IPL 2021, RCB vs SRH Highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad win by 4 runs

Williamson: Been a tough season but today it was great to see those small improvements, to see those small adjustments. The conditions are challenging and to see the fight and the heart in the second half was great to see. We were trying to maximize the powerplay We knew things wouldn’t happen quickly with the ball today. Nice to dismiss Maxwell – dismissing him one way or another was the thing to be done. To turn up and show the fight when we’re not in contention, was great to see. (On Maxwell) He’s seeing the ball better than anyone in the tournament. He’s hitting them pretty well. 

Umran malik is certainly special. We’ve seen him in the nets for a couple of seasons and it’s a great opportunity for him and it’s not surprising to see him do well. He’s been a really valuable addition to the side. It’s been a challenging season and these are great opportunities for the youngsters. We’ve had a lot of last over finishes and being on the right side of those is clearly helpful. But one thing tonight is it was satisfying for the group.

Virat Kohli: “The intent has to be to get it done as soon as possible, you don’t want to stretch such matches too deep. But having lost a couple of early wickets, I think rebuilding was key, which Devdutt and Maxwell did well for us. Maxwell’s run out was probably the game-changing moment in terms of momentum, because we’d pulled things back nicely at the time, and Maxwell was in the zone. It’s a game of small margins, I think we were good with the ball but not as effective with the bat.

Shahbaz played a crucial knock at that stage, switched the momentum around and pulled us back into the game. Things could have gone anywhere from there, and I think Hyderabad held their nerve and bowled out their final few overs very well.

Yuzi is bowling really well, he’s really worked on it. Him bowling well has always been a good sign for the team.

This tournament unearths new talent every year. It’s good to see a guy like Umran Malik bowling at 150 kph. The pool of fast bowlers being strong is good for Indian cricket. You need to nurture the talent, and make sure you maximise their potential.”

Sunrisers Hyderabad win by 4 runs!

After 20 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 137/6 ( AB de Villiers 19 , George Garton 2)

Bhuvi with the last over. RCB need 13 runs from 6 balls. Dot, single and dot to begin lovely tight bowling from Bhuvi and good fielding. Oh no, scratch that, it’s big, and it’s hit straight down the ground by de Villiers for SIX!! What a hit under pressure! Wide full toss, what a ball! It’s a dot. Six needed off the final ball. De Villiers on strike. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl. This is pure drama. He connects, but it’s not long enough!! What a final over from Bhuvi, and Sunrisers win by 4 runs!

After 19 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 129/6 ( AB de Villiers 12 , George Garton 1)

​Jason Holder gets the penultimate over. OH NO! Holder almost had a wicket there, but Bhuvi drops a comfortable catch at sweeper cover! RCB’s batters run two. Two more for them, this one hit right past Williamson at midwicket. Wide. Oh no, it’s not, umpire reckons he’d made a move already. OUT!! Shahbaz is taken at midwicket! He tried to whack it, but ended up toe-ending it to Williamson at midwicket! Good safe catch from the skipper, and a few yards away, Bhuvneshwar Kumar breathes a sigh of relief.

After 18 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 124/5 ( AB de Villiers 12 , Shahbaz Ahmed 10)

Umran Malik’s last over now. He’ll be under serious pressure now. First ball is quick and short, and it’s sent racing away to the boundary ropes by Shahbaz with the pull. Dot and single follow. Another well-run single. OH WOW, SHAHBAZ HAS JUST SLOTTED IN PERFECTLY! It’s sent to deep backward point for four! Single to end the over, 11 from it. RCB need 18 runs in 12 balls

After 17 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 113/5 ( AB de Villiers 11 , Shahbaz Ahmed 0)

Rashid’s final over, AB de Villiers sweeps and then takes a single. We’re heading for a tight finish by the looks of it. Oh, exceptional fielding from Jason Roy to prevent a boundary to the left of sweeper cover. Back to back singles and then a wicket! Rashid Khan is so so dangerous, and he finally strikes! Wonderful catch from Samad as well, it’s whacked to deep midwicket by Padikkal and the SRH fielder takes a running catch. De Villiers then hits a boundary with the reverse sweep on the final ball, 29 needed from 18.

After 16 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 104/4 ( Devdutt Padikkal 38 , AB de Villiers 5)

Kaul to Padikkal, dot ball. Oh, another very tight single, and this time RCB get away with it, the throw misses the wicket. Single for de Villiers, and then one for Padikkal. AB de Villiers then mistimes a slice to sweeper’s right, but it lands safely. They run two, and then end the over with a single.

After 15 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 98/4 ( Devdutt Padikkal 36 , AB de Villiers 1)

Rashid’s third over now, his first two have cost 24. Can he make up for that with a wicket? OH MY WORDDDD! Kane Williamson, take a bow! Padikkal pushes it out to extra cover, and then sprints off for a single. Williamson is there though, and he executes a terrific airborne throw to nail the wickets and send a stranded Glenn Maxwell back to the dugout. Very nicely done, one for the highlight reel. AB de Villiers off the mark with a single. Dot and then a very nicely executed reverse sweep from Padikkal is sent to the boundary! Rashid then takes a catch off Padikkal, but a review proves that he hit it into the ground first. Single to end the over.

After 14 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 92/3 ( Devdutt Padikkal 31 , Glenn Maxwell 40)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s third over now. He starts with a dot ball. Kane Williamson will be praying for a wicket. Single, Maxwell off strike. Bhuvi misses his length, it’s a full toss at hip height and it’s flicked away for a single. Well run double from Maxwell, he’s been pushing hard for these. Oof, Maxwell hammers it low and hard down the ground, and it flicks off Bhuvi before narrowly missing the umpire. Just a single. Another single to end the over, RCB now need 50 from 36.

