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

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 cover drive and soon disrupted Shakib's bowling figures. A twist came in RCB's all-well tale when Shakib Al Hasan got the prized wicket of RCB captain Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan deserved equal credit for that as he took a one-handed catch stretching his right arm. Spinners were deployed from both ends to seize the opportunity and it went that way as De Villiers soon followed Kohli to pavilion after Rashid's googly hit the stumps. 

Hyderabad bowlers kept a tight vigil on the run flow. Mandeep Singh and Colin de Grandhomme were virtually the last hope for RCB and they needed to rescue their team from this situation. To snatch a victory from the mighty 'orange army' looked a herculean task now. Both the batsmen to elude the bowlers from taking any wicket till the last over. With 12 runs needed off the last over, RCB had to pull something extraordinary and Hyderabad needed another master defence. Bhuvneshwar Kumar did not let the batsmen cross the magic number in the last over. Earlier, Alex Hales and Shikhar Dhawan opened for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Deviating from the usual, RCB deployed Moeen Ali with the ball in the first over and reaped the benefit as the openers observed cautious approach. Tim Southee proved instrumental in getting the first breakthrough for RCB just as Hales was removed in the third over. SRH captain Kane Williamson made his intention clear from the first ball. He went on to score a crucial half-century. RCB managed to bundle out SRH for 146.

IPL 2018 Match 39 RCB vs SRH SCOREBOARD

Match 39: RCB vs SRH
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Royal Challengers Banglore innings update: Over by over

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) playing 11 for IPL today's match: Parthiv Patel(w), Manan Vohra, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal. Change: Manan Vohra replaces M Ashiwn, Moeen Ali is for Brendon McCullum. 

Over 1: Manan Vohra and Parthiv Patel to open for Royal Challengers Banglore. Sandeep Sharma to start it off for SRH. Starts with a WIDE. Risky single by Manan to get off the mark. Driven by Parthiv for no run. Cheeky single. Two runs for Vohra. Dot to end the over. RCB: 5-0

Over 2: Buvneshwar Kumar is the new man in, Glanced for four. Dot ball. Powerfully driven for no run. In the air, did not carry, lucky for Parthiv. Straight drive by Parthiv, beats the fielder at Mid-on, goes for four. Hit again, saved this time. RCB: 14-0.

Over 3: Shakib comes into the attack, Swept in the air for two. Dot ball. Swept again for four. Over the lon-on boundary for four, Parthiv is on song here., toying with Shakib. Appeal. He is gone for 20. Virat Kohli is the new man in. One run. RCB: 25-1

Over 4: Bhubaneswar to Kohli, dot ball followed by a classic cover drive for 4. One run has taken off the next ball. Vohra took a single off the 4th ball. DOT ball. Kohli took a single to end the over. RCB: 32-1

Over 5: Shakib continues, just one. Pulled over the leg in-filed for four. Good shot by Kohli. Kohli steps out and wacks it for SIX. What a shot. Outside edge for four, this is a huge over for RCB. Kohli takes the single and keeps strike. 15 runs came from the over. RCB: 47-1

Over 6: Siddarth Kaul comes in, Kohli glances in the air for a four. There is no stopping Kohli today. Single taken, good running between wickets. Vohra flicks for one. Kohli misses to dispatch the slower one. Pushed to third man for a single. Very quick single. RCB: 55-1

Over 7: Rashid Khan comes in, In the air, put down. Vohra should have been out. Five runs came from that over. RCB: 60-1

Over 8: Sandeep is back. Vohra tries to hit it in the air, and has dragged the ball on the stump. Unlucky for him as it hit the bat, pad, thigh pad, glove and then the off stump. He goes for 8. A B De Villiers comes in. Takes a single. Single to Kohli. Just one for ADB. Glanced for one towards fine-leg. ADB almost gave it in the hands of Sandeep, just short of him. Lucky for him. RCB: 64-2

Over 9: Rashid continues, Kohli blocks. Edge, dropped in the slips, goes for four. Captain Williamson drops the catch. Dot. Takes a single and changes strike. WIDE, huge appeal. REVIEWED. No spike on ultraedge. Review lost. Quick single. Dot to finish. RCB: 71-2

Over 10: Shakib continues, single to ABD. Kohli takes a single. Pushed for one. What a catch, Kohli is gone. That is a stunning catch by Yusuf Pathan. Kohli gone for 39. Moeen Ali comes to the crease. Just one. RCB: 75-3

