Hyderabad: Royal Challengers Bengaluru players celebrate after winning their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, in Hyderabad, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (PTI Photo)
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 Highlights: Impact Player Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma and Cameron Green struck twice as the Royal Challengers Bengaluru won only their second game of the season as they beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs. Despite the win however, RCB still sit 10th in the points table.
Batting first, RCB powered to 206 from their 20 overs as a result of fifties from Virat Kohli – who crossed the milestones for a 53rd time in his IPL career – and Rajat Patidar, who reached the mark off just 19 deliveries.
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23:34 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Faf opens up on the win
Faf du Plessis: Last two games, we've shown great signs of fight. SRH game was 270 plus, we got 260. KKR game as well - 1 run. We've been close for a while, but you need to win matches to get confidence as a group. Will sleep easier tonight. You can't speak confidence into the group, can't fake confidence into the group. Only thing that gives confidence is performances. The competition is so strong, the teams are so strong that you'll get hurt if you're not at 100 percent.
23:28 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Cummins mulls on the loss
Pat Cummins: Not an ideal night. Few over par with the ball and unfortunately lost a few wickets throughout our innings. We were gonna bat first, it seems to be working for us. Before the last few wins, we were thinking that we were a bowl-first team. Didn't go our way. (Messaging to the group) I speak after wins, Dan (Vettori) speaks after losses. The boys have been going really well, it's T20 cricket, you are not going to win every game. Don't dwell on this too much. (High risk, high reward approach with the bat) I think it's our strong suit. It's not going to work every game. One or two games where it hasn't gone our way at the start, we still managed to get a good total. Still think this is the way forward for our boys.
23:14 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: RCB win, for only the second time this season
Mohammed Siraj to bowl the penultimate over. He closes his spell on a fine note, just the four runs given in the last. No wickets but he kept the economy down to five, bowling half his quota in the powerplay.
Yash Dayal will close the game for RCB. Starts off with a couple runs negotiated off the first ball followed by a dot ball. A couple of wides in a row. It's the kind of game RCB could've, should've closed early with an even bigger net run rate boost. Unfortunately there have been too many unnecessary runs leaked. At last though, it's over. RCB win by 35 runs.
23:04 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Ferguson leaks more boundaries
Lockie Ferguson back into the attack. Shahbaz Ahmed has been in the middle longer than any of the SRH batters this evening but hasn't been able to get the ball right in the middle of his blade. As the New Zealand speedster goes short though, the southpaw shuffles across and nails a pull over mid wicket.
Later in the over, another short ball, and this time it's Jaydev Unadkat, who goes for a hook shot. It escapes the reach of the keeper on its way down fine leg for four. 159/8 after 18 overs.
22:59 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Siraj back in the attack
Mohammed Siraj into his third over. No better time to inject some confidence into your bowlers' veins than this. Siraj hasn't had a memorable season so far, and has been dropped from the team. An economical over this, costs just the three runs. 144/8 after 17 overs.
22:56 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Green claims another
Bhuvneshwar Kumar claims a couple of boundaries, crucial for the net run rate difference. Cameron Green though, claims another wicket. A fullish delivery on the pads, Bhuvi goes for a flick but is caught at the fence. 141/8 after 16 overs.
22:47 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Bhuvneshwar survives, again as RCB inch closer to the win!
RCB come close to claiming another. Whatever luck that seemed to have fell short when the SRH top order was in the middle, seems to have gone Bhuvneshwar Kumar's way. Escaped a caught behind in the last over. Survives an inside edge off Karn Sharma's last over. And off the very next delivery, is put down by Cameron Green at the first slip. The luck has shined a little too late for home team though. Six runs from the over. 132/7 after 15 overs.
22:42 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Cummins departs!
Cameron Green handed the ball for the first time this evening. Bangs one in short, Cummins looks to slice it on the off side but is caught at backward point by Mohammed Siraj. A brisk cameo comes to an end. Bhuvneshwar Kumar gloves another bouncer but it just falls short of Dinesh Karthik behind the stumps. Three runs from the over. 126/7 after 14 overs.
22:37 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: An economical over from Dayal!
