That's it!ย Royal Challengers Bangalore win by four wickets. Umesh Yadav hits back to back boundaries to help RCB win. With this RCB Bow out on a high and dent Sunrisers Hyderabad's hopes of making it to IPL 2019 playoffs. Despite the defeat, SRH stay on fourth spot on the IPL 2019 points table. If KKR beat MI tomorrow, SRH will be knocked out and Knight Riders will proceed. ย Full Scorecard |ย IPL 2019 Points Tableย |ย Orange Capย |ย Purple Cap.
What an over this by Khaleel Ahmed. He picks two wickets and gives away five runs. RCB now need 6ย runs from the last over. Can Sunrisers pull this off?
OUT! Rashid Khan Strikes. He gets rid of Shimronย Hetmyer. But looks like it is little too late for Sunrisers now.ย Hetmyer c Shankar b Rashid Khan 75(47)ย
It is down to last four overs and RCB needs 30 runs to win now. Shimron Hetmyer is batting on 67 off 43 ballsย while Gurkeerat Singh Mann isย on 56 off 41 balls.
RCB needs now 55 more runs to win from 36 balls. The partnership between Shimron Hetmyer and Gurkeerat Singh Mann is now worth 101ย runs off 67ย balls.
Shimron Hetmyer is playing a superb knock and is threatening to take the game away from Sunrisers. He is showing his true class in the last match of this season.ย
Halfway through and RCB need 99 more runs to win from 60 balls. The partnership between Shimron Hetmyer and Gurkeerat Singh Mann is now worth 67 off 43 balls.
Shimron Hetmyer andย Gurkeerat Singh Mann are in the middle and face an uphill task. RCB needs one good partnership from here to take them close to the SRH's total.
OUT! Another one bites the dust! Three wickets in three overs so far for Sunrisers. Bhuvneshwar Kumar picks his second as he gets rid of dangerous AB de Villiers. Martin Guptill takes a superb catch.ย de Villiers c Guptill b Bhuvneshwar 1(2)
OUT! BIG wicket this! Khaleel Ahmed strikes for Sunrisers. RCB have lost two wickets in two overs. This Virat Kohli is caught behind. Kohli c Saha b Khaleel Ahmed 16(7)
OUT! Early breakthrough for Sunrisers. Bhuvneshwar Kumar strikes and he removes Parthiv Patel, who is caught at point.ย Parthiv Patel c Manish Pandey b Bhuvneshwar 0(3)
28 runs from the last over! Superb batting by Kane Williamson. He provided Sunrisers Hyderabad with a much-needed impetus. SRH post 175 on board as Williamson finishes unbeaten on 70 off 43 balls. Do join us back for RCB's chase.
Just three overs remaining now and Sunrisers Hyderabad need big overs here to finish on a high. at least 170 should be on their mind. Kane Williamson is out there in the middle and he holds key for SRH.
OUT! Yuzvendra Chahal scalps Yusuf Pathan's wicket. That's 100th wicket for Chahal, he has been key bowler for RCB over the years.ย Y Pathan c U Yadav b Chahal 3(4)
OUT! Vijay Shankar was looking good but perishes while looking to keep the attack going. Third wicket for Washington Sundar this. ย Shankar c de Grandhomme b Washington Sundar 27(18)
Halfway through and it is Vijay Shankar and Kane Williamson in the middle for Sunrisers. SRH needs a partnership here from these two and that will probably help them post over 170 on the board.
Washington Sundar strikes twice in this over. He first removed Martin Guptill and then had Manish Pandey caught as well. Big blow this to Sunrisers. All of a sudden they are on the back foot.
OUT! Navdeep Saini strikes. Wriddhiman Saha departs, he is caught at mid-on. Much needed breakthrough for Sunrisers. W Saha c U Yadav b Navdeep Saini 20(11)
Good start this for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Four boundaries for Saha thus far and ย one for Guptill. The Kiwi has also smashed two sixes. SRH scoring at 11 runs per over.ย
Navdeep Saini with the second over. And he gives away 19 runs from his over. He conceded two fours and a six in this over. Good start this for Sunrisers. ย
SRH will be wary of RCB as they can spin the part for them. Sunrisers are currently placed fourth on the IPL 2019 points table and a win will help them move a step closer towards the playoffs. Sunrisers have a better run-rate and if they manage to beat RCB, they will likely finish ahead of Kolkata Knight Riders, who will have to beat Mumbai Indians by a bigger margin to qualify.
Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad have met 13 times thus far. And SRH leads the head to head record with eight wins while RCB have won five. In the previous meeting, earlier this season, SRH defeated RCB by mammoth 118 runs.ย Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Live Cricket Score.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (From): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Martin Guptill, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson(c), Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, K Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Ricky Bhui, Shreevats Goswami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan.
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