IPL 2020 Highlights, SRH vs RCB Eliminator, Full Cricket Score: Williamson, Holder help Hyderabad knock Bangalore out, book Qualifer 2 spot

Kane Williamson: A tough game. With the quality of their batting, restricting them to 132 showed we bowled well and it wasn’t going to be easy. We had time, but with two world class legspinners it was never going to be easy. It was just nice that we could get through their overs without losing too many wickets. You try and do your role as well as you can. It was nice to spend time and make a contribution, put some partnerships together. It’s been an interesting last two weeks for us.

David Warner, SRH Captain: Yeah the close game shave taken a bit out of me. Great performance tonight. Nails are okay at the moment. They have brought great impact to the side. Sandy and Jas upfront, get five out of them. Through the middle there was a lot of pressure on Rashid to deliver, we tried and worked out a formula and it is going well. Yes Kane and Rashid are two pillars. Kane is our banker and what a Masterclass tonight from him. Always manages to dig deep. That’s what he has done for NZ for years. Rashid is a world clas bowler. I am running out of superlatives for him. They bowled fantastic. Little bit close for my liking. DC are a fantastic team, they have a world class bowling attack, Shikhar is in form. Iyer is a key player. Looking forward to the match.

Kane Williamson is the Player of the Match for his knock of 50 not out off 44

Virat Kohli: I don’t think we had enough on the board. Through better execution, we got ourselves in a good position in the second half. A couple of people have stood up and had good seasons. Devdutt, Siraj. Yuzi and AB have been solid as ever. There’s a bigger picture going on here and we all have contributed to that. We are privileged we got to be part of that and gave something to the fans.

SRH win by six wickets! 

Jason Holder carves his shot to point boundary and RCB are out of IPL 2020. SRH will face Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 2 for a place in the final.

19.3: FOUR! Holder crashes the fuller delivery to wide of long-off for a boundary. Four needed now.

19.2: Dot ball for Saini. Holder is beaten on off trying to play a drive. 8 still needed.

19.1: A single for Williamson as he reaches to his fifty. A very important innings for SRH.8 needed now. Saini is the bowler.

After 19 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 123/4 ( Kane Williamson 49 , Jason Holder 16)

Siraj comes into the attack. A single on first delivery with Williamson nudging his shot to short fine leg. Holder adds a boundary on the next delivery as he edges his drive over short third man. Takes a single and Williamson adds a double with a scoop shot. Another scoop shot gets him a single. Nine needed from last over. 50 partnership up.

FOUR! Holder carves it over the short third man for a boundary. He was looking to play it over cover but the outside edge got him four runs

After 18 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 114/4 ( Kane Williamson 45 , Jason Holder 11)

Gurkeerat Mann almost pulled off a brilliant catch at deep square leg. He did very well to cut off the six as Williamson lofted Saini’s full toss but the momentum took him past the boundary ropes and he could not hold on to the catch. Williamson got a boundary by steering an outside-off delivery to the third man fence. 10 from the over. 18 needed now.

FOUR! Smart batting. Williamson guides it to an empty third man boundary as Saini pitches it outside off

After 17 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 104/4 ( Kane Williamson 37 , Jason Holder 9)

Kohli is looking for some inspiration and calls Shivam Dube into the attack. Seven from the over as Williamson finishes it with a boundary. A lovely drive through deep extra cover. 28 more needed now.

FOUR! Drilled down to deep extra cover by Williamson as Shivam Dube pitches it up

After 16 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 97/4 ( Kane Williamson 32 , Jason Holder 7)

Chahal back into the attack. If Williamson and Holder’s plan was to play Zampa and Chahal out safely, they have done it very well. Chahal finishes his spell with figures of 4-0-24-1. Williamson gave him a parting gift, a slog sweep six on the last ball. 10 from the over. 35 needed more to win. Williamson and Holder would now look to attack or maybe they don’t need it.

