Indian Premier League #IPL Cricket

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RCB batsmen batted brilliantly against Sunrise Hyderabad and batted responsibly from the start which led to RCB scoring 206 runs in the allotted 20 overs. RCB set a target of 207 runs to Sunrise Hyderabad although the batting line of Sunrise Hyderabad is very strong 207 runs is not a big score for Sunrise Hyderabad. But if the RCB bowlers can bowl aggressively from the start, if they can take early wickets and put Sunrise Hyderabad batsmen under pressure, the match might be competitive. But in order to win against Sunrise Hyderabad, the batsmen of RCB must have batted responsibly, if the bowlers can bowl responsibly from the beginning and if Sunrise can put pressure on the batsmen of Hyderabad by taking wickets in the beginning, then maybe RCB can win the match. Now let's see if RCB wins for the first time in the end?

Royal Challengers Bengaluru batsmen and the whole team played very well, did the impossible, that is to snatch the win from the favorites Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Also it was not a close game as RCB won the match by 35 runs. Scoring 207 runs at the Hyderabad pitch was enough to secure their winning position in the match.

The main reason why Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting clicked today was that their openers Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis made runs and this gave a platform to the team and helped the latter batsmen the freedom to play and make big runs. Do not forget the innings of Rajat Patidar who made 50 runs in only 20 balls. This was a record in itself by the RCB.

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In today clash biggest and most famous competition Indian Premier League, 41st match was finished among Strongest squad Sunrisers Hyderabad squad against Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad. Before start this fight, today my heart was feeling that Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad will dominate this match and I also knew that against sqaud of Royal Challengers Bengaluru sqaud, Sunrisers Hyderabad squad was also quite powerful squad and has set a very challenging defeating target in previous clashes but even them, I was in support of Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad today. Really Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad was displaying very impressive performance in overall innings not single only in bat inning. In first batting inning, their batter collected 206 scores defeating target and first Virat Kohli made a fantastic mid century after going out then Rajat Patidar batter also achieved 50 scores off 20 deliveries by power hitting shots. Today we also see failed performance of batters Travis Head and Klaasen in batting and did not contribute much scores for their squad.

[Minor Miner]

RCB batsmen batted brilliantly against Sunrise Hyderabad and batted responsibly from the start which led to RCB scoring 206 runs in the allotted 20 overs. RCB set a target of 207 runs to Sunrise Hyderabad although the batting line of Sunrise Hyderabad is very strong 207 runs is not a big score for Sunrise Hyderabad. But if the RCB bowlers can bowl aggressively from the start, if they can take early wickets and put Sunrise Hyderabad batsmen under pressure, the match might be competitive. But in order to win against Sunrise Hyderabad, the batsmen of RCB must have batted responsibly, if the bowlers can bowl responsibly from the beginning and if Sunrise can put pressure on the batsmen of Hyderabad by taking wickets in the beginning, then maybe RCB can win the match. Now let's see if RCB wins for the first time in the end?

Royal Challengers Bengaluru batsmen and the whole team played very well, did the impossible, that is to snatch the win from the favorites Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Also it was not a close game as RCB won the match by 35 runs. Scoring 207 runs at the Hyderabad pitch was enough to secure their winning position in the match.

The main reason why Royal Challengers Bengaluru batting clicked today was that their openers Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis made runs and this gave a platform to the team and helped the latter batsmen the freedom to play and make big runs. Do not forget the innings of Rajat Patidar who made 50 runs in only 20 balls. This was a record in itself by the RCB.

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In today clash biggest and most famous competition Indian Premier League, 41st match was finished among Strongest squad Sunrisers Hyderabad squad against Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad. Before start this fight, today my heart was feeling that Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad will dominate this match and I also knew that against sqaud of Royal Challengers Bengaluru sqaud, Sunrisers Hyderabad squad was also quite powerful squad and has set a very challenging defeating target in previous clashes but even them, I was in support of Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad today. Really Royal Challengers Bengaluru squad was displaying very impressive performance in overall innings not single only in bat inning. In first batting inning, their batter collected 206 scores defeating target and first Virat Kohli made a fantastic mid century after going out then Rajat Patidar batter also achieved 50 scores off 20 deliveries by power hitting shots. Today we also see failed performance of batters Travis Head and Klaasen in batting and did not contribute much scores for their squad.