Yash Dayal into his second over. While Cummins has looked comfortable striking big during his short stay so far, Shahbaz Ahmed hasn't been able to time his innings with a stern total to be chased. He sits at 19 off 19 deliveries. Just the four runs from the 13th over. 123/6, SRH.
22:32 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Cummins continues the assault
Karn into his third over. Goes slightly short and is punished by Pat Cummins with a pull for four. The next ball is struck even sweetly for a four! Another pull, nailed over mid wicket for SIX! He's playing a lone-ranger at the moment. 119/6 after 12 overs.
22:30 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Cummins on the charge, 100 up!
Swapnil Singh into his third over. It was his first over that had put SRH in a promising position. They've run out of options here to get the majority of the runs left in the chase. Pat Cummins though, isn't new to hitting maximums and bags a couple from the 11th over. A half-tracker and a fullish delivery is sent over the fence. 100 up for SRH!
22:22 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Halfway stage!
Karn Sharma continues from the other end. Straight up, Abdul Samad dances down the track off a length ball on the leg stump, the ball grips and turns and catches a leading edge. Karn dives to his right to complete a fine catch. SRH are six down at the halfway stage with 118 runs still needed.
22:18 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Crucial boundaries for Hyderabad!
This has been, by far, the best display from the RCB bowling attack this season. Lockie Ferguson into the attack. Starts off with a hard length delivery, Abdul Samad tonks it over mid-on for SIX!
Another short ball later in the over, this time to Shahbaz Ahmed - clocked in at 147KPH - and the latter meets it with a pull shot down the leg side for four. 85/5 after nine overs.
22:13 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Another one bites the dust!
Karn Sharma strikes in his first over!
Tossed up on the middle, Nitish Reddy goes for a reverse sweep but misses and is cleaned up. The ball crashes into the top of off stump. A leggie's delight that. After eight overs, SRH are 72/5.
22:08 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: A story of what if
Venkata Krishna B: Right from the player auctions to now, one of the biggest talking points with regards to RCB has been the lack of quality spinner in their ranks. Apart from Karn Sharma and Glenn Maxwell, they have relied on Mahipal Lomror, Will Jacks to fill their quota. As the tournament progresses, this glaring hole will be exploited by opponents and Swapnil Singh showed why they could have added a world-class spinner to their kitty. With SRH getting another strong start, he removed Aiden Markram with a full-toss, which the batsman missed it totally to be given our LBW. Then in the same over, despite Heinrich Klaasen going after him straight away, had the courage to slow it down and give some air. It meant, Klaasen mistimed it and Cameron Green pouched it at mid-on. With four wickets down, the powerplay belonged to RCB.
22:06 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Onus on SRH
Swapnil Singh continues from the other end. The power hitters have been removed early, now all that remains is to pin the run-rate pressure and wait for the hosts to make error. Six runs from the seventh over. 68/4 after seven overs.
22:02 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: End of powerplay
Siraj back into the attack. The hosts have been put into the deep end tonight, unlike they've been so far in this tournament. Winning the toss and opting to bat first against them has worked wonders for RCB so far. Can Nitish Reddy and Shahbaz Ahmed prove otherwise? For now, the two are on the road to a slow build. Six runs from the sixth over. 62/4 as the field restrictions are lifted.
21:52 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Markram and Klaasen depart!
RCB's Impact Player Swapnil Singh handed the ball. Starts off with a length ball that offers room for Markram to exploit, as he steps down the leg side to unleash a cut stroke behind square on the off side for four. The next one, is an even juicier low full toss but Markram misses on it completely and is trapped flush on the pads. A third wicket falls for the hosts inside the powerplay!
Nitish Reddy brings up the 50 for SRH with a six - off another full toss - this one slammed straight down the ground. Then, Heinrich Klaasen capitalises upon a half-volley. But Swapnil Singh has the bragging rights in this over. Klaasen, attempting another big hit, is holed at mid on. SRH lose four wickets - Head, Abhishek, Markram and Klaasen no less.
