Kohli leads; RCB beat Hyderabad

RCB made a couple of changes to their playing (Mork)eleven – Yogesh Takawale and Albie made way for Rilee Rossouw and Harshal Patel.

SRH (Shar)made one change to their playing eleven – Amit Mishra made way for Ishant.

On winning the toss, Virat Kohli, RCB’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of SRH’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 47, and lost a couple of wickets.

Aaron Finch, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 13. Eighteen balls into the match, he was caught by Parthiv Patel. Mitchell Starc broke the 20-run stand.

Lokesh Rahul, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Seven balls later, he was caught by Chris Gayle. Ashok Dinda broke the nine-run stand.

SRH scored 50 off 6.3 overs (40 balls). RCB had conceded three extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 40 balls. While the contributions of both Shikhar Dhawan, SRH’s skipper, and David Warner to the partnership were 23 apiece, extras’ contribution to it was four.

Shikhar, whose 36-ball innings included four boundaries, eventually scored 37. Nine overs after Rahul’s dismissal, he was caught by A B de Villiers, the player of the match. Aaron broke the 62-(Va)run partnership.

SRH scored 100 off 14.2 overs (87 balls). RCB had conceded four extras at that point.

Daren Sammy, whose run-a-ball innings included a six, scored eight. Three overs after Shikhar’s dismissal, he was caught by Starc. Harshal broke the 24-run stand.

Warner’s half-century – which included four boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 43 balls.

Naman Ojha, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 15. Three overs after Sammy’s dismissal, he was caught by Starc. Aaron broke the 34-run stand.

SRH scored 150 off 19.1 overs (116 balls). RCB had conceded 10 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Warner, whose 49-ball innings included four boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 61. Four balls after Naman’s dismissal, Starc broke the one-run stand.

Irfan Pathan, who faced a couple of balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was unbeaten, as was Karn Sharma, who faced a ball, scoring a run.

SRH scored 155 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs.

Each of the five bowlers bowled four overs apiece.

Yuzvendra Chahal, who conceded 30, was wicketless.

Dinda and Harshal picked up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 39, the latter conceded 29.

Aaron and Starc picked up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former conceded 33, the latter conceded 21.

The first Powerplay of RCB’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 36, and lost a couple of wickets.

Parthiv, who faced five balls, scored three. Bhuvneshwar Kumar had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the five-run stand.

Kohli, who faced five balls, didn’t get off the mark. Five balls later, he was caught by Naman. Bhuvneshwar broke the one-run stand.

Gayle, whose 19-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, scored 27. Twenty-eight balls later, he was caught by Sammy. Karn broke the 32-run stand.

RCB scored 50 off 8.4 overs (52 balls). SRH had conceded three extras at that point.

Rossouw, whose 23-ball innings included a boundary, scored 14. Twenty-one balls after Gayle’s dismissal, Karn broke the run-a-ball stand.

Yuvraj Singh, whose 16-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 14. He was caught by the substitute, Moises Henriques. Karn broke the 36-run stand.

RCB scored 100 off 15.1 overs (91 balls). SRH had conceded four extras at that point.

De Villiers’ half-century – which included a couple of boundaries and five sixes – came off 23 balls.

The sixth-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While the contribution of de Villiers to the partnership was 45, the contribution of Starc to the partnership was five. Extras’ contribution to it was a run.

De Villiers, whose 41-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and eight sixes, eventually scored 89. He was unbeaten.

The sixth-wicket pair eventually put on 57. Starc, who faced eight balls, did not add to the aforementioned score. Twenty-eight balls after Yuvraj’s dismissal, Finch ran him out.

RCB scored 150 off 19 overs (114 balls). SRH had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Harshal, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

RCB, who scored 158 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 19.5 overs, won by four wickets with a ball to spare.

Sammy, who bowled two wicketless overs, conceded 25.

Irfan, who bowled seventeen wicketless balls, conceded 25.

Ishant, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 35.

Dale Steyn, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 39.

Bhuvneshwar, who bowled four overs, conceded 16. He picked up two wickets.

Karn, who bowled four overs, conceded 17. He picked up three scalps.