It was unthinkable that Bengaluru would win against Hyderabad. Because Hyderabad were in great form. In every match we have seen aggressive batting from Hyderabad batsmen. But in today's match Hyderabad's top order played very badly.

Bengaluru team made a great comeback. It was Bengaluru's second win of the season. Bengaluru won against a strong team like Hyderabad after losing 6 matches in a row. Both Bengaluru batsmen and bowlers performed very well in today's match. And if the players can maintain the consistency of such performance, Bengaluru will be able to win the upcoming matches as well.

[ZAINmalik75]

Sunrise Hyderabad Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

Today Sunrise Hyderabad vs Royal Challenger Bangalore is going to be a very competitive game, today's game has a huge difference between these two teams. Sunrise Hyderabad is one of the strongest teams in the current season, but Royal Challengers Bangalore are not that strong in comparison. Because of the wide gap in the points table, Sunrise Hyderabad is at the third position in the points table and Royal Challengers Bangalore is at the bottom of the points table at 10th position. So I think Sunrise Hyderabad team is strong in any aspect, which team can win please comment?

A dream comes true moments has come for RCB because after a long defeat run finally they able to get atleast a victory which  is good for them but not at that stage where they almost played most of thier match with highest ratio of defeat and with holding bottom of table so such all victory will be in vain because it will not help them to move forward to next stage of the tournament. Despite having some many big name  still unfortunately things goes against them for that you can say a bad luck or some bad picks especially in bowling side. Anyway coming to match scoreboard where as usual first Kohli deliverd phenomenal then later some of his local player add significant contribution through which they get a handsome target while during chase I taught again it will be Thier defeat but surprising Thier bowling done quality spell and get important guys before create any trouble for them and thus won the match

[Popkon6]

Sunrise Hyderabad have performed very well in the past, but Royal Challengers Bangalore have not fared well. One of the reasons for losing this match is the fall of wickets is more, in the beginning there was so much fall of wickets that the later batsmen could not perform well. The only win was possible due to the good bowling performance of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. All the bowlers performed well and the batting also performed well, due to which the Royal Challengers Bangalore won this match.

[tsaroz]

Sunrise Hyderabad have performed very well in the past, but Royal Challengers Bangalore have not fared well. One of the reasons for losing this match is the fall of wickets is more, in the beginning there was so much fall of wickets that the later batsmen could not perform well. The only win was possible due to the good bowling performance of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. All the bowlers performed well and the batting also performed well, due to which the Royal Challengers Bangalore won this match.

The top and Middle order of Sunrisers Hyderabad were not able to perform well except for Abhisekh Sharma and Shahbaz Ahmed. The target of 207 can no longer be considered a huge one. Hyderabad tried to start huge but kept on losing wickets. Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar had previously scored half centuries for RCB.
Even though being in bottom, RCB did performed well on most of it's games due to a consistant performance by Virat Kohli but this deep in league, they have no hope to play the eliminators. This win was required more for Hyderabad as they were fighting for the place on top.

[kro55]

Sunrise Hyderabad have performed very well in the past, but Royal Challengers Bangalore have not fared well. One of the reasons for losing this match is the fall of wickets is more, in the beginning there was so much fall of wickets that the later batsmen could not perform well. The only win was possible due to the good bowling performance of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. All the bowlers performed well and the batting also performed well, due to which the Royal Challengers Bangalore won this match.

The top and Middle order of Sunrisers Hyderabad were not able to perform well except for Abhisekh Sharma and Shahbaz Ahmed. The target of 207 can no longer be considered a huge one. Hyderabad tried to start huge but kept on losing wickets. Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar had previously scored half centuries for RCB.
Even though being in bottom, RCB did performed well on most of it's games due to a consistant performance by Virat Kohli but this deep in league, they have no hope to play the eliminators. This win was required more for Hyderabad as they were fighting for the place on top.

Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant innings of 31 runs off just 13 balls. But the batsmen of the squad were not able to maintain this consistency. Important and experienced batsmen like Travis Head, Marakram and Heinrich Klaasen could not bat well in this match. And because of these three batsmen not batting well, Hyderabad lost the match. Pat Cummins, Abhishek and Shahbaz batted well in this match.

Kohli's Bengaluru won this match due to the good bowling of their bowlers. Mohammad Siraj could not take any wicket but he gave only 20 runs in 4 overs. Karn Sharma and Yash Dayal's bowling was very controlled.

[onecall123]

Sunrise Hyderabad have performed very well in the past, but Royal Challengers Bangalore have not fared well. One of the reasons for losing this match is the fall of wickets is more, in the beginning there was so much fall of wickets that the later batsmen could not perform well. The only win was possible due to the good bowling performance of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. All the bowlers performed well and the batting also performed well, due to which the Royal Challengers Bangalore won this match.

The top and Middle order of Sunrisers Hyderabad were not able to perform well except for Abhisekh Sharma and Shahbaz Ahmed. The target of 207 can no longer be considered a huge one. Hyderabad tried to start huge but kept on losing wickets. Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidar had previously scored half centuries for RCB.
Even though being in bottom, RCB did performed well on most of it's games due to a consistant performance by Virat Kohli but this deep in league, they have no hope to play the eliminators. This win was required more for Hyderabad as they were fighting for the place on top.

It's normal in this IPL season teams are scoring easily over 200 runs, but Bangalore's bowlers managed to defend the target of 207 runs. This win comes as a relief after six consecutive losses for Bangalore. Even though they're at the bottom, there's no chance to play in the eliminators, but they showed a brilliant team performance.
We witnessed a great collective effort from the entire team, resulting in a fantastic outcome. If Bangalore had chosen to bat first in some of the matches they lost, they might have been in a better position in the points table. Their unexpected win over Hyderabad shows that Bangalore is back in action.

[Cheema02]

Sunrise Hyderabad have performed very well in the past, but Royal Challengers Bangalore have not fared well. One of the reasons for losing this match is the fall of wickets is more, in the beginning there was so much fall of wickets that the later batsmen could not perform well. The only win was possible due to the good bowling performance of the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. All the bowlers performed well and the batting also performed well, due to which the Royal Challengers Bangalore won this match.

Royal Challengers Bangalore outstanding performance in this match winning by 35 runs against strong Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Player of the Match is Rajat Patidar for his amazing half-century scored 50 runs from just 20 balls and reached the Royal Challengers Bangalore team total to 200 plus. Sunrisers Hyderabad failed to chase down a huge total and only managed to score 171 runs in a loss of 8 wickets. Cameron Green bowling will pick up 2 important wickets for his team.

[Sithara007]

It's normal in this IPL season teams are scoring easily over 200 runs, but Bangalore's bowlers managed to defend the target of 207 runs. This win comes as a relief after six consecutive losses for Bangalore. Even though they're at the bottom, there's no chance to play in the eliminators, but they showed a brilliant team performance.
We witnessed a great collective effort from the entire team, resulting in a fantastic outcome. If Bangalore had chosen to bat first in some of the matches they lost, they might have been in a better position in the points table. Their unexpected win over Hyderabad shows that Bangalore is back in action.

The problem with Sunrisers Hyderabad batting is that they are over dependent on a few players - Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen. Their lower order is too brittle. During yesterday's match, Shahbaz Ahmed was able to dig in, but he also wasted a lot of balls. Abdul Samad couldn't contribute much. By the time Pat Cummins got out, it was all over for SRH. Bhuvneshwar Kumar came at no.9 and managed to give strike to Shahbaz most of the time. But then Shahbaz himself couldn't score runs.

[noormcs5]

You are right, this time Royal Challengers Bangalore hard work really paid off. Royal Challengers Bangalore won this match by 35 runs, almost all the batsman of Royal Challengers Bangalore have performed well in this match especially Virat kholi, R Patidar and C green they three player well contribute  and stand a big score.

