After six matches, "Last Boy" Bengaluru saw the face of victory as Hyderabad's batting collapsed in front of Kohli.
Hyderabad’s Sunrisers suffered a home loss. The failing team’s batting order. They were defeated by Royal Challengers Bangalore, the “last boy” on the points standings.
early risers In the current IPL, Hyderabad’s batting lineup was unsuccessful. The ‘last kid’ of the points table, Royal Challengers Bangalore, was the opponent they had to lose against at home. With the bat, Bengaluru amassed 206 runs. Hyderabad was unable to continue that run. This match was won by Virat Kohli by 35 runs. After dropping their first six IPL games, Bengaluru emerged victorious.
After winning the toss, Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis elected to bat first, taking into consideration Hyderabad’s batting lineup. Kohli and Faf, the two openers, got off to a good start. They were running fast. However, in the power play, Bengaluru lost wickets once more. T Natarajan removed Duplessi after he scored 25 runs off of 12 balls.
In the first five overs, Pat Cummins, the skipper of Hyderabad, dismissed five bowlers. In this game, Will Jacks, batting third, did not score any runs. Without realizing the pace of leg spinner Mayank Markand’s ball, he was bowled for six runs. Following the power play, there was a little decrease in run rate. Rajat Patidar, who batted at number four, then took over and commanded the squad.In one Marconde over, he smashed four straight sixes. Patidar made fifty runs in 19 balls. But in the following ball, he was out. Patidar was removed by Jaydev Unadkat in his 100th IPL match.
Additionally, Kohli reached his 50-run mark. But Unadkat dismissed him for 51 runs after that. Unadkat was adjusting the ball’s pace. The Bengaluru hitters were struggling to play as a result. The left-handed pacer from Hyderabad also gave Mohipal Lomror back.
Dinesh Karthik and Cameron Green had to carry Bengaluru’s innings beyond 200. Green was having a good game. In the final overs, the Hyderabad pacers were bowling well. He wasn’t allowing big shooters enough room to play. Two batsmen from Bengaluru took Cummins by surprise in the 19th over. In that over, fifteen runs were scored. Still, Karthik was removed from the game by Bengaluru in that over. In the final over, Natarajan scored twelve runs. After 20 overs and 206 runs, Bangalore’s innings was over. Green was still undefeated after 37 runs.
Hyderabad got off to a poor start chasing 207 runs. Will Jacks got Travis Head for just one run in the opening over. The other opener, Abhishek Sharma, was feeling quite seductive. Abhishek came back after scoring 31 runs off of 13 balls, including a huge blow off Yash Dayal. After seven runs, Aiden Markram had to come back without being able to bat because of a foul by Swapnil Singh. Heinrich Klaasen was also dismissed by Swapnil. For the first time in the current IPL, Hyderabad lost four wickets in the power play.
Hyderabad had little choice but to score runs early because the target was so large. After attempting to leave, Nitish Reddy and Abdul Samad also managed to escape. It is entirely Cummins’s and Shahbaz Ahmed’s responsibility to lead the team. Hyderabad failed to break up the brawl. Cummins led the forceful batting effort. He performed a series of impressive plays.
When Cameron Green arrived to bowl, he got rid of Cummins in his opening over. The captain was removed from the game after making 31 runs off of 15 balls, ending Hyderabad’s chances of winning. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shahbaz Ahmed battled, but neither could win the team. After 20 overs, Hyderabad’s innings finished with 171 runs for 8 wickets. For the first time in the current IPL, Bengaluru batted first and won the game.
