)

Siraj bowled five good deliveries in the last over but did not get his man. The first ball of the new over is short and wide and he gets his first wicket. Saha goes without troubling the scorer too much. Manish Pandey is the new man in. Just two off the over and a wicket. Just the kind of start RCB were looking for defending only 149.

After 2 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 13/0 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 1 , David Warner (C) 7)

Kyle Jamieson, right-arm fast medium, starts off with a wide. He is looking to shape it back in to Warner. SRH captain takes two balls to get off the mark working the ball to the point for a single. Saha gives a charge and attacks the ball, gets a single at mid on, the fielder was right at the circle allowed the run. Terrific effort from Siraj at deep backward point to stop it from going for four runs. Warner does get the boundary off the next ball. Nine off the over.

After 1 over,Sunrisers Hyderabad 4/0 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 0 , David Warner (C) 0)

Siraj gets swing on just the first ball of the innings, ball shaped away from Saha. Second ball slightly shorter and Saha taps it to off side for no run. Siraj goes wider and shapes it away again, Saha flashes the blade and misses it. He is mixing up the length quite well, goes back of length next and bounces it into Saha who does well to guide it to on side but for no run. The ball is getting big on Saha who is still to get off the mark. The last ball was a peach, fuller and came back in sharply, missed the bat, missed the wickets and missed the keeper as well. SRH off the mark with 4 byes.

Alright, we are back with the chase. 

David Warner and Wriddhiman Saha to open the innings for Hyderabad. 

Mohammed Siraj with the ball in hand.

After 20 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 149/8 ( Harshal Patel 0 , )

Holder has been given the responsibility of bowling the final over. Maxwell brings up his fifty in the over and also bludgeons a huge six over deep mid-wicket off the fourth delivery, before edging the final delivery straight into Saha’s gloves. There were also three wides in the over. Big over, nevertheless. 13 runs off it.

SRH need 150 runs to win. We’ll see you on the other side with the chase.

After 19 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 136/6 ( Glenn Maxwell 49 , Kyle Jamieson 12)

Natarajan entrusted with the responsibility of bowling the crucial penultimate over. Maxwell continues to find much need boundaries for RCB, collects two fours in this over. His cheeky nature was on display as well as he played a reverse scoop there too. 12 runs off the over.

After 18 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 124/6 ( Glenn Maxwell 40 , Kyle Jamieson 9)

Bhuvi into the 18th over. Jamieson makes an impression with the blade as plays a straight and a cover drive, collecting two boundaries in the process. Maxwell joins the party, chipping in with another boundary. Good over for RCB, 14 runs off it.

After 17 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 110/6 ( Glenn Maxwell 35 , Kyle Jamieson 1)

Just 21 runs have come off the last five overs. All upto Maxwell now as he takes strike for the 17th over against Natarajan. Another successful over as the left arm seamer dismisses Christian with a slower delivery outside off that takes the right-hander’s outside edge. And Saha makes no mistake behind the stumps. Four runs and a wicket off the over.

After 16 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 106/5 ( Glenn Maxwell 33, Dan Christian 0)

Rashid into his final over. Preserving the wickets should be RCB’s game plan against the leggie here. But no, Sundar looks to take the attack to Rashid, miscues a slog sweep off the penultimate delivery and holes out to Pandey down the ground. Pandey giving it his all in the fielding department as he dives to his front and completes the catch. Just three runs and a wicket in the over. Yes, Maxwell is still there but will he have any support from the other end.

After 15 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 103/4 ( Glenn Maxwell 31 , Washington Sundar 7)

Bhuvi returns to the attack. Sundar brings up RCB’s hundred off the first as he chips the first delivery over mid off for a boundary. The seamer comes back well, conceding just three singles off the remaining deliveries and not allowing either of the two batsmen to go big. Seven runs off the over.