21:47 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Abhishek falls
Yash Dayal replaces Siraj. Abhishek continues the onslaught. A low full toss from the left-armer, angled into the southpaw, heaved down deep mid wicket for four. But it's the bowler who has the last laugh. A fullish delivery outside the off stump catches an outside edge, and Dinesh Karthik claims it behind the stumps. A second wicket falls. Both the SRH openers are back in the hut. After four overs, the score is 37/2.
21:41 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Abhishek digs in
Will Jacks continues from the other end but this time, it fares differently for RCB. Abhishek Sharma takes the attack to the off-spinner. Lofts one down extra cover for four before picking the next one for a maximum down long on. The last ball of the over is good length and clamped with a pull over deep mid wicket for six. 31/1 after three overs.
21:37 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: First boundary!
Mohammed Siraj scampers in from the other end. A short ball outside the off stump and Abhishek Sharma pulls it down deep mid wicket for four. First boundary for SRH. Eight runs from that over and the hosts are 11/1.
21:35 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: RCB's Head-start!
Will Jacks to bowl the first over. This should be fun. If any team can make a mockery out of this total, it's the one batting now.
But hang on, this could be quite the twist. Jacks gets the all-important wicket of Travis Head in the first over. Pinned on the stumps, Head wanted to vault this down the leg side but caught a thick-edge and is caught at short-third man by Karn Sharma. 3/1 after the first over.
21:31 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Patidar on the mic
Rajat Patidar: I think the surface is double-paced, especially for fast bowlers. We can use cutters well on this wicket. The spinners will try to bowl back of a length as much as possible. I was just planning my innings, I was not thinking about century. (4 consecutive sixes vs Markande) It was not a plan but I started well in that over, I was trying to maximise. Playing spinners, I try to maximise. to take as many runs in an over as I can, to keep the pressure on the bowler. I was trying to maximise the fast bowler as well, but I'll try in the next match. (Advice to the bowlers) We should use good slower balls on thiswicket.
21:10 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: End of innings
T Natarajan to bowl the last over. Swapnil Singh, 33-year-old all-rounder from Baroda, brought in as an Impact Player by RCB. He latches onto a low full toss from the left-armer to kickstart the over with a maximum over deep mid wicket. Then, a full and wide delivery outside off that induces a thick edge flies over backward point for four. A good comeback from SRH's trusted death bowl star. Just the two runs a wicket off the last four deliveries. RCB close the innings at 206/7.
21:06 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Cummins on the target, Cummins with the strike
Pat Cummins to bowl the penultimate over. Cameron Green has been excellent at reading the slower deliveries as he does against his Australian skipper - drilling an off-cutter down extra cover for four. There's a dolly for the Aussie muscle in form of a full toss which brings another boundary. Dinesh Karthik also smashes a half volley for four before the SRH captain gets the better of him. Expensive four overs from Cummins. 55 runs came off them.
21:00 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: DK for the big finish?
Natarajan into his third over. He's held his end in the 18th over. Pressure back on RCB with a possible 200 plus total in the fray. But will that be enough? Dinesh Karthik picks a slower one and slams it wide of extra cover for four. They need more of these, don't they? RCB. After 18 overs, the score reads 179/5.
20:54 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Slow and steady wins Unadkat the race
Sandip G: Jaydev Unadkat could be no more than a utility bowler. He does not invoke fear in batsmen, he does not instigate video analysts to spend hours decoding his variations, he does not pounce into batsmen’s nightmares. But what he has is the exceptional skill to vary his pace, a reason he always commands a handsome sum on the auction day. He has the whole assortment—off-cutter, back-of-the-hand one, and leg-cutter. His pet slower ball this season has been the slow bouncer, which he delivers from around the stumps to the right-hander and like an off-cutter. He bangs them onto the turf, whips up good bounce. The Virat Kohli wicket ball seamed away a tad from him. It was the slight deviation off the surface that stripped Kohli of the power he wanted to generate. The RCB totem lost his balance in search of power and ended up bungling to deep square leg. Unadkat struck the victory pose. Why not? He had just dismissed Kohli for the first time in the league.
20:54 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Lomror back in the hut!
Jaydev Unadkat into his last over, and he snaps a third wicket!
