SRH Vs RCB, IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bengaluru Beat Sunrisers Hyderabad By 35 Runs - As It Happened

It's match 41 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that saw Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) clashing with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. RCB thrashed SRH by 35 runs after opting to bat first. RCB made 206 runs in 20 overs thanks to Rajat Patidar and Virat Kohli's respective half-centuries. RCB restricted SRH to 171 runs to win the first match after six consecutive losses. Catch the highlights of the SRH Vs RCB match in the IPL 2024, here. (Scorecard)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik(w), Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Siraj, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Himanshu Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Reece Topley, Tom Curran, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mayank Dagar, Alzarri Joseph, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Saurav Chauhan, Rajan Kumar

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, Anmolpreet Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Tripathi, Upendra Yadav, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Sanvir Singh, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen

The last time SRH met RCB in Hyderabad, Virat Kohli scored a century in a successful run chase. Will history repeat itself again tonight?

Samuel Badree and Simon Katich in their pitch report say, "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."

Royal Challengers Bangalore have won the toss and have opted to bat

Playing XIs:

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

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 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

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Umran Malik, Anmolpreet Singh, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Travis Head

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Himanshu Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis opened the batting for Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Abhishek Sharma started with the first over for SRH. Kohli found the gap on the first delivery and sent it for a boundary. With four singles and a double on the last delivery, Sharma conceded 10 runs in his first over.

RCB - 10/0 (1)

T Natarajan was introduced into the attack in the fourth over and Kohli welcomed him with a boundary. He bowled three good deliveries and got rid of Faf du Plessis on the fifth to provide his team the first breakthrough. Will Jacks is the new batter at the crease.

RCB - 51/1 (5)

Will Jacks was removed by the spinner Mayank Markande in his first over. Rajat Patidar has shown some shots and is looking aggressive. Virat Kohli has batted well and is nearing his half-century.

RCB - 94/2 (10)

Virat Kohli completed his fifty in 37 balls with a single on the first delivery of Shahbaz Ahmed's third over. Jaydev Unadkat came in the next over and dismissed him. Mahipal Lomror is the new batter at the crease with Cameron Green accompanying him.

RCB - 142/4 (15)

Cameron Green played a crucial cameo of 37 runs in just 20 balls including five boundaries. Swapnil Singh also slammed a six and a four in the first two deliveries to set the tone for the last over but Natarajan gave just two more runs in the next four deliveries to restrict RCB to 206 runs. Now Sunrisers Hyderabad need 207 runs in 120 balls to win this match.

RCB - 206/7 (20)

Brief Score: RCB - 206/7 (20)

Virat Kohli - 51 (43), Rajat Patidar - 50 (20) | Jaydev Unadkat: (4-0-30-3)

The duo of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma opened the SRH's batting innings and Will Jacks was handed the ball. He kept his lengths tight and also got the first breakthrough on the last delivery of the over. Travis Head went back to the pavilion.

SRH - 3/0 (1)

Yash Dayal dismissed the set batter, Abhishek Sharma. Swapnil Singh was introduced into the attack in the fifth over and he removed Aiden Markram after being hit for a boundary on the first delivery. He also dismissed the destructive batter Heinrich Klaasen on the last delivery to finish the over with two wickets.

SRH - 62/4 (6)

Karn Sharma continued his attack right after the timeout and he got the wicket of Abdul Samad on the first delivery. SRH are six wickets down and captain Pat Cummins came to bat in the 10th over. He joined Shahbaz Ahmed.

SRH - 89/6 (10)

Cameron Green was called back into the attack in the 16th over and he delivered with the wicket of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He made 13 runs in as many balls. Jaydev Unadkat is the new batter at the crease.

SRH - 141/8 (16)

Shahbaz Ahmed fought the lone war and made 40 not out off 37 balls. Jaydev Unadkat also made eight runs not out in 10 balls. RCB registered their second victory of the season and it's a big victory of 35 runs.

SRH - 171/8 (20)

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.

458 SRH vs RCB 2024 (287/3 & 171/8)
450 RCB vs PWI 2013 (263/5 & 187/3)
437 PK vs CSK 2014 (206/4 & 231/4)
436 KKR vs PK 2018 (191/7 & 245/6)

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. More guys scoring runs now. First half of the tournament only Virat was scoring runs. Greeny scoring runs now will be massive for him. We know that Chinnaswamy, that's been a big frustration for us. It's a difficult ground to bowl at. We've tried to find a recipe for it, but it's tough.

 I was just keeping things in my mind that control the controllables. Whenever I go back home, I try to solve every problem which I faced. I go for skilful batting setup. Nothing like that (plan to target spin?). Today I was backing myself to be in good shape against every bowler.

RCB have broken the losing streak of six matches with a 35-run victory over SRH. We will also be taking your leave now. Goodnight!