SIX! Williamson decides to attack on Chahal’s last delivery and dispatches it over square leg with a slog sweep

After 15 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 87/4 ( Kane Williamson 24 , Jason Holder 5)

Good over for both teams as Zampa finishes his spell with figures of 4-0-12-1. Six from the over with six singles. SRH batsmen have found it tough to score against Zampa but six singles is a good return. 45 needed from the last five overs.

After 14 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 81/4 ( Kane Williamson 21 , Jason Holder 2)

Washington Sundar back into the attack. And Williamson starts to get move on. He didn’t look very confident so far but the six over mid-wicket should help him. Picked the delivery from his slot to slog sweep it over the cow corner. Nine from the over. 51 needed now.

SIX! Sundar was guilty of bowling in the slot and Williamson picked it to clear the deep mid-wicket fence. Excellent sweep shot.

After 13 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 72/4 ( Kane Williamson 13 , Jason Holder 1)

Moeen Ali called into the attack now. The required rate is creeping up. It’s 8.57 at the moment with 60 required. Four from the previous over and the required rate should not be a big issue for SRH if they do not lose wickets here.

After 12 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 68/4 ( Kane Williamson 10 , Jason Holder 0)

Chahal strikes now, gets the wicket of Garg. With the required rate touching 8 RPO, Garg was under pressure to find some boundaries. He went for a lofted drive on off as Chahal tossed it up but only managed to find Zampa at extra cover who took the catch despite a fumble. Holder comes in to bat. 64 needed now.

OUT! PK Garg c Zampa b Chahal 7 (14)

The pressure has got RCB a wicket. Both Garg and Williamson were finding it tough to get going. Garg decided to change things, went for a flashy drive on off but failed to get the timing as Zamapa took the catch at deep extra cover.

After 11 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 64/3 ( Kane Williamson 7 , Priyam Garg 6)

Zampa’s line and length have been brilliant tonight. The first delivery dips on the off and beats Williamson’s outside edge. The next one is played to midwicket followed by a wide. Williamson gets off the strike with a push to long-on for a single. Garg defends one then adds a double and then defends another one. Four from the over. 68 needed now.

After 10 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 60/3 ( Kane Williamson 6 , Priyam Garg 4)

Chahal continues. Williamson pushed the first delivery to deep extra cover for a single. Two dot balls and then a punch to the same area by Garg for a double. Another dot ball and then a double on the last ball. Five from the over. 10 overs done. 72 needed now.

After 9 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 55/3 ( Kane Williamson 5 , Priyam Garg 0)

Zampa continues. The crucial partnership is broken. Pandey edged his cut shot to ABD who took a pretty nice catch. Pandey was guilty of not making up his mid-on whether to go for a hard slash or a delicate cut as the short delivery kissed his bat on its way to ABD. Priyam Garg is the new batsman. Just one from the over. 77 needed now.

OUT! Manish Pandey c de Villiers b Zampa 24(21)

A very good catch by ADB. Shorter length delivery and Pandey moved back to cut it on off but ended up tickling it to the keeper. Crucial wicket for RCB. SRH in a spot of bother.

After 8 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 54/2 ( Manish Pandey 24 , Kane Williamson 4)

After Zampa, Yuzvendra Chahal comes into the attack. Five singles from the over as Pandey and Williamson knock it around. There’s still some batting to come but this partnership is crucial for SRH. 78 needed now.

After 7 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 49/2 ( Manish Pandey 22 , Kane Williamson 1)

Leg-spinner Adam Zampa into the attack now and he starts off very well with four dot balls. Bowled in some good lines in that channel outside off. Just one form the over as Williamson gets off the mark with a single on off.

After 6 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 48/2 ( Manish Pandey 22 , Kane Williamson 0)

Siraj gets another wicket. Warner out for 17. There’s some confusion over the dismissal. Siraj got the ball to seam and follow Warner who was trying to move away. The ball cut him in half and zipped through him to the keeper. RCB took a review for a caught behind after S Ravi gave it not out. The third umpire ruled in the favour of the bowling team as there was a spike on UltraEdge but that spike came when the ball was also very close to the body. Warner was just looking to break the shackles and got two boundaries on the first two deliveries of the over. He has been replaced by Kane Williamson. 13 from the over. Powerplay over. 84 of 84 needed.

