On Monday night, the hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) snatched a thrilling 5-run victory in a low-scoring game against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad).

RCB captain Virat Kohli decided to bowl first after winning the toss. With the help of Kane Williamson and Shakib Al Hasan’s responsible batting, SRH managed to put 146 runs on the board after losing all ten wickets in the final ball of that innings.

In reply, all RCB batsmen struggled against the SRH bowlers as they only managed to score 141/6 at the end of 20 overs. SRH won this game by just 5 runs.

Brief Scores: SRH – 146 in 20 overs (Kane Williamson 56, Shakib Al Hasan 35, Mohammed Siraj 3/25)

RCB – 141/6 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 39, Colin de Grandhomme 33, Shakib Al Hasan 2/36)

Result – SRH won by 5 wickets

Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match

i) RCB leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal dismissed Manish Pandey.

• Yuzvendra Chahal’s first wicket in this IPL season at outside Bengaluru. At the end of this game, Chahal has taken total 8 wickets in this season and he took his first seven wickets in Bengaluru.

ii) SRH batsmen Kane Williamson and Shakib Al Hasan put an important 64-run partnership for the fourth wicket.

• The second highest IPL fourth-wicket partnership for SRH against RCB. The record is the 80-run partnership between Cameron White and Thisara Perera at Bengaluru on April 9, 2013.

Also read: Match 39 (SRH vs RCB) – Hits and Flops

iii) SRH captain Kane Williamson scored 56 runs.

• The second highest IPL knock by a SRH skipper against RCB at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium (Uppal, Hyderabad). The record is 92 runs by David Warner on April 30, 2016.

iv) SRH was bowled out for just 146 runs in 20 overs.

• It was the first time when RCB bowled out SRH.
• The second lowest IPL total for SRH against RCB. The lowest is 130/7 (20 overs) at Hyderabad (Deccan) on April 7, 2013.

v) RCB right-arm pacer Mohammed Siraj had the bowing figure of 4-0-25-3.

• Best IPL bowling figure by a RCB bowler against SRH. The previous record was 4-0-27-3 by RP Singh at Bengaluru on April 9, 2013.

vi) Another RCB pacer Tim Southee had the bowling figure of 4-0-30-3.

• Third best IPL bowling figure by a RCB bowler against SRH.

vii) RCB only managed to score 141/6 in 20 overs.

• The second lowest IPL total for RCB against SRH. The lowest one is 130/8 (20 overs) at Hyderabad (Deccan) on April 7, 2013.

Also read: (SRH vs RCB) – Turning Point of the Match

viii) RCB lost this game by 5 runs.

• RCB second time lost an IPL game after bowling out their opponents. The first one was against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Gardens (Kolkata) on April 23, 2017, when KKR was bowled out for just 131 runs but RCB was bundled out on just 49 runs in reply.   

ix) It was the fifth consecutive victory for SRH.

• Most consecutive victories for SRH in an IPL season. Their previous record was winning 4 consecutive matches in IPL 2016 (from April 30 to May 10)
• Joint most consecutive IPL victories for SRH. Previously, they had won 5 consecutive IPL matches from May 25, 2016, to April 9, 2017.

x) At the end of 39 games in this season, total 80 catches have been dropped.

• Approx. one catch has been dropped in per innings.