Over 11: Rashid continues, Moeen Ali flicks, top edge goes for four. Single. That one turned a lot. ABD is gone. Rashid gets his prize wicket. ADB is anguished. Mandeep Singh is the new man in. What a ball. RCB: 80-4

Over 12: Kaul continues, Inside edge, goes for four. Dot ball. Good bouncer. Swing and an edge, and yes the finger goes up. Moeen Ali goes for 8. Colin de Grandhomme comes in. onto his pads, he has fallen down. NOT OUT. RCB: 85-5

Over 13: Sandeep is back, in the air, safe. Good ball, dot. Pulled, good stop. Another dot. Single to Colin. RCB: 87-5

Over 14: Shakib is back. Mandeep pushes for one. One run. Another single. Dot ball.  RCB: 93-5

Over 15: Sandeep continues, two runs. one run. Cheeky single. Almost caught and bowled. Pulled for four, mis-field. RCB: 102-5

Royal Challengers Banglore innings analysis after 15 overs

Chasing a modest target of 147, Manan Vohra and Parthiv Patel opened the innings for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Sandeep Sharma came to bowl the first over for Sunrisers Hyderabad and started off with a wide. Sharma conceded only 5 runs in his first over as he bowled with great line and length. Bhuvneswar Kumar bowled the 2nd over and Parthiv hit the first ball for four. Bhuvi came back superbly before Parthiv slapped the 5th ball for four straight down the ground followed by a single. Bhuvneswar Kumar gave away 9 runs in his first over. Shakib came to bowl the 3rd over and conceded 6 runs in the first 3 balls. Parthiv was batting in 5th gear as he hit 2 fours before getting out off the 5th ball. Virat Kohli came to the crease after the dismissal of Parthiv.

Bhuvneswar Kumar came to bowl the 4th over and Kohli hit a classic cover drive for four followed by a single. Bhuvi pulled back brilliantly to concede only 3 in the last 4 balls. Shakib Al Hasan bowled the 5th ball and Kohli played 3 great shot back to back as he hit a four followed by a six over the mid-on fielder and a late cut for four in the third man region. Kohli collected 15 runs in the Shakib's 2nd over. Kohli continued to play the super shot in the 6th over as he hit the first ball of Siddharth Kaul's over for four over the mid-wicket fielder followed by a single. Kaul pulled back after hit for a four of the first ball as he conceded 4 runs in his last 5 balls.

After the end of the powerplay, RCB scored 55 runs for the loss off 1 wicket as they were scoring at over 9 runs per over.

Bhuvneswar Kumar came to bowl the 4th over and Kohli hit a classic cover drive for four followed by a single. Bhuvi pulled back brilliantly to concede only 3 in the last 4 balls. Shakib Al Hasan bowled the 5th ball and Kohli played 3 great shot back to back as he hit a four followed by a six over the mid-on fielder and a late cut for four in the third man region. Kohli collected 15 runs in the Shakib's 2nd over. Kohli continued to play the super shot in the 6th over as he hit the first ball of Siddharth Kaul's over for four over the mid-wicket fielder followed by a single. Kaul pulled back after hit for a four of the first ball as he conceded 4 runs in his last 5 balls.

After the end of the powerplay, RCB scored 55 runs for the loss off 1 wicket as they were scoring at over 9 runs per over.

Rashid Khan came to bowl the 7th over and Vohra was dropped by Siddharth Kaul. Kohli took a quick double of the 5th ball as he looked desperate to win the match. Rashid put the lid on run flow as he conceded only 5 runs in his first over. Sandeep Sharma came to bowl the 8th over and gave the much-needed breakthrough to SRH as Vohra luckily dragged the ball onto the stumps. AB de Villiers came to crease after the fall of the 2nd wicket and took a single to open his account. Sharma bowled a quite over as he gave away 4 runs in his 2nd over. Rashid Khan came to bowl 9th over and Williamson dropped Kohli which went for four. An eventful over as Williamson in desperate need of wicket took a DRS caught behind wicket but there was no spike in the ultra edge and ABD survives. Rashid gave away 7 runs in his 2nd over.