REVIEW AND OUT! 

Warner c de Villiers b Siraj 17(17)

Excellent seaming delivery from Siraj which followed Warner who was trying to back away. Cut him in half and maybe kissed the glove on its way to the keeper but it was also very close to the body. The umpire was not sure of it and gave it not out but the third umpire overturned the decision after multiple replays as there was a spike on UltraEdge. It’s not clear whether the spike was a result of a connection between the ball and gloves or the body.

FOUR! That went in a flash. Warner cuts the length delivery with venom and while there was a fielder on off, he couldn’t stop it

FOUR! A boundary for Warner. He cuts the back of length delivery from Siraj through sweeper cover to add a boundary

After 5 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 35/1 ( David Warner (C) 9 , Manish Pandey 22)

Warner gets into the act here as Washington Sundar comes into the attack. Warner creates room on the first ball by moving away and slaps the shot through off for a boundary. The next ball is a no ball and a free hit as ABD broke the stumps before the shot was offered. Thankfully the free hit only accounted for a single, which brought Pandey on strike. And the Bangalore boy beautifully punched through the gap between mid-off and extra-cover to add another boundary. 12 from the over.

FOUR! Pandey is already batting in top gear. A fine shot off Sundar, a back-foot punch through mid-off, and extra cover

FOUR! Warner moves away, creates room and slaps it to wide of point tot find a boundary on off

After 4 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 23/1 ( David Warner (C) 3 , Manish Pandey 17)

Saini continues. Big over for SRH with 10 coming off it. Two boundaries in the over for Pandey. The first delivery he drove down uppishly to mid-on but Dube failed to stop it and let it go through him for a boundary. Two singles from there on and the last ball was driven beautifully through covers for another boundary.

FOUR! There was nothing lucky about this shot. A beautiful cover drive from Pandey as fielders became spectators

FOUR! A lucky boundary for Pandey. He slapped the shot to mid-on and Shivam Dube let it go through him off Saini

After 3 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 13/1 ( David Warner (C) 2 , Manish Pandey 8)

Siraj starts off with two consecutive wides down the leg side. Corrects the length for three dot balls but the fourth one is dispatched over the cow corner for a maximum. It was just a bit short and Pandey gave it the deserved treatment. Takes a single on the next ball. Nine from the over. Murali Kartik, on-air, reiterates that the chase is going to be a difficult one with very little dew falling.

SIX! Lovely shot by Manish Pandey. Siraj missed his length there, went a bit short and Pandey swiveled on the front foot to clear the cow corner

After 2 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 4/1 ( David Warner (C) 2 , Manish Pandey 1)

Navdeep Saini into the attack. The first delivery is defended to the off by Warner before he guides the second delivery to the third man for a single. Pandey attempts the same on the next delivery but as he tried to steer the length ball away, the sudden bounce took it almost to the third man. Thankfully he is safe. Warner plays out the next three deliveries for no run. Two from the over.

After 1 overs,Sunrisers Hyderabad 2/1 ( David Warner (C) 1 , Manish Pandey 0)

Siraj has given RCB the perfect start. You need quick wickets while defending a small total and Siraj accounts for Goswami’s wicket in the first over. It was a good set up, two deliveries were bowled close to the body before dangling one away and Goswami went with the flashy drive, edging it to the keeper. Just two from the over. Manish Pandey is now in the middle with Warner.

OUT! Goswami goes for a duck.

Goswami c de Villiers b Siraj 0(3)

Siraj dangled one wide after bowling two tight ones and Goswami threw the kitchen sink on it, feet didn’t move and the tickle was grabbed by de Villiers.

Time for the chase!

