MATCH REPORT

121-2 after 15 overs to 153-10 with 2 balls remaining. The orange army’s middle-order collapse began with the new wizard of spin coming in and picking up the crucial ones. Yuzi Chahal what a beauty this guy has been for RCB and the triumph today.

Well, let’s rewind from the toss where David Warner the reappointed skipper for Srh won the toss and elected to field. RCB coming to bat first started off very well with debutant Devdutt Padikal scoring a brilliant half-century and Aaron finch giving him good support. SRH tried to bowl tough to them and Vijay Shankar was the one who got Paddikal out in the first instance. Later in the next over Abhishek Sharma, another talented youngster got Aron finch plumb on front foot with an lbw. Just when Virat and De Villier’s were looking set, it was Virat Kohli who tried to pull a bouncer wide off stump and was caught in the deep. Later on, with efforts of a brilliant half-century from De Villiers, RCB landed onto 163-5 after 20 overs. Later on, in the chase Srh lost their skipper Warner very early in a runout at nonstrikers end. In-form Johny Bairstow and Manish Pandey were really looking good and tried to build a good partnership before Chahal picked up the later with a wonderful pitched up leg-spin. Johnny Bairstow was accompanied by Youngman Priyam Garg who tried to bat deep with Bairstow. SRH was 121-2 after 15 overs and then landed began the fall of wickets. Chahal got the breakthrough and was on a hat-trick after getting Bairstow and Vijay Shankar clean bowled with a leg break and googly upfront. Later on Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini and Dale Steyn empowered brilliant stuff to end Srh’s trial in the run chase with 2 balls remaining.