After the end, of over 9th over RCB scored 71 for the loss of 2 wickets with Virat Kohli (38 runs off 27 balls) and ABD (3 runs off 4 balls) at the crease

Shakib Al Hasan came to bowl the 10th over and took the wicket off Virat Kohli, an over-confident rash shot, which opened the match again. Moeen Ali came to crease after the wicket of Kohli (39 (30b 5x4 1x6)) as Shakib conceded 4 runs in his 3rd over. Rashid Khan bowled the 11th over and a top edge of Moeen Ali bat went for four followed by a single. Rashid Khan got the massive wicket of AB de Villiers needless shot, given Kohli got out in the previous over. Another RCB batting collapse? Mandeep Singh came to the crease after the wicket of ABD and Rashid Khan conceded only 5 runs in his 3rd over. Siddharth Kaul came to bowl the 12th over and Moeen nearly chopped on but ball went for four. Kaul took the wicket of Ali of the 4th ball as RCB was half down as they lost 3 wickets in the space of 12 balls.

Sandeep Sharma came to bowl the 13th over and choked the run flow as he gave away only 2 runs. Shakib Al Hasan came to bowl the 14th over and conceded only 6 runs as RCB batsmen were dealing in singles and doubles. Sandeep Sharma came to bowl the 15th over and conceded 5 runs before Mandeep hit the last ball for four thanks to a missed field. Kaul bowled the 16th over and conceded only 6 runs. Rashid Khan came to bowl the 17th over and Grandhomme muscled Rashid for 2 sixes before surviving a stumping scare. Rashid Khan gave away 14 runs as RCB needed 25 runs in 18 balls. Bhuvneswar Kumar came to bowl the 18th over and Mandeep Singh took a single off the first ball. Grandhomme got an under edge of the 3rd ball which went for four, a much-needed boundary for RCB. Despite the boundary, Bhuvneswar Kumar gave away only 6 runs. A herculin task for RCB as the ball started reversing. Siddhartha Kaul came to bowl the 19th over and conceded 4 runs in first three balls. Kaul bowled a brilliant over as he gave away only 7 runs as Grandhomme and Mandee never looked to hit any boundary. RCB required 12 runs in final over to keep their playoff hopes alive but Bhuvneswar did it again for Sunrisers Hyderabad as he bowled an excellent over giving 6 runs. SRH won the match by 5 runs

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad innings update: Over by over

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) playing 11 for IPL today's match: Alex Hales, Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma. Change: No change.

Over 1: Debutant Moeen Ali to start it off for RCB, Alex Hales and Shikhar Dhawan to open for SRH. Dot ball. One run to Dhawan. Keeping it tight. Single to Hales. SRH: 4-0

Over 2: Umesh Yadav comes in, decent line. Driven by Dhawan, no run. Giving no room at all, dot ball. WIDE down the leg side.   Pulled towards the leg side for four. Straight to the mid-off for one, fumbled while fielding. Over the in-field for four. Good Shot by Hales. SRH: 14-0

Over 3: Tim Southee comes in, one run. Dot ball. Decent line by Southee. Brilliant ball, Alex Hales had no idea, did not move his feet, clean bowled. Southee strikes for RCB. Kane Williamson is the new man in, bad delivery on the pads, glanced for four. Punched for one. Powerful hit, stopped at point. SRH: 20-1

Over 4: Yadav continues, very decent line. Yadav is not giving any width to the batsmen to score. Very Cheeky single. SRH: 25-1

Over 5: Southee comes continues, WIDE. Quick single for Williamson. Another single stolen. Wide outside the off stump, overpitched ball, nicely hit for four. Double taken, the throw almost hit the man standing there. Risky single.Good running between the wickets. SRH: 36-1

Over 6: Mohd Siraj comes in. Singles. Swing and a miss. Right in the blockhole, brilliant length. Ferocious pull by Shikhar Dhawan, Caught in the deep by Southee, huge breakthrough for RCB. Dhawan gone for 13 from 19 balls. Manish Pandey is the new man in. SRH: 38-1

Over 7: Yuzvendra Chahal is the new bowler, Just four runs from the over. SRH: 42-2

Over 8: Moeen Ali is back, just one. Dot ball to Pandey. Onto the pads of Williamson, no run. Sweeps for one. Very good bowling. Flicked in the air, just one. SRH: 47-2

Over 9: Chahal is back, brilliant ball, soft dismissal for Manish Pandey. Easy catch for Virat Kohli. They are checking for the new ball. Pandey goes for 5. Here is the time-out. SRH: 48-3

