SRH managed to set a challenging target of 202 against RCB after being asked to bat first. Ishan Kishan continued his form in IPL arena as well. RCB’s bowlers had a mixed outing apart from Jacob Duffy’s whose control was quite commendable where he took 3 wickets in his spell.
Jacob Duffy dent SRH batters in powerplay overs
Travis Head & Abhishek Sharma were seen struggling in the first 2 overs of the match. Bhuvneshwar Kumar & Jacob Duffy made sure that they bowl angling outside off stump. In the 3rd over, Jacob Duffy got rid of both openers. Abhishek Sharma was a victim of a short ball as he scored 7 runs in 8 balls whereas Travis Head hit straight to deep backward square leg who scored 11 runs in 9 balls; RCB’s score was 23-2.
Jacob Duffy continued his impeccable bowling even in his 3rd over as Nitish Reddy was out in similar fashion of short ball. SRH was in a spot of bother at 29-3 in 4.2 overs. Ishan Kishan, the skipper then asserted dominance over newbie pacer Abhinandan Singh & smashed 16 runs in last over of powerplay; SRH’s score was 49-3.
Ishan Kishan’s blitz stuns RCB
Ishan Kishan & Heinrich Klaasen then unleashed an attack on RCB. Romario Shepherd was pummelled in the 8th over by Heinrich Klaasen who hit him 3 scintillating fours as Shepherd conceded 16 runs in his first over.Strategic time out was taken as SRH’s score was 79-3 in 9 overs as the partnership between Ishan Kishan & Heinrich Klaasen was looking very threatening.
Ishan Kishan & Heinrich Klaasen amassed 34 runs combined in the 12th & 13th over against Suyash Sharma & Krunal Pandya respectively. SRH was cruising at that time with 126-3 in 13 overs. Phil Salt took a barnstorming catch at deep mid-wicket boundary to dismiss Heinrich Klaasen. The 3rd umpire took a lot of time to give it out as Klaasen wasn’t happy with it at all; SRH’s score at that time was 126-4 in 13.1 overs.
SRH end on a high note in the death overs
Phil Salt took another blinder and sent back Ishan Kishan on the bowling of Abhinandan Singh in the 16th over. Ishan Kishan would rue the fact that he missed out on a ton as he was sent back with 80 runs in 38 balls and smashed 8 fours and 5 sixes. Ishan Kishan was striking the ball mellifluously who tormented RCB’s bowling unit.
Romario Shepherd was taken to cleaners by Aniket Verma in 19th over where he plundered him for 2 sixes and 1 four; eventually Romario Shepherd had the last laugh but Ankiet Verma did the damage. Aniket Verma was dropped by Virat Kohli on 26 on bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar when SRH’s score was 173-7 in 17.3 overs. SRH ended the innings on a high note and scored 201-9.
Who’s winning RCB or SRH
It’s quite tough to say who will win the match given the surface has proved to be quite a belter of a one so far. Once again the onus will be on Virat Kohli to get the team off to a flyer in the steep run chase of 202. RCB are favorites given the surface most likely will get easier to bat in the second half unless something drastic happens.
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