No doubt when a team play well, they will win for sure but do you think it will pay off Royal Challengers Bangalore team in this IPL ? Even if they win all the remaining matches (which is more than a miracle), they still will have difficulty qualifying the finals/knockouts. I don't think that with one win, people should start thinking too much positivity about a team that has lost so many matches. A loss in their next match will end this hype  

I think since there are big players in this team like Virat Kohli, Mohammed Siraj and others, therefore all of the media and people are exicted to see them win a match. They have lost six matches in row and therefore it was a refreshing win for them.

Patidar, Green, spinners thump SRH to end six-match losing streak

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It's normal in this IPL season teams are scoring easily over 200 runs, but Bangalore's bowlers managed to defend the target of 207 runs. This win comes as a relief after six consecutive losses for Bangalore. Even though they're at the bottom, there's no chance to play in the eliminators, but they showed a brilliant team performance.
We witnessed a great collective effort from the entire team, resulting in a fantastic outcome. If Bangalore had chosen to bat first in some of the matches they lost, they might have been in a better position in the points table. Their unexpected win over Hyderabad shows that Bangalore is back in action.

The problem with Sunrisers Hyderabad batting is that they are over dependent on a few players - Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen. Their lower order is too brittle. During yesterday's match, Shahbaz Ahmed was able to dig in, but he also wasted a lot of balls. Abdul Samad couldn't contribute much. By the time Pat Cummins got out, it was all over for SRH. Bhuvneshwar Kumar came at no.9 and managed to give strike to Shahbaz most of the time. But then Shahbaz himself couldn't score runs.

I agree with you because Sunrise Hyderabad batting line is very strong Sunrise Hyderabad was under a lot of pressure after losing wickets in the beginning to bat against the target of 207 runs given by RCB. Sunrise Hyderabad would have easily won against RCB if the top batsmen of Sunrise Hyderabad were not out in the beginning. Especially Sunrise Hyderabad's Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram and Travis Head were out because of these batsmen, the Sunrise Hyderabad team was under a lot of pressure. Due to the pressure, no batsman could bat responsibly due to which Sunrise Hyderabad lost the match by 35 runs against RCB. Sunrise hyderabad batting line is very strong when RCB set a target of 207 runs I thought that Sunrise Hyderabad will win today's match team easily but here RCB players have to be praised because RCB players have bowled very well because sunrise hyderabad only have strong batsmen. RCB's bowlers restrict them to 171 runs.

[Popkon6]

It's normal in this IPL season teams are scoring easily over 200 runs, but Bangalore's bowlers managed to defend the target of 207 runs. This win comes as a relief after six consecutive losses for Bangalore. Even though they're at the bottom, there's no chance to play in the eliminators, but they showed a brilliant team performance.
We witnessed a great collective effort from the entire team, resulting in a fantastic outcome. If Bangalore had chosen to bat first in some of the matches they lost, they might have been in a better position in the points table. Their unexpected win over Hyderabad shows that Bangalore is back in action.

The problem with Sunrisers Hyderabad batting is that they are over dependent on a few players - Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen. Their lower order is too brittle. During yesterday's match, Shahbaz Ahmed was able to dig in, but he also wasted a lot of balls. Abdul Samad couldn't contribute much. By the time Pat Cummins got out, it was all over for SRH. Bhuvneshwar Kumar came at no.9 and managed to give strike to Shahbaz most of the time. But then Shahbaz himself couldn't score runs.

I agree with you because Sunrise Hyderabad batting line is very strong Sunrise Hyderabad was under a lot of pressure after losing wickets in the beginning to bat against the target of 207 runs given by RCB. Sunrise Hyderabad would have easily won against RCB if the top batsmen of Sunrise Hyderabad were not out in the beginning. Especially Sunrise Hyderabad's Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram and Travis Head were out because of these batsmen, the Sunrise Hyderabad team was under a lot of pressure. Due to the pressure, no batsman could bat responsibly due to which Sunrise Hyderabad lost the match by 35 runs against RCB. Sunrise hyderabad batting line is very strong when RCB set a target of 207 runs I thought that Sunrise Hyderabad will win today's match team easily but here RCB players have to be praised because RCB players have bowled very well because sunrise hyderabad only have strong batsmen. RCB's bowlers restrict them to 171 runs.

