Match Details
Arya- Earlier in the day, it was SRH skipper Kane Williamson who won the toss and put RCB in. Bhuvneshwar Kumar started off with the new ball. Five runs came of the opening over but what transpired in the next over of Marco Jansen left everyone in awe of his skills. He castled his countryman Faf du Plessis with a pearler. It pitched on a length and left du Plessis just enough to beat his outside edge and the off-stumps were clattered.
Virat Kohli came out with a positive intent but bagged a successive golden duck. It was just his mindset which made him poke at a fuller-length delivery a shade outside off which angled away a tad. He poked at that with hard hands and ended up giving an easy catch to the second slip fielder. Anuj Rawat was the next man to go in the final delivery of the 2nd over as RCB were reduced to 8/3. From there on, it was always going to be a catch-up work for RCB.
They went further down the barrel when they lost the prized wicket of Glenn Maxwell to T Natarajan. Skipper Kane Williamson dived in front and took a brilliant catch at mid-off. Shahbaz Ahmed and Suyeh Prabhudessai then shared a 27 runs partnership which was by far the highest partnership of their innings. The wicket of Prabhudessai again started the slide. Inform Dinesh Karthik was also dismissed on nought as he gloved a delivery angling down the leg side.
Hasaranga tried to steal some runs here and there but it was for a lost cause. Harshal Patel was then castled by Natarajan as he came back for his final spell. He then castled Hasaranga with a full-pitched delivery while Bhuvneshwar Kumar bagged the last wicket of Mohammed Siraj to bowl out RCB for just 68 runs, the 6th lowest total in the history of IPL.
Arya- A target of 69 runs was never going to trouble the SRH batters. Opening duo of Abhishek Sharma and Kane Williamson shared a 64 runs opening stand to ensure that there were no hiccups during the run-chase. Kane Williamson was a mere spectator at the other end as Abhishek Sharma who has grown in confidence all through the tournament kept smashing the RCB opening bowlers all around the park.
Some of the shots oozed class and he proved that there were no demons in the pitch whatsoever. He batted sensibly and not only played the big shots but also manoeuvred the field to perfection. He kept tonking the balls all around the park during a blazing knock of 47 before he was dismissed by Harshal Patel with SRH just five runs away from the victory target. Kane Williamson also played some delightful shots and SRH eventually reached the target with 12 overs to spare.