SRH need just 132 to win and reach Qualifier 2. They are without Wriddhiman Saha tonight and Shreevats Goswami will open with David Warner. Mohammed Siraj will bowl the first over.

After 20 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 131/7 ( Navdeep Saini 9 , Mohammed Siraj 10)

RCB restricted to 131/7. Natajan finishes the spell with figures of 2 for 33. He gave 11 off the last over. SRH need 132 to sail through the second qualifier. We will be back with the chase in ten.

FOUR! Brilliant shot from Siraj, off stump yorker from Natarajan and Siraj shuffles across, and scoops it from off stump for four runs

FOUR! Saini gets room from Natarajan and Saini hits him over point for four

After 19 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 118/7 ( Navdeep Saini 4 , Mohammed Siraj 2)

Holder completes his spell. Terrific effort and how many times have we said the word terrific for a SRH bowler tonight. Three wickets for 25 runs from four overs. Top stuff. Just five off the last over, which was the 19th.

After 18 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 113/7 ( Navdeep Saini 1 , Mohammed Siraj 0)

Wicket on the first ball of the over for Natarajan. And almost another on the second with de Villiers hitting it to Warner at long on on one bounce. But Natrajan makes sure he comes back again later in the over with a deadly yorker to clean up the best RCB batsman on the night. Terrific stuff from the bowler who still have one over left. Just 2 off the over and wicket of de Villiers, which Natarajan will remember for ages.

OUT! Natarajan removes AB de Villiers with one screamer. A deadly yorker and even Mr 360 did not have the answer for it as the middle stump was castled. RCB seven down. ABD goes for 56 made off 43 balls.

OUT! Another man bites the dust, Washington Sundar goes. Fuller from Natarajan and Sundar glided it to man at deep point, Samad, who ran in a few steps ahead and took a safe catch with both hands. RCB six down. Washington Sundar c Abdul Samad b T Natarajan 5(6)

After 17 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 111/5 ( AB de Villiers (W) 55 , Washington Sundar 5)

Sandeep Sharma completes the spell. How good has he been consistently for SRH since the time Bhuvi was ousted due to the injury! He is good at the start and he is good with his yorkers at the back end. No wicket for him in this match but bowled with a good economy rate of 5.25. Excellent effort. Just 7 in the last over.

AB de Villiers in death overs in IPL:

Average : 50.00
SR : 225.23 
4/6 : 15/20

Most wickets in death overs in IPL:

16 : Kagiso Rabada
14 : Jasprit Bumrah 
11 : Mohammad Shami 
10 : T Natarajan*

After 16 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 104/5 ( AB de Villiers (W) 52 , Washington Sundar 1)

Holder comes back on. Three overs from him and a wicket each in three overs. What an addition he has been by SRH. Dube, struggling for runs, has walked back for 8 off 13 balls. He finishes the over with a boundary though as De Villiers completes a fine fifty. RCB go past 100. 11 off the over and a wicket.

FOUR! AB de Villiers reaches half century with this boundary, on the legs and he guides it deeo mid-wicket boundary for four

OUT! Dube gone, after struggling consistently against pacer and spinners. Yorker length from Holder, and Dube wanted to flick it leg side, leading edge went to Warner at mid off. RCB now five down. Shivam Dube c Warner b Holder 8(13)

After 15 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 93/4 ( AB de Villiers (W) 45 , Shivam Dube 6)

Rashid completes his spell. No wickets for him tonight but he has done a good job. Just 22 from his four overs. The figures would have looked better had SRH gone for a review in his last over against Dube. Eight off the over, courtesy a boundary by ABD.

FOUR! That is a brilliant shot, pre-meditated shot from him, sweeps the wrong’un for four to deep backward square leg

After 14 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 85/4 ( AB de Villiers (W) 38 , Shivam Dube 5)

Natarajan comes back on and gets hit for a boundary by de Villiers. But he pulls things back brilliantly with just four off the last four balls. RCB need to hit at least 10 per over from here. Nine from the 14th.

