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Sunrisers defend 146, win by 5 runs; RCB potentially out of IPL 2018

Kane Williamson's Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) beat Royal Challengers Hyderabad (RCB) by 5 runs. With this loss, RCB are potentially knocked out of IPL

Royal Challengers Bangalore's  AB de Villiers clean bowled by Sunrisers Hyderabad's Rashid Khan during the IPL 2018 T20 cricket match in Hyderabad. Photo: PTI
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Royal Challengers Bangalore's AB de Villiers clean bowled by Sunrisers Hyderabad's Rashid Khan during the IPL 2018 T20 cricket match in Hyderabad. Photo: PTI

BS Web Team New Delhi
In the 39th match of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 runs in a last-ball thriller and retained their top position on the VIVO IPL points table. Sunrisers Hyderabad had a reputation of defending low totals and did it again against RCB. Parthiv Patel and Manan Vohra gave a fine start as looked to attack right from the start, shedding the defensive approach behind. Shakib trapped Parthiv for LBW, this made RCB captain Virat Kohli come to the crease. Kohli started his inning with the signature