After 14 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 96/4 ( Glenn Maxwell 30 , Washington Sundar 1)

Rashid returns to the attack and bowls a successful over, conceding just four off it, through singles, and more importantly, removing the dangerous ABD. The South African slapped the ball straight to Warner at covers. The slow nature of the track coming to the fore once again.

After 13 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 92/3 ( Glenn Maxwell 28 , AB de Villiers (W) 0)

Holder returns to the attack and begins the over with a bang, picking up the prized scalp of Kohli, who has only himself to blame after misjudging the pace of Holder’s delivery. He did not let the ball come on to him and was way too early on the pull or perhaps a short-arm jab that he aiming for. AB de Villiers comes to the crease and joins Maxwell. Just one off the over.

After 12 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 91/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 33 , Glenn Maxwell 27)

Natarajan returns to the attack. Maxwell is suddenly starting to look ominous. Kohli, as always, is likely to play the sheet anchor’s role, and will be delighted that Maxwell is looking in good touch. The Kohli-Maxwell partnership, meanwhile, is worth 44 at the end of the over. Good rotation of strike as six runs come off the over.

After 11 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 85/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 29 , Glenn Maxwell 26)

Nadeem into his third over and the 11th of the innings. Maxwell looks ominous as he thrashes two sixes and a four off the left-arm spinner, probably hinting that he’s had a good look at the pitch. Kohli too chips in with a boundary down the ground. Costly over this, 22 runs off it.

After 10 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 63/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 24 , Glenn Maxwell 9)

We’re back after the time out and Rashid takes the ball. Maxwell drills the first delivery down the ground for a single. Kohli then makes room, pierces the off side gap and returns the favour. Maxwell attempts the sweep off the third, misses, but the two batsmen sneak a quick single nevertheless. Kohli doesn’t allow the Rashid to get settled as he nudges the fourth delivery for a single. A single and a dot to end the over. Both the batsmen were extra cautious against Rashid, probably that’s going to be their approach. Five runs off the over.

After 9 overs, Royal Challengers Bangalore 58/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 22 , Glenn Maxwell 7)

Nadeem into his third over and the ninth of the innings. Clearly, this hasn’t been the easiest of pitches to bat on. It has so much for the spinners. Just three runs off the over as Maxwell as struggles to get his timing right in the over. And it’s time for the strategic time out!

After 8 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 55/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 21 , Glenn Maxwell 5)

Right, Warner’s trump card, Rashid Khan comes into the attack. Bowls a wide off the second, and then Maxwell, the new man in, backs his instinct against the leggie off the second, lofting him inside out over the covers for a four. Seven runs off the over.

After 7 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 48/2 ( Virat Kohli (C) 20 , Glenn Maxwell 0)

Shahbaz into his second over and he begins the over on the perfect note, getting rid of Ahmed. The move to bring him at the No 3 position doesn’t work as he holes out to Rashid on the on side. The left arm spinner even beats Maxwell off the penultimate delivery. Just one wicket and a run in the over.

After 6 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 47/1 ( Virat Kohli (C) 19 , Shahbaz Ahmed 14)

Right, final over before the end of the batting powerplay and Natarajan comes into the attack. The left arm seamer misses his mark twice in the over and Kohli plays a pull and flick shot, collecting two boundaries in the process. 11 runs off the over.

After 5 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 36/1 ( Virat Kohli (C) 10 , Shahbaz Ahmed 13)

Spin has been introduced in the form of Shabaz Nadeem. And he concedes 10 off the over, including a six from the blade of Shahbaz Ahmed over fine leg. Lets see if RCB can make the most of the last over of the batting powerplay post this over.

After 4 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 26/1 ( Virat Kohli (C) 8 , Shahbaz Ahmed 5)

Holder operating in tandem with Bhuvneshwar. Scoring hasn’t been that easy thus far. Rotation of strike is extremely important as Kohli pointed out at the toss and RCB have got to keep the runs coming, even if the boundaries aren’t coming as easily. Six runs off the over. RCB need more, given the powerplay is on.

