Match Details
The second innings began alluringly with a trademark Virat Kohli cover-drive, on ball one, but Bhuvneshwar Kumar took his revenge by removing his India captain in that very over. Then came Dan Christian but got only last for four deliveries. The next man in was KS Bharat, who cracked two oomphing boundaries off Kaul, but was outclassed by Malik’s sheer pace.
Bangalore were down and under at 38-3 in 6.5, when Maxwell turned out to help Padikkal. The young southpaw anchored around the Big Show, as the duo notched an important stand of 54 off 44 for the Royal Challengers. Alas, the Aussie was removed by a tracer bullet-alike throw by Williamson and then the opener followed, while turning up the heat against Rashid Khan.
SRH had two new batters on strike, ABD and Shahbaz tried to take the toll and played tidy cameos for their franchise. Alas it wasn’t sufficient as the last two astonishing overs were where SRH made things happen. Holder bowled the over of the day, when he foxed Ahmed, a couple of times, before taking him finally. Followed by a Bhuvneshwar Kumar a game-sealing 20th over.