With Jason Holder's all-round game and Kane Williamson's innings, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets in a thrilling match to qualify for the IPL qualifiers.
Image Source: Google IPL 2020: Bangalore, batting first, scored 131 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs.
In response, the Hyderabad team scored 132 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 19.4 overs.
Winner Hyderabad will now face Delhi Capitals on November 8 in Qualifier-2
The IPL dreams of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captained by Virat Kohli has come to an end with the defeat of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Abu Dhabi IPL-2020 eliminator . The Bangalore team once again lost its title dream. Hyderabad, on the other hand, will face Delhi Capitals in Qualifier-2.
Bangalore, batting first, scored 131 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Hyderabad team came out to chase the target of 132 runs and scored 132 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 19.4 overs. In between the falling wickets, two international team captains Kane Williamson and Jason Holder took the lead and shared an unbeaten 65 runs to give the team a 6-wicket win.
Kane Williamson remained unbeaten on 50 from 44 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes, while Jason Holder unbeaten with the help of 3 fours in 20 balls. Winning innings of 24 runs. On the other hand, Mohammad Siraj took two wickets for Bangalore, while Jampa and Chahal took one wicket each.
The target was not too big to SRH and then Royal Challengers Bangalore also started well. His fast bowler Mohammad Siraj caught Srivats Goswami (0) off AB de Villiers on the fourth ball of the first over. Goswami joined the team when Wriddhiman Saha was injured. However, after this, captain David Warner and Manish Pandey together shared a 41-run partnership.
DRS's decision against Warner
The partnership looked to be growing as Mohammad Siraj caught the second opener David Warner at the hands of AB de Villiers and gave the team a big break through. The decision was taken by the DRS, but the third umpire did not appear to agree completely that the ball was touched by Warner's bat. Warner scored 17 runs in 17 balls.
After Manish Pandey and Priyam were out,Hyderabad looked under pressure and the team's half-century was completed when Manish Pandey (24) was caught by AB de Villiers in the spin of Adam Jampa. He hit 3 fours and a six in 21 balls. Young Priyam Garg (7) could not do anything special and Yuzvendra Chahal succumbed. Now the score is 67 for 4 wickets. Bangalore was seen returning here. Jason Holder then led off the inning with Kane Williamson.
The last two overs required were 18 runs
Hyderabad's score was 114 runs after 18 overs, while Kane Williamson and Jason Holder were on the field. Mohammad Siraj, who came to the 19th over, scored 9 runs including a four. In this way, 9 runs from 6 balls were required to win in the last over. The ball was to Navdeep Saini. On the first ball, Kane Williams completed his half-century with a single, while the second ball was a dot ball, while after two consecutive fours in two balls, the holder gave Hyderabad the victory.
Holder and Natarajan's awesome, RCB could reach 131
Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad stunned Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for 131 for 7 with the fatal bowling of Jason Holder and T Natarajan. Holder took three important wickets for 25 runs while Natarajan took two wickets for 33 runs, including the wicket of AB de Villiers (56 off 43 balls, five fours) which he bowled on the yorker. Apart from de Villiers, Aaron Finch (32 off 30 balls, three fours, one six) was able to contribute something for RCB. For Sunrisers, both spinners Rashid Khan (4 overs 22 runs) and Shahbaz Nadeem (one wicket for 30 runs) and fast bowler Sandeep Sharma (four overs 21 runs) also bowled tightly.
Virat and Devadatta came for opening
RCB lost the toss first and then lost the wickets of skipper Virat Kohli (six) and in-form Devadatta Padikkal (one) as opener in front of Holder's lethal bowling. There was some grass in the pitch and Holder took full advantage of the bounce he was getting. Srivatsa Goswami, who was picked in the team in place of injured Wriddhiman Saha, took a beautiful catch of Kohli, while Paddikal caught Priyam Garg at midwicket in Holder's next over. The score was 15 and both openers were in the pavilion. Finch was out after a good start, Moin could not open the account
Due to this RCB could reach Powerplay for 32 runs only. Finch and de Villiers were at the crease but in the tenth over of the innings the only six, Finch hit Rashid Khan. With this Finch also completed his 2000 runs in IPL. Despite this, the score was 54 for two after ten overs and the pressure on the batsmen was palpable. The effect was that Finch gave Nadeem a waving catch in the next over in an attempt to increase the run pace, while Rashid's efficient fielding forced new batsman Moeen Ali to return immediately.
De Villiers hit the first boundary, facing the 20th ball. He completed his half-century with the help of a fifth four off 39 balls but was not helped from the other end. Shivam Dubey (eight off 13 balls) made the third victim by Holder while Natarajan first dismissed Washington Sundar (five) and then took the wicket of De Villiers on a beautiful yorker. Mohammad Siraj (10 not out) was the third batsman to reach double digits. Navdeep Saini remained unbeaten after scoring nine runs.
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