Over 10: Moeen Ali to Williamson, one run taken. Shakib hit the second ball for four in the point region followed by a super shot over the bowler's head for four. Moeen Ali pulled back brilliantly after hit for a 9 run in first 3 balls as he gave 2 in his last 3 balls. SRH: 61/3

Over 11: Chahal to Williamson, no run followed by a sweep shot for four. Chahal foxed Williamson off the next ball, no run. One run took. Shakib took a single off the next ball. Chahal bowled a no ball. The free hit went for no run. SRH: 68/3

Over 12: Grandhomme to Shakib, four runs in point region. Dot ball. Shakib took a single off the 3rd ball. Williamson took single. DOT ball. WIDE ball, single taken to end the over. SRH: 76/3

Over 13: Siraj continues, Just two runs conceded. What a swing and a miss. Mis-hit just one. SRH: 80-3

Over 14: Umesh is back, Shakib pulls for one. Dot ball. Glanced behind the wicket by Williamson for four, good shot. Double. WIDE down the leg. Full toss on the leg stump, Williamson wacks it for a six. 14 runs from the over. Expensive over. SRH: 94-3

Over 15: Chahal to bowl his last. Just one to Shakib. Pulled from outside the off and wacked for a six by Williamson. Single and he brings up his fifty. Shakib takes a single and gets the captain to strike. SRH: 105-3

Over 16: Umesh Yadav continues, Williamson sweeps. goes very high in the air. and is taken. He goes for 56. SRH: 112-4

Over 17: Yusuf Pathan is the new man in. Single. Shakib takes a single. Wacked for four. And again. This is a good over. SRH: 123-4

Over 18: Tim Southee continues, Shakib tries to pull and is gone. He goes for 35. Saha is the new man in. Takes one on the body, single taken. Pulled over the square boundary for four. This one goes over the head of keeper for four. Proving to be costly over. Nicely pulled for one. Pathan keeps strike. SRH: 134-5

Over 19: Siraj is back, Clean bowled, Yusuf is clean bowled. Could not read the slower one, totally mistimed shot. He goes for 12. Siraj misses yorker, Saha hits it for a huge six over his head. Dot ball. Quick double for Saha. Saha tries to scoop over fine-leg and he is clean bowled. 

Over 20: Southee to finish it off, Bouncer, hit high in the air, attempt to take a double, and Rashid is run-out. Kaul is the new man in, single taken. Dot ball. Single, chance of a run out, Kaul is run out for 1. And another runout, this time Kaul. And Sandeep Sharma is LBW. SRH bundled out for 146. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad innings analysis after 20 overs

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field first. Shikhar Dhawan and Alex opened the innings for Sunrisers Hyderabad and Moeen Ali came to bowl the first over of the innings and gave away 4 runs as kept the things tight for RCB. Umesh Yadav bowled the 2nd over and started off with a dot ball followed by another dot ball. Dhawan pulled the 4th ball of the innings for four in the mid-wicket region. Hales hit the last ball for the 2nd boundary of the over as Yadav conceded 10 runs in his first over. Tim Southee came to bowl the third over and started off with a dot ball followed by a single in the mid-wicket region as Dhawan was not able to time the ball. Southee got the first breakthrough for RCB as Hales played a cross-batted shot. Southee strayed down the leg-side of the wicket and Williamson glanced the ball for four. Southee conceded 6 runs in his first over. 

Umesh Yadav continued from other end and Williamson took a single off the first ball followed by another single Dhawan. Yadav conceded 5 runs in his 2nd over. Southee bowled the 5th over and started off with a wide. Williamson played a classic cover drive for four in the cover region. Southee conceded 12 runs as SRH batsmen looked to accelerate the run-rate. Mohammed Siraj came to bowl the last over of the powerplay and took the wicket of Shikhar Dhawan as he again failed to give SRH a solid start. Manish Pandey came to the crease after the dismissal of Dhawan as Siraj conceded only 2 runs in his 1st over. RCB bowler bowled with great line and length as they didn't give easy runs to Sunrisers Hyderabad and kept run-rate in check.

Chahal came to bowl the 7th over and conceded only 4 runs as SRH batsmen failed to score big runs. Moeen Ali came to bowl the 8th over and conceded only 5 runs as SRH were scoring with a run-rate of 5.87. Chahal continued to bowl from the other end and got the wicket of Manish Pandey as the ball stopped after pitching. 