Mahipal Lomror gets a hold of a fuller delivery but finds Pat Cummins at the deep mid wicket fence. A fine catch from the SRH skipper.
Cameron Green meanwhile, manages to pummel another off cutter for four. RCB are 167/5 after 17 overs.
20:48 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Green-Lomror eyeing big finish!
Pat Cummins has had mixed returns from his first two overs. His third resembles closer to his first as Cameron Green and Mahipal Lomror collect 15 off it.
First up, Green picks up a couple of slower ones, pulls the first between long on and deep mid wicket for four and the second wider of deep square leg. Lomror slashes onto the off cutter over short third man. RCB are 157/4 after 16.
20:43 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Kohli gone!
Jaydev Unadkat strikes again! This time it's the big fish. Virat Kohli holes one straight down deep square leg's throat. And he's dejected! Certainly had the platform to take the game deep after facing that many deliveries and up the ante with the boundaries. RCB are 142/4 after 15 overs.
20:42 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Patidar takes up the mantle
Tushar Bhaduri: With Virat Kohli reduced, or choosing, to milking spinners, it came upon Rajat Patidar to take them down. The Madhya Pradesh batsman, who hd recently returned among runs after a long barren run, developed a special liking for Mayank Markande, after the spinner had deceived Will Jacks with a delightful change of pace. Patidar had signalled his intentions by smashing Shahbaz Ahmed back over his head off the second ball he faced. Markande was taken for five sixes – four in succession in the 11th over. All but one of them were hit in the arc between the sightscreen and wide long-off. When Markande dropped short, Patidar found the stands behind cow corner. The modest pace of Jaydev Unadkat was given similar treatment. Kohli's struggles at the other end forced Patidar to fall on the sword as there was hardly any impetus from the other end, Unadkat getting the vital breakthrough.
20:35 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Fifty number 53 for Kohli!
Shahbaz Ahmed to Virat Kohli, shortish delivery on the off side, flat batted to long off for a single. IPL fifty number 53 for the former RCB skipper. His run-scoring form continues this season as he strengthens his grip on the orange cap. But SRH have kept the run rate under control. Getting rid of Patidar has worked in their favor as Cameron Green looks to settle in. 136/3 after 14 overs.
20:29 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Pat Cummins’s masterclass on how to bowl a T20 over
Sriram Veera: Watch the 12th over replay if you can. Pat Cummins with a masterclass on how to bowl in T20. As a captain, Cummins just seen his young spinner Markande smashed for four consecutive sixes by Rajat Patidar in the 11th over and the score zoom to 127 for 2. As ever, Cummins took on the responsibility to bowl the pressure over. The first was a pacy length ball to Patidar that was punched to long-off for a single. Next one was a back of length and Kohli punched it hard but could only get a single to long-off. Then began the changes. A yorker came and Patidar could only dig it out for a single. Kohli was served a slower off cutter into the turf and short, and the mistimed pull fetched just another single. Next ball was another slower but of different nature- this one much fuller and dipping like a off break at Patidar who pushed it for a single. What now to Kohli for the final ball. Yorker or another slower one? It was the change of pace again, but a slower bouncer and just a single again. Just 6 runs after a flood of runs. Unsurprisingly, Patidar fell next over, trying to get a maximum and holing out at the boundary off Jaydev Unadkat.
20:28 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Patidar gets his fifty, but falls to Unadkat
Jaydev Unadkat into his second over. Patidar gets to a richly deserved half century and in no time - 19 balls. He's put away the pressure off Virat Kohli's shoulders in this middle overs phase. But hoping to continue the flow of boundaries, the right-hander is holed at the deep square leg fence by Abdul Samad. RCB lose a third wicket.
20:22 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Cummins puts a halt on the boundaries, for now
Pat Cummins back into the attack. His first over had costed 19 runs but the skipper has made a fine comeback at a crucial juncture in the game. Just the six singles negotiated. RCB, 127/2 after 12 overs.
20:19 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Patidar mauls Markande
Rajat Patidar!
This is exactly the over RCB needed, with the run rate having taken a hit ever since Faf du Plessis was removed in the powerplay. It's Patidar who has taken the initiative, four sixes in a row off Mayank Markande. Long on, long off, mid wicket, extra cover targetted in the assault. He moves to 46 off just 15 deliveries. 100 up for RCB. 121/2 after 11 overs.
