Carnage from Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen first powered SRH to 287/3, the highest IPL total ever. But later, a brilliant spell from Cummins of 3/43 put brakes on RCB's remarkable fightback and they lost by 25 runs at Bengaluru on Monday.
Ahead of the fixture against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Rajasthan Royals (RR) leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is on the verge of achieving 200 wickets in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
A fighting half-century by Dinesh Karthik and an explosive powerplay partnership between skipper Faf Du Plessis and Virat Kohli went in vain as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) could not chase the 288-run target set by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), restricted to 262/7 in their run-chase at Ben
With this loss, RCB is at the bottom of the table, with just one win in seven overs. They have just two points. SRH now has four wins and two losses, with eight points. They are at the fourth spot.
Following a marvellous century against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) opener Travis Head asserted that the franchise is eyeing 300 now after registering the highest total in Indian Premier League (IPL)
The Royals pulled off a three-wicket win over Punjab Kings in their previous match at Mullanpur last week. Top-scorer Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shimron Hetmyer's thrilling cameo ensured that the Royals ended on the right side of a close contest by chasing down PBKS' 148-run target. Keshav Maharaj
Opener Abhishek Sharma overtook England batter Jonny Bairstow to become the fifth-highest run-getter for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League
Dube's prowess against spin is well known among the IPL teams, to the extent that they have stopped using spin that much against the left-hander. There is an element of fear among spinners about Dub's raw power, 'go hard' mentality since ball one. With the 'two bouncer' rule coming this year
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Faf Du Plessis won the toss and elected to bowl first against SunRisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday
Opener Rohit Sharma's valiant second Indian Premier League (IPL) century went in vain as a four-wicket haul from Matheesha Pathirana managed to restrict a power-packed Mumbai Indians (MI) line-up to 186/6 in their 20 overs and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) secured a 20-run win at Wankhede Stadiu