IPL 2017: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in opener

Riding on Yuvraj Singh's blistering knock (62 off 27 balls), Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the inaugural match of the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.

Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 207/4 (Yuvraj 62, Henriques 52, Dhawan 40) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 172 all out (Chris Gayle 32, Kedar Jadhav 31)

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:


ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE:

First over: Mandeep Singh and Chris Gayle come out to bat. Mandeep smacks two fours in the over bowled by Ashish Nehra. Score: 11/0

Second over: Sedate start for Bangalore. Only 1 run conceded by Bhuvneshwar, Gayle yet to start firing. Score 12/0

Third over: Gayle in full flow, 16 runs scored in the over. Score 28/0

Fourth over: Gayle is in mood today. Highlights of the over: 1 6 2 Wd 0 1 4. Score: 43-0

Fifth over: Excellent over by Cutting. Five dot balls. Cutting tamed the 'Gayle' in this over. Highlights: 0 0 0 Wd 0 0 4. Score: 48-0

Sixth over: Mandeep out on 24 runs off 16 balls. Great start from Rashid, got a wicket in his first over for the IPL. Score: 54-1

Seventh over: Gayle out, caught by Warner. A major relief for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Kedar Jadhav in. Score: 61-2.

Eighth over: Rashid's second over. The required run rate is increasing with each passing over for RCB. Highlights: 4 2 1 1 1 4. Score: 74-2.

Ninth over: A good partnership is required for Bangalore to scale the humongous target. Highlights: 1 Wd 0 1 1 6 1, RCB score:85-2

Tenth over: Nehra's over. Slow and steady this partnership is inching towards the target. Highlights: 1Nb 4 1 1 0 1 4, Score: 98-2

Eleventh over: Jadhav is going on the right track with 29 runs off 14 balls and two fours this over. Highlights: 1 Wd 1 1 4 4 1, Score: 111-2

Twelfth over: Jadhav31(16) run out. Great throw by Cutting. This wicket could be a game turner. Highlights: 1 2 1 1,W 1 1, Score: 118-3

Thirteenth over: Head out, bowled Rashid. Head scored 30 runs off 22 balls. This is turning out to be a good debut for Rashid. Mind you, He is first player from Afghanistan to be playing in IPL. Rashid: 3 overs, 27 runs, 2 wicket. Score: RCB 126-4

Fourteenth over: Sachin Baby out, caught by Henriques. Efficient bowling by Bipul Sharma. Highlights: 0 1 1 W 1 1. Score: 130-5

Fifteenth over: Was good, economical last over by Rashid Khan until the last ball. Highlights: 1 1 0 0 1 6, Score: 139-5

Sixteenth over: Highlights: 0 6 1 0 4 1. Score: RCB 151-5

Royal Challengers Bangalore need 57 runs in 24 balls.

Seventeenth over: Binny out, caught by Yuvraj. Great bowling by Bhuvneshwar. Match is slowly slipping away from RCB. Highlights: 1 1 0 1 W 0, Wickets: 154-6

Eighteenth over: Watson Aravind out. Excellent bowling by Nehra. Highlights: 2 0 W W 0 0, RCB 156-8.

Ninteenth over: Tymal Mills out. Good bowling by Bhuvneshwar. Now only formalities left in the match. Highlights: 1L 0 1 6 W 1, RCB 165-9.

Final over: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL opener. Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 35 runs.

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD INNINGS:

First over: Tymal Mills bowls the first over. David Warner opened his account by hitting a boundary of the third ball. Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 7 runs in the first over.

Second over: David Warner was out in the fourth ball after hitting a six in the previous ball. Aniket Choudhary comes in his place. Score: 23/1.

Third over: Good over by Tymal Mills as he concedes just six runs. Score: 29/1

Fourth over: RCB bowlers keeping it tight as Hyderabad manage to score only four runs. Score: 33/1

Fifth over: Sreenath Aravind, left-arm fast medium, introduced to the attack and almost took a wicket as Moises Henriques survived a close LBW appeal in the last ball. Score 42/1

Sixth over: Big over for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Shane Watson concedes 17 runs as Dhawan smacks four boundaries. Score 59/1

Seventh over: Good comeback by RCB as Sunrisers manage to score only five runs. Score 64/1

Eighth over: 11 runs in the over by Travis Head, which included a massive six by Henriques. Score 75/1

Ninth over: Chahal has been able to keep a leash on the Hyderabad batsmen. Score 84/1

Tenth over: Solid start by Hyderabad despite losing skipper Warner early. Dhawan (36) and Henriques (34) both looking good. Score: 88/1

Eleventh over: Dhawan perishes after scoring a quickfire 40, Roger Binny strikes in his first over. Yuvraj comes to bat. Score 98/2

Twelfth over: S Aravind to Y Singh, Yuvraj hits four on the fifth ball of the over. Score 108/2

Thirteenth over: Yuvi is on fire. Highlights of the over: 4 6 4 0 Wd 2 1. Score 124/2

Fourteenth over: Yuvraj welcomes Watson with a four. Highlights: 4 1 1 1 0 1. Score: 132/2

Fifteenth over: 19 runs scored in this over. All the credits to Aravind's friendly bowling. Highlights: 4 1 6 1 6 1. Score 151/2

Sixteenth over: Henriques out. Bowled by Chahal, caught by Sachin. Hooda comes to the crease. Score 155/3

Yuvraj Singh: 46 runs of 21 balls with strike rate of over 200

Seventeenth over: All thanks to our vintage Yuvi, it is raining fours and sixes in Hyderabad . Highlights: 1 0 4 1 0 1. Score 162-3

Eighteenth over: Yuvraj's fastest fifty off 22 balls. Hooda hits six on the first ball of the over. Highlights: 6 1 Wd Wd 4 1 2 1. Score: 179-3

Ninteenth over: Yuvraj Singh out. Divine romance of Yuvi's bat with bowl finally comes to an end. Yuvraj 62 (27). Highlights: 1 4 6 W 1 0. Score: 191-4

Final over: This was Cutting's over. With 2 sixes, Cutting gives the end SRH innings deserve. Highlights: 1 1 6 2 0 6. Score: 207-4

Playing XI:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Shane Watson(c), Kedar Jadhav(w), Travis Head, Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Tymal Mills, Sreenath Aravind, Aniket Choudhary, Yuzvendra Chahal

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Yuvraj Singh, Deepak Hooda, Naman Ojha(w), Ben Cutting, Bipul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Ashish Nehra