20:14 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Patidar joins in on the fun
With Virat Kohli rotating the strike, it's Rajat Patidar who has taken over as the aggressor. Starts off with a thump off Shahbaz Ahmed's marginally wide delivery, finding a four down the ground. Then picks up Mayank Markande's tossed up delivery by clearing his front leg for a six in the same region. Another boundary comes off Unadkat's slower one, this time through the mid wicket region. At the halfway stage, RCB are 94/2.
20:07 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Kohli gets the first punch in
Tushar Bhaduri: Pat Cummins and Virat Kohli will forever be linked by the silence that engulfed Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium when the latter's inside edge made it way to the stumps in the World Cup final. Kohli was biding his time in the hope of a late assault on that day and would have been peeved to be dismissed while going for only a single. The situation was different at Uppal on Thursday with Royal Challengers Bengaluru off to somewhat of a flier when the Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper came on to bowl the third over. Those fluid wrists came into play on the first ball as the Aussie pace spearhead's length ball was flicked over midwicket for a four. The next one, a length ball outside off, was lofted over cover. T Natarajan's first ball was whipped between mid-on and midwicket for another boundary, before Cummins brought on Kohli's perceived cryptonite, spin in the form of Shahbaz Ahmed and Mayank Markande, to rein him in.
20:07 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Rinse, repeat, perish
Sandip G: The ball before Faf du Plessis perished, he did the exact thing. He manufactured room by moving away from the leg-stump and tried to slap rather than cut T Natarajan. The ball was short, but the lack of pace defeated him and he ended up toe-ending the ball. But the RCB skipper was in no mood to eschew the shot. Before the next ball, he shadow-practised the stroke a few times, winded his shoulders, in case those were stiff.The next ball was similar, if any a bit wider than the previous one. Du Plessis’s response was the same, he tried to slap the ball. But this ball was even slower, was wider and angled away. So even if he had decoded the change of pace, he had little control of the shot, and hence could not impart any momentum onto the ball. It squirmed off the edge and hung in the air, before compatriot Aiden Markram came under it.
19:59 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Markande snaps Jacks
Mayank Markande into the attack. He's started off well, keeping the runs down to just four and there's another breakthrough for the hosts.
Jacks lured into a sweep but misses the line altogether and is cleaned up. RCB are two down for 65 after seven overs.
19:56 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: End of powerplay
Natarajan into his second over. Kohli takes to the skies for the first time. Touch too full and the RCB opener leans forward and hits it through the line - a picturesque lofted on-drive.
A double digit over for RCB, fourth off the six in the powerplay. As the field restrictions are lifted, the scoreboard reads 61/1.
19:52 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: 50 up!
Will Jacks has impressed in his first season so far for RCB. Can he make the most of the help on offer here from the surface. The run rate has tapered down dramatically after 43 runs from the first three overs. Just the eight from the last two as Shahbaz Ahmed is brought into fray. 50 up for RCB.
19:49 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Same pitch as the SRH-MI game
Tanishq Vaddi, from Hyderabad: It is the same pitch which was used for the game against Mumbai Indians. The start from Kohli and Faf, despite the fall of the latter, promises to be another high scoring game on this strip.
19:48 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: First breakthrough for the hosts!
Left-arm seam action into the fray as T Natarajan steams in for the first time tonight. The angle favors him against the two right-handers but there's no movement whatsoever on offer tonight.
And off the very first delivery, fluffling onto his pads, Kohli advances down the track to flick one down mid wicket for four. Goodness me, those wrists are looking on fire tonight.
Faf du Plessis looks to continue the flow of early boundaries but his carved stroke off a slower bouncer is miscued straight to Aiden Markram. A first wicket for SRH.
19:43 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Kohli unsettles Cummins
Pat Cummins brings himself into the attack to replace Abhishek Sharma. And off his very first delivery, Virat Kohli dances down the ground to fashion a sensual bottom-hand flick over mid wicket for four.
