During the 51st match of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Bengaluru, Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Moeen Ali got going from the word as he hit two consecutive sixes off Basil Thampi.

Earlier Kane Williamson, captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad, had won the toss and chose to field. Sunrisers Hyderabad rested Bhuvneshwar Kumar for this match, replacing him with Thampi. On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore fielded an unchanged playing eleven.

With Parthiv Patel (1) and Virat Kohli (12) back in the pavilion, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their openers cheaply in the powerplay. Just when the run-scoring had slowed down, Moeen Ali broke the shackles in the eighth over. Ali came in to bat at No. 4 in the fifth over.

Thampi, who was just introduced into the bowling attack, conceded 19 runs in his first over. On the first ball that he bowled, Ali hit a fuller delivery over long-off for a six. On the following delivery, Thampi bowled a short delivery which was hit by Ali will full force over the deep square leg.

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