Sunrise Hyderabad lost the affected batting early on and the team fell to a massive wicket. Six wickets fell especially in the powerplay as the six wickets were the most aggressive of the batting, and Royal Challengers Bangalore's bowling performance was very good. Sunrise hyderabad is one of the strongest team as the best team of this season, sunrise hyderabad team scored 200 plus runs in other games but came to this match and scored 171 runs. But if he performed keeping the wicket under control, he could definitely win.

[HelliumZ]

Sunrise Hyderabad lost the affected batting early on and the team fell to a massive wicket. Six wickets fell especially in the powerplay as the six wickets were the most aggressive of the batting, and Royal Challengers Bangalore's bowling performance was very good. Sunrise hyderabad is one of the strongest team as the best team of this season, sunrise hyderabad team scored 200 plus runs in other games but came to this match and scored 171 runs. But if he performed keeping the wicket under control, he could definitely win.

I bet $10 yesterday in favor of Sunrisers Hyderabad and I was sure Sunrisers Hyderabad might win. But Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs in yesterday's match was truly unimaginable. If I lose a bet of ten dollars I have no regrets. I am very happy that Virat Kohli has won the match tomorrow. They have managed to win just two matches in this year's IPL which is evidenced by their bottom position in the points table.

[noormcs5]

Sunrise Hyderabad lost the affected batting early on and the team fell to a massive wicket. Six wickets fell especially in the powerplay as the six wickets were the most aggressive of the batting, and Royal Challengers Bangalore's bowling performance was very good. Sunrise hyderabad is one of the strongest team as the best team of this season, sunrise hyderabad team scored 200 plus runs in other games but came to this match and scored 171 runs. But if he performed keeping the wicket under control, he could definitely win.

I don't know if we are missing this that even if Sunrisers Hyderabad lost their six wickets in only 85 runs and lost all their top order batsmen but still they managed to score 170+ runs. They have to play their next games with Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians and need to win most of their matches to remain on the top 4 on the table.  

Shahbaz Ahmed made 40 runs and remained not out while Pat Cummins, the captain for the Sunrisers Hyderabad made 30 runs. This shows team commitment and also it helps them not to lose with 80-90 runs and further damage their net run rate.

I bet $10 yesterday in favor of Sunrisers Hyderabad and I was sure Sunrisers Hyderabad might win.

Nothing can be said with surety these days as to who will win the match. Good that you placed the bet with only 10$ otherwise you may have lost more as it was a tempting match to put a lot of money on Sunrisers Hyderabad  

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Between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, I will definitely put Kolkata Knight Riders ahead. Because Kolkata Knight Riders have been performing very well in this IPL, it is expected that Kolkata Knight Riders will get a very easy win against Punjab Kings. However, cricket is a game of uncertainty so it is really difficult to predict which team will win. However, if Kolkata Knight Riders can continue to perform the way they are currently performing, then Kolkata Knight Riders will definitely be ahead of Punjab Kings. If Punjab kings want to win the match against Kolkata Knight Riders then they must perform well in both batting and bowling otherwise it will be difficult for Punjab Kings to win the match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Let's see which team wins today's match.

[usekevin]

Royal Challengers Bangalore outstanding performance in this match winning by 35 runs against strong Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Player of the Match is Rajat Patidar for his amazing half-century scored 50 runs from just 20 balls and reached the Royal Challengers Bangalore team total to 200 plus. Sunrisers Hyderabad failed to chase down a huge total and only managed to score 171 runs in a loss of 8 wickets. Cameron Green bowling will pick up 2 important wickets for his team.

This match was the expected one by all the team in the league,because the SRH was the strongest team in this season.Every team waited to see the the negative or weakness of the SRH.Now it was revealed,the spin bowling was the weakness of SRH.The second weakness was the opponent of SRH should choose to bat first.Because yesterday match to chase the target all the big wickets was loss their wicket.Till the Cummins loss their wicket,SRH team had their full hope of winning.But he also loss his wicket by trying to add the six runs.