Next ball - a shorter one - offers width down the off side and is dispatched down the extra cover region for four. Back-to-back boundaries for Kohli.
Faf Du Plessis from the other end isn't shying away as well. Meets a good length delivery, gets inside the line and uses its pace to paddle it over fine leg fence for SIX! 19 runs from the over. 43/0 after three.
19:38 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: FDP picks apart Bhuvi!
Bhuvneshwar Kumar from the other end. Starts off with a back of a length ball and du Plessis is quick to caress it through covers. The fielder gives it a chase but jeez that outfield is quick! First boundary for the RCB skipper on the night.
Later in the over, out comes a lofted whip down mid wicket for four. Delicious execution that as the Proteas batter picked it from outside the off stump. Another boundary through the covers to close the over. 14 from the over - RCB are 24/0 after two.
19:33 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Off we go!
Right then, this isn't new. SRH get their bowling underway with a spinner. They had done so in the last game as well in Delhi. This time though, it's Abhishek Sharma.
But it's not the best of starts. The first one is fired down Virat Kohli's pads and he flicks it down deep square leg for four. He's off the mark, alright! 10 runs from the first over and the pitch looks an absolute belter for the batters.
19:25 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Can RCB halt the SRH juggernaut
The visiting skipper Faf du Plessis didn't shy away from stating that it was infact SRH's record batting first that had led to the decision of RCB setting the total at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. But can the team with six defeats in a row - seven overall from eight outings - counter the most riveting brand of cricket the league has seen in a while? We'll find out soon enough.
Virat Kohli and du Plessis arrive in the middle. A lot rests on their shoulders. But if there's one wicket where they can tear into the SRH bowlers, it's this one. "Highway" is how Simon Katich had described it at the toss.
19:16 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: DK on the mic
Dinesh Karthik: (Key to getting prepared for this tournament) Understanding how you deal with setbacks, last year wasn't the best for me. So, trying to understand what the bowlers were doing and then trying to predict what they'd be doing this year and prepare accordingly. (Positives from the 1-run loss against KKR) In the powerplay, we really bowled well, we put their batters under pressure which's a huge plus. At the end of the day, it's about making sure that once you get momentum as a batting unit to keep going through, we lost wickets through the middle phase. That's something we'd look back and say we need to change that. Other than that, I think we batted really well for about 15 overs in the game. So there's a lot of positives to take from the last game. If it's an absolute flat deck, anywhere between 220-230 is what you need to get your mind prepared for. Most teams seem to just keep going in terms of looking to hit boundaries throughout their 20 overs. Before, there used to be a bit of a lull between 7-12 where they used to take their time and then launch later. But I don't think that period exists anymore. I don't think I need to expect anything different from Sunrisers. What we need to do is make sure that we bowl like how we bowled against KKR, to a plan, bowl at areas where they'd find hard to hit shots. If after that, they do play their shots, fair enough, they've had a good day. Not much off the field in terms of strategy or picking a squad/XI, but on the field, if I do have something to say, I'll definitely say it to Faf.
19:10 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Playing XI
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan
Subs: Umran Malik, Anmolpreet Singh, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Travis Head
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal
Subs: Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Himanshu Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh
19:03 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Captains on the mic
GEEZ, some roar for Pat Cummins before he comes on the mic. He had called for more of the orange flags, he's got plenty of those in the stands tonight. Helps that SRH have been at top of their game.
Faf du Plessis: We are gonna bat first. We feel like our fans go with us everywhere. These boys have been playing some amazing cricket, hopefully we can put some scoreboard pressure on them. We fought really hard in the last game. Same team.
Pat Cummins: It's been awesome, good to be back here. It's my first year here. The amount of people wearing orange, feels like a good place. We want to bat the same way. We have to adjust quicker as a bowling side. Unadkat comes in for Washington Sundar
19:02 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Toss
Faf du Plessis wins the toss, RCB opt to bat first.