FOUR! Natarajan comes into the attack, pitches up and provides room for de Villiers, who hits it over covers for four runs

AB de Villiers v Rashid Khan in IPL:

Runs – 28
Balls – 29
Dismissals – 2
SR – 96.55

After 13 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 76/4 ( AB de Villiers (W) 31 , Shivam Dube 3)

Nadeem completes his spell. ABD starts the over with a boundary, thanks to a fielding error on part of Holder. The replays show that Rashid would have got Dube out in the last over but no one went for the review. Big miss that one. Eight off the over. 1 for 30 for Nadeem from four overs.

FOUR! Holder should have stopped that, ABD pulls it to wide off long on and Holder gets late to go down to stop it and the ball reaches the ropes.

After 12 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 68/4 ( AB de Villiers (W) 25 , Shivam Dube 1)

Rashid continues. Shivam Dube, the new man in, is struggling against Rashid. Twice in the over, he looked to play him late when there was no room really to do so and almost got him out plumbed. Top over from the spinner. Just 3 off the over.

After 11 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 65/4 ( AB de Villiers (W) 23 , Shivam Dube 0)

Nadeem continues and he starts off with a wide. ABD collects a single through a drive to the off side. Next ball, Finch walks back. His plan to give ball a charge has failed. Came out a little early and Nadeem changed his plans. Everything is falling apart for RCB at the moment. They have lost a wicket on a Free Hit. Could you believe it? Moeen Ali could not hit the free hit with any force but wanted to steal a single and has paid the price for it. Rashid Khan showing again why how good a fielder he is. 11 off the over and two wickets.

OUT! Horrible cricket from RCB. Moeen Ali goes back on a Free Hit. Nadeem fired one in and it was right under Moeen’s bat, he hit it to man at extra cover, Rashid, who collected the ball and watching the batsmane stealing a run, took an aim and hit the stumps. RCB have lost a wicket on Free hit. Moeen Ali run out (Rashid Khan) 0(1)

FOUR! Ah, unlucky Nadeem this time, produces an edge off de Villiers’ bat and it races away for four runs to third man boundary.

OUT! Lovely bowling from Nadeem, he removes Finch. He showed his intention early, stepped out early and then stopped, Nadeem fired it wide off him and he reached out to it, got bat on ball, but did not get the elevation and is holed out in the process. Finch c Abdul Samad b Nadeem 32(30)

After 10 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 54/2 ( Aaron Finch 32 , AB de Villiers (W) 14)

Rashid continues after the end of time out. Good intent from Finch, he smashes Rashid for a six. Risky single on the last ball by ABD. He needs to get a move on for sure. He is 14 off 18 balls with no boundaries or six. Nine off the over.

SIX! Big one, off the bat of Finch, and against Rashid, wrong’un from Rashid, picked early by Finch and right in the slot for him, he hits it over long on for a maximum.

After 9 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 45/2 ( Aaron Finch 25 , AB de Villiers (W) 12)

Nadeem continues. ABD’s body language is suggesting he is looking to hit the big shots but he is not getting any such delivery to do that. SRH bowlers up to the task, not giving any loose delivery for the batsmen. Just six off the over. Time out called.

After 8 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 39/2 ( Aaron Finch 22 , AB de Villiers (W) 9)

Spin from both ends as Rashid Khan, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack. Starts off with a short ball but was lucky to get away. HUGE lbw against Finch but it was going down leg. Risky shot from Finch on the last ball, made room against Rashid to hit it square on the off side for a single. Just 2 off the over.

After 7 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 37/2 ( Aaron Finch 21 , AB de Villiers (W) 8)

Spin for the first time tonight as Shahbaz Nadeem, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack. Three singles off the first three balls before Nadeem bowls a dot. Two more off the last two balls. Five singles off it.

After 6 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 32/2 ( Aaron Finch 19 , AB de Villiers (W) 5)

T Natarajan, left-arm fast medium, comes into the attack now, replaces Holder who has taken both wickets so far. Lke in the last over, Finch and ABD ticking singles off every ball, making sure the runs are coming even if in singles. And just like the last over, Finch has collected a boundary off a slightly poor delivery. Nine off the over.

