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28 March 2024

IPL SRH vs RCB: Sunrisers Hyderabad win by 15 runs

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By Cricket Correspondent

Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 15 runs in their return clash on Sunday.

Chasing a target of 195, SRH finished on 179-6 as RCB suffered their fourth defeat.

They never recovered after losing Kohli early, despite a breezy 51 from Rahul and an explosive 47 from AB de Villiers.

Parvez Rasool c Henriques b Kumar 10 (9b 1x4)

Nehra strikes as Baby smashes a full toss straight to the fielder in the deep. RCB 152-5, 17.1 overs.

Sachin Baby c Dhawan b Nehra 27 (16b 3x4 1x6)

Williamson takes a superb catch in the deep as AB de Villiers miscues a short delivery. RCB 129-4, 14.4 overs.

AB de Villiers c Williamson b Sran 47 (32b 3x4 2x6)

Henriques goes for 19 as AB de Villiers launches him into the stands twice with towering hits. RCB 122-3, 14 overs.

Watson is run out by a direct hit in a hairline decision. RCB 90-3, 11.2 overs.

Shane Watson run out 2 (3b)

Rahul completes a superb 26-ball half century before being undone by a Henriques bouncer. RCB 83-2, 10 overs.

Lokesh Rahul c Ojha b Henriques 51 (28b 6x4 1x6)

Rahul is turning it slamming Sran for a six and boundary. RCB 77-1, 9 overs.

AB de Villiers is given a life on 5 by Nehra. RCB 52-1, 7 overs.

Mustafizur strikes as Reddy takes a brilliant catch at point to get rid of Kohli. RCB 42-1, 5.2 overs.

Virat Kohli c Ashish Reddy b Mustafizur Rahman 14 (17b 1x4)

Rahul slams Nehra down the ground as Bangalore begin chasing 195.

Hyderabad innings

A brilliant cameo from Moises Henriques (31 not out) helped Sunrisers Hyderabad make 194 for five.

Put into bat after a rain delayed start, SRH were bolstered by

a spectacular half century from David Warner (92) and Kane Williamson (50) who added 124 runs for the second wicket.

Warner's dismissal triggered a mini-collapse before Henriques lifted the innings with three massive sixes.

Deepak Hooda run out 2 (2b)

Henriques smashes two towering sixes off Richardson. SRH 174-4, 18 overs.

Wickets are tumbling after Warner's dismissal. SRH 161-4, 17.2 overs.

Naman Ojha c de Villiers b Richardson 1 (3b)

Williamson is gone after completing his half century. SRH 160-3, 16.5 overs.

Kane Williamson c Rahul b Watson 50 (38b 7x4)

Shamsi is delighted after dismissing Warner in the 90s. SRH 152-2, 15.5 overs.

David Warner c de Villiers b Shamsi 92 (50b 9x4 5x6)

Big over for Sunrisers as Richardson goes for 18 with Warner hammering two sixes and a boundary. SRH 141-1, 15 overs.

Warner slams Rasool over long-on for his second six. SRH 122-1, 14 overs.

Williamson cracks a couple of boundaries off Aaron. SRH 109-1, 13 overs.

Warner rocks back and smashes Rasool through cover to bring up his half century off 32 balls. SRH 82-1, 10 overs.

Warner is on fire hammering a six and boundary off Patel. SRH 49-1, 6 overs.

Soft dismissal as Dhawan chips a return catch to Richardson. SRH 28-1, 3.4 overs.

Shikhar Dhawan c & b Richardson 11 (11b 2x4)

Warner hits the first boundary of the match off glancing to fine leg while Dhawan gets into his stride by thumping Watson to mid-off. SRH 14-0, 2 overs.

Virat Kohli has won the toss and Royal Challengers Bangalore have invited Sunrisers Hyderabad to bat in the rain-delayed match.

Playing XI

SRH: Warner, Dhawan, Ashish Reddy, K Williamson, Deepak Hooda, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha, B Sran, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Mustafizur Rahman

RCB: Virat Kohli, Watson, AB de Villiers, L Rahul, Sachin Baby, K Jadhav, V Aaron, Parvez Rasool, H Patel, Kane Richardson, T Shamsi

The drizzle has turned into a heavy downpour.

Rain has delayed the toss in Hyderabad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the return clash at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad on Saturday under lights.

Match 27 of IPL9 is a contest between two teams placed in the bottom half of the standings.

SRH have three wins and as many defeats.

RCB have two wins from five matches.

Bangalore have a 4-3 win-loss record against Hyderabad, having won the first leg by 45 runs in Bengaluru.