IPL 2025: Ishan Kishan, Bowlers Star In Sunrisers Hyderabads 42-Run Win For RCB
Royal Challengers Bengaluru will likely be ruing the missed alternative to go high of the Indian Premier League 2025 desk as Sunrisers Hyderabad handed a crushing 42-run defeat to the playoffs-bound franchise in Match 65 on the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Friday.
With this loss, RCB’s run price has taken a heavy hit and pushed them down to 3rd place within the desk with Punjab Kings shifting previous because of their superior run price. Gujarat Titans continues to be on the high of the desk with 18 factors and Mumbai Indians in fourth with 16.
Requested to bat first by RCB’s stand-in skipper Jitesh Sharma, Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on Ishan Kishan’s unbeaten 94 to achieve an enormous complete of 231/6 in 20 overs.
Openers Abhishek Sharma (34) and Travis Head (17) gave the Sunrisers a flying begin with their heavy hitting and reached the 50-run mark in simply 15 deliveries. Simply when it appeared the 2 had been on for a giant rating, RCB scalped each batters in a matter of three deliveries. Abhishek flicked Lungi Ngidi’s full-length supply straight to Phil Salt. Simply two deliveries later, it was Bhuvneshwar who claimed the vital wicket of Head.
After concentrating on Suyash Sharma, Heinrich Klassen (24) fell to the bowler whereas making an attempt to clear the fielder on the long-on boundary however was caught by Shepherd.
Kishan saved up the momentum by hammering a brief supply by Krunal Pandya for six earlier than Aniket Verma (26) joined within the enjoyable with two maximums and a 4 off Suyash for a 19-run eleventh over. The duo equally handled Pandya by getting a six every off his opening three balls. Aniket’s time on the crease got here to an finish when a vanguard noticed the ball balloon in the direction of backward level for a easy catch by Bhuvneshwar.
Kishan, then again, had no intentions of letting the autumn of wickets on the different finish halt the circulate of runs and raised his half-century in 28 balls. Nitesh Kumar Reddy’s (4) lean run of type continued because the all-rounder was undone by Shepherd.
With Kishan firing from the opposite finish, Abhinav Manohar (12) struggled to get going and it was as soon as once more Shepherd who bought the important breakthrough for RCB.
Kishan ended the inning simply wanting the century landmark and took SRH to 231/6 in 20 overs with a 4 and a six in Yash Dayal’s remaining over. He ended with 94 not out off 48 balls, a knock laced with seven boundaries and 5 sixes.
In response, Virat Kohli (43) took the battle to the SRH bowlers. He started the proceedings with a late reduce off Pat Cummins, earlier than punching Jaydev Unadkat via vast mid-off with authority within the subsequent over. A pull shot in the direction of deep mid-wicket, which simply evaded Nitesh Kumar Reddy, off Cummins, noticed the veteran take cost of the opening overs, whereas Phil Salt (62) struggled to get going, contrasting their common dynamic.
With the required run price being matched, virtually uncharacteristically, Kohli didn’t get on high of the bounce off Harsh Dubey and sliced the ball straight to Abhishek at backward level.
Mayank Agarwal (11), introduced in as an damage alternative for Devdutt Padikkal, bought off the mark with a 4, however his return was reduce brief by a great size supply within the channel by Reddy, as he edged to Klassen. Extremely sufficient, RCB had been nonetheless flying at 167/3 on the finish of the fifteenth over earlier than catastrophe struck.
Reddy clamped up the stress and allowed solely 4 off the following six deliveries, which resulted in Malinga utterly flipping the sport on its head. A yorker noticed RCB attempt to steal a fast single, however the pacer bought to the ball first and dismissed Rajat Patidar, who was left in no man’s land, with a direct hit.
Malinga continued to torment RCB by pouching a catch off his personal bowling to dismiss Romario Shepherd (0) on his first supply. The sport utterly appeared to slide away from RCB when Jitesh miscued a slot supply straight to Abhinav Manohar at deep mid-wicket.
Tim David (1), who was compelled off the sphere after pulling up within the remaining over within the first innings, was struggling closely and was concerningly unable to take singles. Malinga obliged by ending his innings with a decrease full toss, noticed the Aussie hit it straight to long-on.
Pat Cummins castled Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3) earlier than Krunal Pandya (8) hit his personal stumps along with his bat. Harshal Patel rounded the sport up for SRH as Yash Dayal (3) was caught within the deep to dismiss the aspect for 189 to seal the 42-run victory.