Kohli had his fifty as like every match and all the match he alone contributing to the team score.But yesterday Rajat fifty runs had reduced the pressure for the Kohli to score the century.The varying field setup help the RCB to get the important wickets before the end of the power play.The Lbw of the full toss ball was not the expected one by the SRH team.Even though they reviewed the lbw,they loss one review.

[HelliumZ]

Nothing can be said with surety these days as to who will win the match. Good that you placed the bet with only 10$ otherwise you may have lost more as it was a tempting match to put a lot of money on Sunrisers Hyderabad  

It is true that in cricket nothing you can say with certainty and nothing you can guarantee which team will lose or which team will win. But I was basically convinced from the record of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the past matches of this year's IPL that maybe they can win this match with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to score more than 250 runs in most of the past matches and might have thought that Royal Challengers Bangalore could play an innings like that but in reality it was the opposite instead they suffered a 35 run defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore. However I have no regrets just lost a $10 bet.

[Swordsoffreedom]

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Today we have seen the aggressive batting of Kolkata batsmen. Today we may see another record. At the end of 16 overs, the Kolkata team managed to collect 210 runs. Kolkata team lost only 3 wickets.

Both openers batted well today. Phil Salt scored 75 runs from 37 balls and Sunile Narine scored 71 runs from 32 balls. Kolkata team managed to collect 138 runs from Penning pair.

None of Punjab's bowlers are able to bowl well today. Especially Harshal Patel and Rabada's bowling was very bad. Patel gave 37 runs in 2 overs and experienced bowlers like Rabada gave 43 runs in 2 overs. The target of 250+ runs will be easily met by the Kolkata team today.

[DanWalker]

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Today we have seen the aggressive batting of Kolkata batsmen. Today we may see another record. At the end of 16 overs, the Kolkata team managed to collect 210 runs. Kolkata team lost only 3 wickets.

Both openers batted well today. Phil Salt scored 75 runs from 37 balls and Sunile Narine scored 71 runs from 32 balls. Kolkata team managed to collect 138 runs from Penning pair.

None of Punjab's bowlers are able to bowl well today. Especially Harshal Patel and Rabada's bowling was very bad. Patel gave 37 runs in 2 overs and experienced bowlers like Rabada gave 43 runs in 2 overs. The target of 250+ runs will be easily met by the Kolkata team today.

Whattt a matchhh!!!! Kolkata's batsmen have done a great batting today. The two openers made big collections. Narine scored 71 runs and Salt collected 75 runs. Then Venkatesh Iyer, Russel and Shreyes Iyer also batted well. And in the end the Kolkata team managed to collect a huge score of 261 runs. Kolkata's collection was 137 runs in the first 10 overs. Kolkata's batsmen batted at a smart strike rate from the beginning of the innings.

Rabada's bowling today really surprised me. Rabada is the most experienced and important bowler in Punjab's squad. Rabada gave 52 runs in 3 overs today, and he could not take a single wicket.

[Sithara007]

It is true that in cricket nothing you can say with certainty and nothing you can guarantee which team will lose or which team will win. But I was basically convinced from the record of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the past matches of this year's IPL that maybe they can win this match with Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to score more than 250 runs in most of the past matches and might have thought that Royal Challengers Bangalore could play an innings like that but in reality it was the opposite instead they suffered a 35 run defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore. However I have no regrets just lost a $10 bet.

Sunrisers Hyderabad won against tough teams, but they lost to out of form Royal Challengers Bangalore. Once their top-3 got out (Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Aiden Markram), it was all over for them. Nitish Kumar Reddy and Heinrich Klaasen soon followed and after that it was left to Shahbaz Ahmed and Abdul Samad to stabilize the innings. Shahbaz did what he could. But he failed to keep the run rate intact. Added valuable runs with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jaydev Unadkat, but in the end it could only reduce the margin of defeat.