FOUR! Room for Finch outside the off stump and he hits it beating the fielder at point for four runs.

After 5 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 23/2 ( Aaron Finch 13 , AB de Villiers (W) 2)

Sandeep continues. ABD and Finch have decided to take it easy and not care about the boundaries, deal in singles and doubles for the moment and steady their side. Finch gets a boundary on the last ball of the over to make it eight off the over.

FOUR! That is a good shot from Finch. punches between extra cover and cover for four runs off Holder. Top shot.

After 4 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 15/2 ( Aaron Finch 7 , AB de Villiers (W) 0)

Holder continues and strikes again. Horrible start for RCB, Paiddkal gone. He had to go big now and has fallen in the process. ABD in, big heave from him on the fifth ball, missed it completely. SRH on top. In complete control of the game. Five off the over and a wicket.

OUT! Padikkal gone as well. RCB two down now in powerplay. Short ball and he pulls, tries to go over mid-wicket but Garg placed there times his jump to prefection and takes a very good catch. Devdutt Padikkal c Priyam Garg b Holder 1(6)

FOUR! Shorter and Finch is deep in the crease, pulls it away for four runs to fine leg boundary.

After 3 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 10/1 ( Devdutt Padikkal 1 , Aaron Finch 2)

Sandeep continues. Finch has faced issues with swing bowling in past games and Sandeep will be a challenge for him. Keeper is standing up as well, to avoid Finch stand outside the crease to negate the swing. A run-out chance at the non-striker’s end but Finch came back in time and the throw missed the stumps. No boundaries yet even after three overs. Not the start RCB had hoped for. Looks like a low scoring contest.

After 2 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 9/1 ( Devdutt Padikkal 1 , Aaron Finch 1)

Jason Holder, right-arm fast medium, bowls from the other end. Double for Kohli on the first ball of the second over. Next ball, he is gone, trying to play fine on the leg side. Holder with the breakthrough, used his height to good effect. RCB on back foot. Aaron Finch, RHB, has joined Padikkal in the middle. He is not looking good, his feet movement is all over the place. Takes four balls to get off the mark. Great over for SRH. Just four off the over and the wicket of Virat Kohli.

OUT! Big wicket for SRH, Holder removes Kohli and the men in Orange cannot believe their luck. Ball coming in to Kohli, with some extra bounce off the pitch, around his wait and Kohli wanted to guide it to fine leg, but ball brushed his gloves and went to keeper who took a safe catch. Kohli c Goswami b Holder 6(7)

After 1 over, Royal Challengers Bangalore 5/0 ( Virat Kohli (C) 4 , Devdutt Padikkal 1)

Sandeep bowls the first over. He starts off with a nice inswinger with Kohli defends well for no run. Good inswing again on the second ball which Kohli plays to on side for a single, to open the mark. Similar shot from Padikkal to open his account on the third ball of the over. Kohli collects two at the backward square leg. Five off the first over.

SRH have a 9-7 win/loss record against RCB in IPL. 

RCB have lost each of their last four matches this IPL while SRH have won each of their last three matches this IPL.

Alright then, Devdutt Padikkal (LHB) is opening the batting with Virat Kohli (RHB) for RCB. Kohli is opening for the first time in IPL 2020. Sandeep Sharma, right arm medium pace, to bowl the first over.

RCB XI: Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

SRH XI: David Warner(c), Shreevats Goswami(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan

David Warner, SRH Captain: David Warner, SRH Captain: We will bowl first. Saha misses out due to an injury. Dew could play a part in the game, But the wicket will not change a lot. Unfortunately Saha misses out with an injury, Goswami replaces him. 

Virat Kohli, RCB captain: We would have bowled first as well. But if you get early wickets, batting team is under pressure. I think the last game after we qualify, it took the load off everyone. It is exciting time to get back to the playoffs. For the guys who have not played playoffs, it is just a game of cricket. Morris out. Josh Philippe also out. Saini and Finch come in.