After 3 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 20/1 ( Virat Kohli (C) 6 , Shahbaz Ahmed 1)

Bhuvneshwar continues. A much better over from the seamer as compared to his first as he concedes four runs off it and removes the talented southpaw Padikkal. The Karnataka batsman backed his instinct, played the pull but hit the ball straight to Nadeem at mid-wicket.

After 2 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 16/0 ( Virat Kohli (C) 5 , Devdutt Padikkal 10)

Holder comes into the attack. The towering West Indian starts off with a short one to Padikkal, who tickles it towards fine leg for a four. After three dots, Holder bowls a wide down the leg side, followed by a short length delivery outside off and Padikkal collects another boundary after playing a cut off it. 10 runs off the over.

After 1 over ,Royal Challengers Bangalore 6/0 ( Virat Kohli (C) 5 , Devdutt Padikkal 1)

Bhuvneshwar begins the proceedings with the ball for SRH. Starts off with a dot against Kohli, who lofts the second delivery down the ground for a four. Sensible cricket as the RCB skipper gets off strike off the next delivery. An outside edge off Padikkal’s bat off the last, but he is lucky to survive and sneaks a single. Six runs off the first over.

SRH have a 10-7 win/loss record against RCB in IPL. 

Virat Kohli needs 89 more runs to become the first player to score 6,000 runs in IPL. 

Harshal Patel is playing his 50th IPL match. 

Yuzvendra Chahal is playing his 100th IPL match for RCB.

Playing XI:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers(w), Washington Sundar, Daniel Christian, Kyle Jamieson, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad : Wriddhiman Saha(w), David Warner(c), Manish Pandey, Jonny Bairstow, Vijay Shankar, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Shahbaz Nadeem.

SRH skipper David Warner: We will bowl first. Don’t think the conditions will change a lot, we’ll have to play with a positive mindset. The fielding wasn’t great, we are looking to improve on that. Shahbaz Nadeem comes in for Sandeep Sharma, Jason Holder comes in for Mohammad Nabi.

RCB skipper Virat Kohli: Looks patchy, so not a bad toss to lose. Runs on the baord in Chennai is proving important, if we do get wickets in the middle overs, it will become difficult. Was a good game, but we werre not at our best – to finbish eight down wasn’t ideal, but as a bowling unit, it was great to be back in the gme. We will need to be professional, play ourselves in and then get a good total. The boundary percentages could be crucial. We will need to stay ahead of the game – Devdutt Padikkal replaces Rajat Patidar. I will continue to open, Shahbaz will bat at three.

Will we see Devdutt Padikkal opening the batting for RCB today? 

The “setback” called COVID-19 behind him, Padikkal says he is now completely ready to play his part in the IPL and confident of replicating his stupendous domestic form in the ongoing league.

Pitch report by Murali Kartik

It’s 63 metres on one side of the square, 68 on the other, so the batsmen would like to target those areas. Today is the fourth game here and the ball hasn’t swung at all. Spin would play a key role. The pacers need to use their variations, possibly cutters on this surface. This is possibly the driest of the pitches we have seen so far. This is the same pitch that was used for the second Test in the recent Test series between India and England. As a spinner, you need to bowl with a bit of rip, something that Rashid and Chahal can do. The team winning the toss would want to bat first.

Here are the two squads:

RCB: Virat Kohli (c), Devdutt Padikkal, Finn Allen (wk), AB de Villiers (wk), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat

SRH: David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Virat Singh, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Thangarasu Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman.

Game 6 of IPL 2021 will also be the 100th match for Chahal in RCB colours

Bold Diaries: Yuzvendra Chahal’s 100th IPL match for RCB

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Siraj and the coaches wish @yuzi_chahal23 for his 100th match for RCB in the IPL.#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPL2021 #DareToDream pic.twitter.com/1RAYFKCJr3

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 14, 2021

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