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Royal Challengers Bangalore strengthened their play-offs spot as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by a convincing 67 runs in the 54th match of the Tata IPL 2022 on hot afternoon at Wankhede stadium .
Faf du Plessis RCB skipper won the toss and decided to bat first. To his horror Virat Kohli was out in the first ball of the match ( 0) his third duck in this season. Jagadeesha Suchith bagged the prized Kohli wicket caught by Kane Williamson.
But RCB was unfazed . Skipper Faf du Plessis and Rajat Patidar put RCB on track with a superb partnership putting on 105 for the second wicket. Patidar was unlucky not to get to his fifty out for 48 ( 38 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes). Du Plessis on the other hand carried his bat all the way and remained unbeaten 73 off 50 balls ( 8 fours, 2 sixes) thus playing a Captain’s knock . Glenn Maxwell soon joined the party and stroked a quick 24 ball 33 with 3 fours and 2 sixes.
But It was Dinesh Karthik in sublime form this season and finishing like no one in this season blasted a stunning 8 ball 30 not out in the end . Karthik’s blitz saw 1 four and 4 sixes. RCB finished off the innings in style scoring 25 off the last over by Fazalhaq Farooui. The last over read : 2,1,6,6,6,4. RCB finishing at a fine 192/ 3 in their 20 overs. SRH were also let down by sloppy fielding as they dropped many catches which would cost them dearly in the end .
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For SRH bowling figures were : Jagadeesha Suchith 2/ 30 ( 4 overs), Bhuvneshwar Kumar 0/34( 4 overs) , Fazalhaq Farooqi 0/47 (4 overs), Kartik Tyagi 1/ 42 ( 4 overs), Umran Malik was expensive 0/ 25 ( 2 overs) , Abhishek Sharma 0/ 13 ( 2 overs)
In reply, SRH began on disastrous note . They lost both openers Skipper Kane Williamson in poor form and Abhishek Sharma for ducks . Rahul Tripathi 57 ( 37 balls , 6 fours , 2 sixes), Aiden Markram 21 ( 27 balls) , Nicholas Pooran ( 19 ) did not carry on after the start . Regular wickets pegged back the SRH . And SRH were bowled out for 125 in 19. 2 overs to crash to their fourth loss in a row . RCB winning by 67 runs.
RCB bowling was spot on backed by good fielding : Wanindu Hasaranga was superb and took 5/ 18 ( 4 overs) , Josh Hazlewood 2/17 (4 overs), Harshal Patel 1/ 20 ( 3.2 overs), Mohammed Siraj 0/ 27 ( 3 overs), Shahbaz Ahmed 0/ 20 ( 2 overs), Glenn Maxwell 1/ 13 ( 2 overs), Mahipal Lomror 0/ 7 ( 1 over)
