Sunrirsers Hyderabad (SRH) was locking horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in teh third match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 and the latter came out as winners. Yuzvendra Chahal was the wrecker-in-chief for the RCB as he scalped three crucial wickets of Manis Pandey, Jonny Bairstow, and Vijay Shankar and gave away just 18 runs. The Bangalore based franchise won teh match by 10 runs.Β
This was Warnerβs first game as SRH skipper after his re-appointement. The game started on a good note for him as he won the toss and asked RCB to bat first. In reply, RCB managed to score as many as 163 for 5 in the allotted 20 overs with debutant Devdutt Padikkal and veteran AB de Villiers scoring fifties.
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Padikkal and Aaron Finch added as many as 90 runs in the first 90 overs before departing in quick succession. Captain Virat Kohli did not last long either as RCB found themselves in trouble. However, De Villiers made sure that teh team reaches a respectable total and slammed 51 off just 30 deliveries to ensure RCB end up with a challenging total. For SRH, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, and Abhishek Sharma picked one wicket apiece.
In reply, SRH was on a verge of having a good start as Jonny Bairstow and David Warner collected 18 runs from the first nine balls before the latter was run-out. Umesh Yadav, bowling the second over, pitched one up that was hit straight by Bairstow. But before the ball could go past Yadav, he managed to get his hand on it.
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After Warner’s dismissal, Manish Pandey and Bairstow added 71 runs for the second wicket before Pandey getting out in the 12th over. Pandey’s dismissal almost triggered a collapse for SRH was for a score of 120/2 in 15 overs they went down to 142/8 in 18 overs. Eventually, they got bundled out for 153 in the final over of the match. Chahal won the man of the match award for his brilliant spell.
Match Summary:
Royal Challengers Bangalore – 163/5 in 20 overs (D Padikkal: 56, AB de Villiers: 51; A Sharma: 2/16) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad –Β 153 allout in 19.4 overs (J Bairstow: 61; Y Chahal: 3/18, S Dube: 2/15) by 10 runs
Here is how netizens reacted to RCB’s win:
This is a collapse of epic proportion! From 121/2 to 153 all out.
Sunrisers have collapsed like they have before. Jonny Baba's wicket opened the flood gates for RCB.
Very good win for @RCBTweets
! AB de Villiers and Saini were top notch for them.#SRHvRCB— Nikhil π (@CricCrazyNIKS) September 21, 2020
Tough debut for Philippe with the @RCBTweets, a few byes & keeping against one of the most wirely spinners in the #Dream11IPL @yuzi_chahal. Will get better as the comp continues.
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) September 21, 2020
Chaaaaaaahaaaaallllll ππππππππππ@yuzi_chahal Top class @RCBTweets vs @SunRisers
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) September 21, 2020
This is quality spin bowlling π₯π₯π«π― @yuzi_chahal u beauty bro ππ #Dream11IPL #matchwinner ππ
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) September 21, 2020
Strong enough to pull the game back for @RCBTweets… How well and how often this man does it for his team with the ball in hand. Chahal ne machaee chehel pehel! #ProGyaan #IPL #IPL2020 #SRHvsRCB #Chahal
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) September 21, 2020
What a match winner @yuzi_chahal is wicket of #Bairstow turn the match in favour of @RCBTweets Now they need some good death bowling. #IPL #RCBVSSRH
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) September 21, 2020
Like #KXIP who did so last night, #SRH has shown us tonight how to orchestrate a defeat from the jaws of a certain victory! πββοΈ#IPL2020#Dream11IPL#RCBVsSRH#SRHvsRCB
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 21, 2020
What a comeback by @RCBTweets !!
Only the second time a team has taken EIGHT WICKETS in the last five overs while defending in IPL (first was DC v SRH, 2019)
Finally their bowlers succeeded in the death overs.
Ee saala cup namde? #RCBvSRH #IPL2020
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) September 21, 2020
Well played @RCBTweets
Lovely bowling @yuzi_chahal, a rare gem in RCB #SRHvRCB
— VINOD KAMBLI (@vinodkambli349) September 21, 2020
Fine win for RCB, but SRH messed things up for themselves when in sight of a comfortable win. Bairstow and Pandey dismissals totally unwarranted. But credit to Chahal and Saini for splendid bowing under durress
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) September 21, 2020