Moeen Ali returned for his third over, looking to strengthen the grip that RCB had made in the preceding overs. Taking advantage of the lack of spin on the ball Shakib went in for two consecutive boundaries over deep third-man and a straight drive. Moeen Ali ended a comparatively expensive over conceding 11 runs. SRH looked to change gears in the eleventh over trying to hit every ball hard. However, apart from a boundary on the on side in Chahal's over, the batsmen were finding it difficult to hit the ball across the fence. The over ended with a free hit which also ended up in a dot delivery for SRH. Grandhomme came with the 12th over and was struggling with his line. 8 runs came off this over. Srh was 76/3 after 12 overs.

Mohammed Siraj returned in 13th over to bowl the second one out of his quota of 4 overs. Siraj started doing what he does best, bowling quick short-pitch deliveries to create problems for the batsmen. Williamson and Shakib both struggled to score runs against Siraj who conceded only 4 runs in his over. RCB captain continued to build the pressure with pace attack and brought back Umesh Yadav to bowl the 14th over the innings. SRH batsmen struggled in the beginning but halfway through the over Yadav bowled two loose deliveries which Williamson was able to hit for a four and a six over third man. Looking to build on the momentum, courtesy of an expensive over by Yadav, Williamson hit Chahal for a six on the third ball of the fifteenth over. Williamson reached his fifty in 35 balls. SRH was 105/3 after 15 overs.

Siraj started the 19th over on a high by hitting the bull's eye. He clean-bowled the dangerous man Yusuf Pathan on the very first ball of the over. Saha on the crease hit a flat six on the third ball straight down the ground. Siraj made a comeback with a quick short-pitch delivery. Saha tried a cheeky scoop over fine-leg and got clean bowled. Tim Southee came back in the 20th over to conclude an impressive show of bowling by RCB throughout the innings. With the lower order batsmen on the crease, the pressure was on SRH to score runs in the last over of the innings. Batsmen were struggling, pressure mounted and this led to two run-outs in the over. On the last ball, Southee got Sandeep Sharma's wicket, making it 3/30 for him, and SRH got all out they could only manage to post a total of 146/10 in their quota of 20 overs, at a run rate of 7.30 runs per over.
 

Mallya effect: Rs 1 billion diverted from IPL team RCB's holding company: Even as United Spirits Ltd (USL) investigated a massive financial fraud at the company at the time businessman Vijay Mallya was at the helm of its affairs, the alleged financial irregularities spread to the company’s Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as well. Royal Challengers Sports Pvt Ltd (RCSPL), the holding company of RCB, said in its latest financial statement filed before India’s regulators that it had detected financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 1.15 billion (Rs 115 crore).
 
What Australian veteran Mark Waugh said about RCB death bowling: Former Australian batsman Mark Waugh has attributed the poor performance of the Virat-Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the ongoing edition of the IPL to their death bowling. "Death bowling is a major area of concern for RCB currently as their bowlers are too expensive towards the end," Waugh, a Star Sports Select Dugout expert, was quoted as saying in a media release. "They have had chances to win games but they just can"t find the right set of combination in the last couple of overs which is affecting the team's results," added Waugh, who played 128 Tests for Australia and scored 8,029 runs.
 
What Virat Kohli said after RCB lost the game against CSK: Kohli, on his part, referred to the dropped catches of Dwayne Bravo by Parthiv Patel and Yuzvendra Chahal. Chennai were in trouble at that stage but chances went abegging. "It was a close game. Dropped catches don't help," Kohli said. "It wasn't the ideal day for us: losing so many wickets. But that's how this game goes. We gave a really good effort in the second half. The wicket played slow throughout which was surprising. Had we taken or chances, we could have made it harder for themselves," the RCB skipper lamented.

Mallya effect: Rs 1 billion diverted from IPL team RCB's holding company: Even as United Spirits Ltd (USL) investigated a massive financial fraud at the company at the time businessman Vijay Mallya was at the helm of its affairs, the alleged financial irregularities spread to the company’s Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as well. Royal Challengers Sports Pvt Ltd (RCSPL), the holding company of RCB, said in its latest financial statement filed before India’s regulators that it had detected financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 1.15 billion (Rs 115 crore).
 
Here is how RCB and SRH compare head to head in IPL matches played between them so far:
 
Overall 

Matches played: 11
Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 7
Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 4
 
In Hyderabad

Matches played: 6
Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 5
Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 1

With agency inputs