Tonight, the stage was all set for Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at M.Chinaswamy Stadium of Bangalore. While Sunrisers Hyderabad have already qualified for the playoffs, Royal Challengers Bangalore is still struggling at the second last position in the points table.
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Before the match started, the home team, RCB were invited to bat first as the toss was won by Sunrisers Hyderabad, who chose to ball first.
Known for having the best bowling line-up in the league, Sunrisers Hyderabad started the game with a bang by taking two wickets in the starting overs. Parthiv Patel went back to pavilion after scoring a single run, while on the other hand, Virat Kohli was bowled by the very talented Rashid Khan. Virat Kohli scored 12 runs off the 11 balls.
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AB de Villiers and Moen Ali played an exceptional partnership and made everyone sit on the edge of their seats. AB de Villiers, the star player of RCB played a brilliant knock and scored a quick 69 off 39 balls. He smashed 12 fours and 1 six. Moen Ali as well, was in a very great form as he gave a thrilling performance by scoring 65 runs in 34 balls.
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Colin de Grandhomme scored a quick 40 runs in the 17 balls he played. He gave a power-packed performance and smashed 1 fours and 4 sixes. The players of RCB stretched the total scores to 218 runs.
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Rashid Khan, the ace bowler of Sunrisers Hyderabad gave another brilliant performance and took 3 wickets.
Here’s how twitterati reacted to the first innings of the match:
Looks like @ABdeVilliers17 and #MoinAli are making sure that @RCBTweets reach the qualifiers !!! #RCBvSRH @ipl
— SONAL CHAUHAN (@sonalchauhan7) May 17, 2018
In between this wicket break, just saw Brendon McCullum run from the dugout to the dressing room to get fresh gloves for Sarfaraz. A super senior running pillar to post, giving it all despite not being in the XI. All with a smile.. Respect. #RCBvSRH
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) May 17, 2018
AB and Virat Kohli are the only 2 cricketers who make you hold your breath consistently when they bat, in every format on any surface at any time.#RCBvSRH
— Iron duke Jr. (@Iron_Duke89) May 17, 2018
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Sid Kaul’s figures since May 8 when he was named in India’s T20 squad for England #RCBvSRH— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) May 17, 2018
This will be a huge NRR boosting win for RCB…Will further help their bid for qualification #RCBvSRH
— …. (@ynakg2) May 17, 2018
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Siddharth Kaul is 2.0 version of Ashoke Dinda. #RCBvSRH
— Swapnil (@swapnil_bs) May 17, 2018
You know you’re damn terrible when even Sarfaraz Khan hits you for 4s and 6s.#RCBvSRH
— Jessy Rajkumari (@imJRK_4) May 17, 2018
What’s up #MoinAli ??? #RCBvSRH @ipl . Loving it !!!
— SONAL CHAUHAN (@sonalchauhan7) May 17, 2018
Frustrating to see Kohli being dismissed by spin…7th time this season… #RCBvSRH
— …. (@ynakg2) May 17, 2018
#RCBvSRH: It’s do-or-die for #RCB as they take on an #SRH side that has already secured a Top 2 spot in #IPL2018. This is the @CareerLauncher #AakashVani Preview. pic.twitter.com/ikGfZun8T3
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 17, 2018
And Kohli won’t be able to get his own back against the Afghan spinners in the Test coming up…#RCBvSRH
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) May 17, 2018
You can’t keep The Khan away from the action….three wickets. Kohli, AB and Moeen. Worth a lot more. #RCBvSRH #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 17, 2018
If RCB manage to restrict SRH to 173 or less, they will be ahead of Mumbai Indians on the net run-rate.#RCBvSRH #SRHvRCB #IPL2018
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) May 17, 2018
Moeen Ali & AB De Villiers trying to form a majority in Karnataka. #RCBvSRH
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) May 17, 2018
Not able to understand why Kane Williamson did not try an over from Hooda when he knew with in 10 overs that Kaul and Thampi are floundering today…Perplexing captaincy #RCBvSRH
— …. (@ynakg2) May 17, 2018
Googlies…..have become tough to read and tougher to play. Watching the ball from the hand is no longer in vogue. #RCBvSRH #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 17, 2018
RCB jeet rahe hain Aur apne playoffs chances k L laga rahe hain?#RCBvSRH
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) May 17, 2018
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