Toss News: David Warner wins toss SRH will bowl first, Saha missed out.

Here are the two squads: 

RCB: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Aaron Finch, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Moeen Ali, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Pavan Deshpande, Parthiv Patel, Joshua Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmad

SRH: David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Abdul Samad, Sanjay Yadav

Milestones awaited:

–  David Warner requires five sixes to complete 200 IPL maximums.
 
–  Wriddhiman Saha needs 21 runs to complete 2000 IPL runs

 – Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal need 40 and 28 runs each to touch 500-run mark this season.

RCB’s road to playoffs:
 

RCB vs SRH, Dubai (Won)
RCB vs KXIP, Dubai (Lost)
RCB vs MI, Dubai (Won)
RCB vs RR, Abu Dhabi (Won)
RCB vs DC, Dubai (Lost)
RCB vs CSK,  Dubai (Won)
RCB vs KKR,  Sharjah (Won)
RCB vs KXIP, Sharjah (Lost)
RCB vs RR, Dubai (Won)
RCB vs KKR, Abu Dhabi (Won)
RCB vs CSK, Dubai (Lost)
RCB vs MI, Abu Dhabi (Lost)
RCB vs SRH, Sharjah (Lost)
RCB vs DC, Abu Dhabi (Lost)

SRH’s road to playoffs:

SRH vs RCB, Dubai (Lost)

SRH vs KKR, Abu Dhabi (Lost)

SRH vs DC, Abu Dhabi (Won)

SRH vs CSK, Dubai (Won)

SRH vs MI, Sharjah (Lost)

SRH vs KXIP, Dubai (Won)

SRH vs RR, Dubai (Lost)

SRH vs CSK, Dubai (Lost)

SRH vs KKR, Abu Dhabi (Lost)

SRH vs RR, Dubai (Won)

SRH vs KXIP, Dubai (Lost)

SRH vs DC, Dubai (Won)

SRH vs RCB, Sharjah (Won)

SRH vs MI, Sharjah (Won)

SRH vs RCB: Key battles that could decide the match 

Devdutt Padikkal vs Sandeep Sharma, Virat Kohli vs T Natarajan, AB de Villiers vs Rashid Khan, Wriddhiman Saha vs Navdeep Saini and Jason Holder vs RCB are the key battles that we think will decide the Eliminator. 

SRH vs RCB preview

With momentum on their side, a confident Sunrisers Hyderabad would look for another complete performance to continue their forward march in the IPL when they face a struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Eliminator.

It has been contrasting results for the two teams in the business end of the tournament.

While RCB suffered four consecutive defeats to finish the league stage at the fourth spot, SRH registered a hat-trick of wins to edge past Virat Kohli’s men in the standings.

Mumbai Indians are in IPL 2020 final!

Mumbai Indians finished at the top of the league table and then registered a commanding win over Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 1 to reach another IPL final. The defending champions scored 200/5, batting first, and dismissed DC’s top three batsmen for a duck as they registered a 57-run win. 

Delhi will however get a second shot at glory when they meet the winner of the Eliminator between RCB and SRH, today’s match, on Sunday in the second qualifier.

Hello and welcome to coverage of the IPL 2020 Eliminator to be played between SRH and RCB at Abu Dhabi. Both teams had to work hard towards the end to qualify for the playoffs. Bangalore had a great start to the tournament but lost track after half-way stage. Despite four losses on the trot, their NRR turned out to be their safety net as they qualified for the last four. Hyderabad, on the other hand, had an up and down campaign througout but some of their least known players stepped up in their win in last 3 league games to help side make the cut.

Today’s technically the first knockout of the tournament, where the team that loses, goes out and the team which wins, goes on to play DC in second qualifier. 

It is Virat Kohli vs David Warner, two passionate leaders. Expect a tough battle. Stay tuned as we build up to the game.