NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore's resurgence persevered as they beat table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad via 14 runs in their must-win Indian Premier League fit on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday. The victory saved RCB's playoffs hopes alive as they jumped to 5th within the standings with 12 points from 13 games.
Scorecard | As it happened
Kane Williamson (81 off 42 balls) and Manish Pandey (62* off 38) added an excellent 135 runs for the third wicket however failed to take Sunrisers house. The visitors suffered simplest their fourth defeat of the season from 13 fits as they remained on the best of the points table.
IPL Points Table
Needing 20 off six balls, Sunrisers managed just five runs off Mohammed Siraj to end at 204/three after the house side set a large 219-run goal. Williamson smacked five sixes and 7 fours during his knock, while Pandey hit couple of sixes and 7 obstacles and remained unbeaten.
Shikhar Dhawan and Alex Hales gave Sunrisers a just right get started in their run chase as they took the full to 47/zero after first five overs. The duo dealt in sixes, with Hales hitting three maximums and Dhawan two via then.
But Yuzvendra Chahal ended the stand via pushing aside Dhawan (18) within the first ball of the 6th over. Moeen Ali gave Sunrisers a large blow when he disregarded Hales (37) within the eighth over to cut back Sunrisers to 64/2.
Williamson saved Sunrisers in hunt as he took the score to 91/2 on the midway mark. The New Zealander was once in a position to attain obstacles almost each and every over as he reached his fifty off 28 balls. It was once 8th half-century of the season for the Sunrisers skipper.
Williamson along with Manish Pandey clobbered 22 runs off Colin de Grandhomme within the 15th over to take Sunrisers to 152/2. They brought up hundred-run stand within the next over and made the equation 55 off ultimate 4 overs.
Tim Southee made the conditions tougher for the visitors via conceding just six runs within the 17th over. Pandey smacked a six and a 4 off Siraj to take the score to 184/2, which modified the equation to 35 off 12 balls.
Pandey then hit three obstacles off Southee to attain 15 within the penultimate over as Sunrisers wanted 20 off the final over.
Earlier, AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali smashed quickfire half-centuries to propel RCB to a majestic 218/6.
Sent into bat, De Villiers (69 off 39 balls) and Ali (65 off 34) overcame a nasty begin to stitch 107 runs off just 57 balls for the third wicket to set the platform for RCB's overall.
Afghanistan's leg-spinner Rashid Khan as soon as once more shone vibrant with the ball for Sunrisers with figures of 3/27 from his 4 over.
Sunrisers diminished RCB to 38/2 inside five overs. Sandeep Sharma (1/40) struck the primary blow with the ultimate ball of the outlet over, removing Parthiv Patel caught via Siddharth Kaul at third guy boundary.
De Villiers then got into the act for RCB, hitting some exquisite obstacles off Shakib Al Hasan and Sandeep prior to Rashid cleaned up skipper Virat Kohli (12) with a googly within the 5th over.
In the eighth over, Ali smashed Basil Thampi for consecutive sixes to offer momentum to RCB's innings.
De Villiers brought up his fifty off 32 balls with two consecutive obstacles off Kaul (2/44) within the 12th over and then Ali adopted suit notching up his maiden IPL half-century off 25 balls with a 4 off Thampi within the next over.
But just when it gave the impression the duo would run away with their power-hitting, Rashid struck dual blows within the 15th over via removing each the set batsmen. De Villiers struck as many as 12 fours and one six, while Ali's innings was once laced with two obstacles and six hits over the fence.
Thereafter, Colin de Grandhomme used his brute continual to attain 40 off just 17 balls while Sarfaraz Khan remained unbeaten on 22 off eight balls to provide the overdue impetus to RCB's innings.
It turned out to be a forgettable day for Thampi as he conceded essentially the most runs via a bowler in an innings within the history of IPL. He leaked 70 runs from his 4 overs.
Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 218/6 (AB de Villiers 69; Rashid Khan three/27) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 204/three (Kane Williamson 81; Yuzvendra Chahal 1/28) via 14 runs
Scorecard | As it happened
Kane Williamson (81 off 42 balls) and Manish Pandey (62* off 38) added an excellent 135 runs for the third wicket however failed to take Sunrisers house. The visitors suffered simplest their fourth defeat of the season from 13 fits as they remained on the best of the points table.
IPL Points Table
Needing 20 off six balls, Sunrisers managed just five runs off Mohammed Siraj to end at 204/three after the house side set a large 219-run goal. Williamson smacked five sixes and 7 fours during his knock, while Pandey hit couple of sixes and 7 obstacles and remained unbeaten.
Shikhar Dhawan and Alex Hales gave Sunrisers a just right get started in their run chase as they took the full to 47/zero after first five overs. The duo dealt in sixes, with Hales hitting three maximums and Dhawan two via then.
But Yuzvendra Chahal ended the stand via pushing aside Dhawan (18) within the first ball of the 6th over. Moeen Ali gave Sunrisers a large blow when he disregarded Hales (37) within the eighth over to cut back Sunrisers to 64/2.
Williamson saved Sunrisers in hunt as he took the score to 91/2 on the midway mark. The New Zealander was once in a position to attain obstacles almost each and every over as he reached his fifty off 28 balls. It was once 8th half-century of the season for the Sunrisers skipper.
Williamson along with Manish Pandey clobbered 22 runs off Colin de Grandhomme within the 15th over to take Sunrisers to 152/2. They brought up hundred-run stand within the next over and made the equation 55 off ultimate 4 overs.
Tim Southee made the conditions tougher for the visitors via conceding just six runs within the 17th over. Pandey smacked a six and a 4 off Siraj to take the score to 184/2, which modified the equation to 35 off 12 balls.
Pandey then hit three obstacles off Southee to attain 15 within the penultimate over as Sunrisers wanted 20 off the final over.
Earlier, AB de Villiers and Moeen Ali smashed quickfire half-centuries to propel RCB to a majestic 218/6.
Sent into bat, De Villiers (69 off 39 balls) and Ali (65 off 34) overcame a nasty begin to stitch 107 runs off just 57 balls for the third wicket to set the platform for RCB's overall.
Afghanistan's leg-spinner Rashid Khan as soon as once more shone vibrant with the ball for Sunrisers with figures of 3/27 from his 4 over.
Sunrisers diminished RCB to 38/2 inside five overs. Sandeep Sharma (1/40) struck the primary blow with the ultimate ball of the outlet over, removing Parthiv Patel caught via Siddharth Kaul at third guy boundary.
De Villiers then got into the act for RCB, hitting some exquisite obstacles off Shakib Al Hasan and Sandeep prior to Rashid cleaned up skipper Virat Kohli (12) with a googly within the 5th over.
In the eighth over, Ali smashed Basil Thampi for consecutive sixes to offer momentum to RCB's innings.
De Villiers brought up his fifty off 32 balls with two consecutive obstacles off Kaul (2/44) within the 12th over and then Ali adopted suit notching up his maiden IPL half-century off 25 balls with a 4 off Thampi within the next over.
But just when it gave the impression the duo would run away with their power-hitting, Rashid struck dual blows within the 15th over via removing each the set batsmen. De Villiers struck as many as 12 fours and one six, while Ali's innings was once laced with two obstacles and six hits over the fence.
Thereafter, Colin de Grandhomme used his brute continual to attain 40 off just 17 balls while Sarfaraz Khan remained unbeaten on 22 off eight balls to provide the overdue impetus to RCB's innings.
It turned out to be a forgettable day for Thampi as he conceded essentially the most runs via a bowler in an innings within the history of IPL. He leaked 70 runs from his 4 overs.
Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 218/6 (AB de Villiers 69; Rashid Khan three/27) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 204/three (Kane Williamson 81; Yuzvendra Chahal 1/28) via 14 runs
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