18:48 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Pitch report
Samuel Badree and Simon Katich: "We are on pitch number 2, this is the same surface that was used against Mumbai Indians where that initial score of 277 was made. Dimensions - 63m and 66m square, down the ground - a 76m hit. Certainly think that we can see 300 here tonight because the way SRH have been playing, they are going out all guns blazing. When you look at this pitch, it's absolutely rock hard and it's got a little bit of roughness to it, but it looks like a dry creek bed, so it should come onto the bat beautifully. In the match against Mumbai, there were 38 sixes hit, so expect that tonight. These two teams are power-packed."
18:46 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Jansen in?
Tanishq Vaddi, from Hyderabad: Marco Jansen is practicing with intent - hitting the good length region consistently on the side wicket - and is having a constant chatter with the bowling coach after each ball. With the number of right handers in RCB top order this could be a possible match-up SRH are looking at.
18:39 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Players to watch out
SRH:Travis Head. The Australian batter is a destructive force of nature with the bat, and rightfully finds himself in the running for the Orange Cap race, having plundered 324 runs in six innings. Those runs have come at a jaw-dropping strike rate of 216.
RCB: Virat Kohli has been the only constant in a RCB team that’s currently anchored to the bottom of the standings. He’s the holder of the Orange Cap at the moment, having piled on 379 runs form eight games.
18:33 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Predicted XI
SRH: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan
RCB: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Saurav Chauhan, Mahipal Lomror, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Lockie Ferguson
18:25 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Why Starc doesn’t bowl slower balls in the death
The slower ball is as powerful a weapon, across formats, as the toe-crusher or rib-tickler. Even more so in T20s, where not possessing a lethal slower ball is akin to a doctor without a super-specialization degree these days. Even the quickest and deadliest have it. Jasprit Bumrah and Pat Cummins; Shaheen Shah Afridi and Kagiso Rabada. Those that haven’t fine-tuned one find themselves swept aside in this format, even if they own several other gifts. As is the plight of Mitchell Starc, the most expensive fetch in IPL.
Starc is an irresistible concoction of gifts–the in-swinging yorker, the head-winking bouncer, the untameable hard length balls, pace and control, strength and stamina; in short everything a fast bowler would crave for, enough to coax ?24.75 crore from KKR’s pockets–except that he doesn’t possess a high-definition slower ball. (READ Sandip G's feature on the KKR pacer)
18:14 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: SRH's powerplay mantra
Travis Head had forewarned the Delhi Capitals about the threat they faced on Saturday a day before. “Blow teams out of the water,” has been the idea behind their batting of late and it is exactly what they did in Delhi, posting a record-breaking powerplay score.
On the back of a sensational hundred that helped his side break their own record of the highest-ever total in IPL history, Head had told the reporters in Delhi on Friday about the batting mantra the Sunrisers Hyderabad have put to effect this year, “It’s not going to work every game. But I can tell you, everyone’s terrified of when they come up against us and we have got to blow some teams out of the water before they have even walked out on the field.” (READ MORE)
17:58 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: How Cummins turned SRH from laggards to title contenders
Going into the season there was an element of not knowing what to expect from the side and Skipper Cummins- the player who was brought for a heavy price tag of 20.50 crores despite having a mediocre bowling record in IPL before the current season. Neither has he captained any IPL side or Australia in T20Is before but had proven his leadership for Australia in other formats.
However, leading a country and a franchise is comparing oranges to apples. Leading Australia where he has known his players for the majority of his career is quite different from leading an IPL side where he has to adapt and understand the skill sets of players sometimes he is unaware of in a short space of time. But all speculations were put to rest once the tournament started. (READ MORE)
17:51 (IST)25 Apr 2024
SRH vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2024: Points table
Led by captain Rishabh Pant’s swashbuckling 88 not out, Delhi Capitals compeleted a four-run win over Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday. In the process, DC displaced GT and moved up to the sixth spot.
Rajasthan Royals steamrolled Mumbai Indians by nine wickets to secure their place at the top of the table further in Jaipur on Monday. Powered by Sandeep Sharma’s five-wicket haul and Yashasvi Jaiswal’s century, RR thumped MI in a 180-run chase for their seventh in eight matches. Meanwhile, MI suffered their fifth defeat in eight matches to remain on the seventh spot.
RCB are at the bottom of the 10-team points table as their nightmarish season keeps getting worse just one win from eight matches. (MORE HERE)