After 13 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 86/3 ( Devdutt Padikkal 29 , Glenn Maxwell 36)

Holder on in place of Malik. Slower ball, just a single. Wide, that one cut across Maxwell, who tried to pull but couldn’t make contact. Stroke of luck for Maxwell, huge inside edge and it zips off to the boundary for four. Holder looks heartbroken, but to be fair he did hit a boundary or two in the exact same way a short while ago. Three singles follow. Dot to end.

After 12 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 77/3 ( Devdutt Padikkal 27 , Glenn Maxwell 30)

Siddarth Kaul will continue, he’s had one wonderful over, and one that was slightly expensive. What’s this one going to be like? Dot to begin, fired into Maxwell’s body. Maxwell then hits a belting boundary, it’s spanked over midwicket for four. He’s looking very dangerous here, and SRH would do well to send him back to the dugout. Padikkal meanwhile has well and truly dug himself in, he’s intent on seeing this through. Dot and two singles follow. Good switch-up on the final ball, short and wide and Maxwell completely misses it.

After 11 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 71/3 ( Devdutt Padikkal 26 , Glenn Maxwell 25)

Malik to come charging in once again for a third over. Dot to begin. Padikkal whacks a wider delivery to sweeper cover, but just a single. Maxwell runs a quick single. He’s been running so well. Oh well bowled! 138kph, and he hits the seam perfectly, moves past the outside edge. Shorter, rising delivery, it’s pushed away for a single. Another good delivery, short and quick, very quick. Maxwell awkwardly swats it away for a single, he didn’t know a whole lot about that and had the fielding set up been different, he could easily have been caught there.

After 10 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 67/3 ( Devdutt Padikkal 24 , Glenn Maxwell 23)

Brilliant batting from Maxwell. Padikkal takes a single off the first ball. Maxwell then lofts a googly over long on for a six. After a dot, Maxwell gets down and swings it in the gap to deep square leg for a four. He then clips a couple to the leg side and scampers through for a quick couple of twos. 15 runs off the Rashid Khan over. This is Maxwell at his best.

After 9 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 52/3 ( Devdutt Padikkal 23 , Glenn Maxwell 9)

Malik continues. Dot, and then a shot that appeared to be heading for four, courtesy of a Padikkal clip, but some athletic fielding from Siddarth Kaul saves two runs on the boundary rope. Dot ball, that was 151.9kph! Single, and it brings up the fifty-run mark for RCB. Quickly-run double. Malik is just captivating at the moment. Dot to end the over. We head into a timeout

After 8 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 47/3 ( Devdutt Padikkal 20 , Glenn Maxwell 7)

Spin now, time for Rashid. Begins with a dot, followed by a single. Glenn Maxwell then steps up and does what he does best, hammers it for SIX! It’s a good length ball, and he swings his arms effortlessly to dipatch it over deep midwicket! Dot and two singles to end the over.

After 7 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 38/3 ( Devdutt Padikkal 18 , Glenn Maxwell 0)

Umran Malik to bowl now, and after his exploits in the previous match, everyone’s likely expecting something special from the bowler. He concedes only one run in the first four balls, and then strikes to remove Bharat! It’s going across Bharat, who tries the pull, but the sheer pace of the delivery means it’s already almost past his bat by the time he’s moved. He gets a faint glance on it, and it carries into the welcoming hands of Wriddhiman Saha! Dot to end the over

After 6 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 37/2 ( Devdutt Padikkal 17 , Srikar Bharat (W) 12)

Siddarth to bowl the last over of the powerplay. Dot and single to begin. Oh, beautifully bowled. Very well disguised slower delivery, and Padikkal completely miscues it. Single off the fourth ball. Kaul has been very miserly so far, but Srikar Bharat isn’t having any of it, he reads the next delivery to a t and hammers it down the ground for six! Bharat then pulls to midwicket on the final ball of the over, and the ball races away to the boundary line.

After 5 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 25/2 ( Devdutt Padikkal 16 , Srikar Bharat (W) 1)

Holder now, starts off with a dot, a single and another dot. Padikkal then does well to flick it to fine leg for four! Not a great delivery that. A single and a leg bye to end the over. This won’t be how RCB envisioned themselves beginning the chase, but they still have enough firepower left to get there.

After 4 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 18/2 ( Devdutt Padikkal 11 , Srikar Bharat (W) 0)

Siddarth Kaul replaces Jason Holder. Slower delivery to start us off, dot. KAUL STRIKES! It’s another slower one, and Christian awkwardly lifting it up and into the hands of Kane Williamson at mid-off. Four dot balls in a row to end the over, that’s a lovely over from Kaul.

After 3 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 18/1 ( Devdutt Padikkal 11 , Dan Christian 1)

Bhuvneshwar continues, and it’s a cracking cover drive from Dan Christian, but it’s stopped at cover-point. Bit of a wild swing from Christian on the next delivery, and it’s sent in the direction of third man, but it bounces beore reaching him. Single. Padikkal on strike, and he has another boundary! It’s punched down, and it races away for four past mid-off. He timed that one to perfection. Three dots to end the over.

After 2 overs,Royal Challengers Bangalore 13/1 ( Devdutt Padikkal 7 , Dan Christian 0)

Jason Holder to bowl now. Starts with a dot, before Padikkal throws his bat at a wider delivery and hits it over point. Dot ball to follow. Ooh, back to back close calls for RCB. The first one is hit high up into the air by Padikkal, and it manages to land just between three fielders. Big slice of luck for the batter. Then a huge call for caught behind. Williamson reviews after some vociferous appealing from Holder, but there’s nothing there, in fact it’s a wide, because it went right past Padikkal without touching anything. SRH lose a review. Two dot balls to end the over.