Dubai: In the third match of 13th edition of Indian Premier league (IPL 2020), the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have gotten off to a winning start as they secured a 10-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Dubai on Monday.
SRH looked to be on course at 121/2 with Jonny Bairstow (61 off 43) looking set with a half-century, but a slide triggered by Yuzvendra Chahal, saw SRH lose their final eight wickets for 31 runs. Chahal finished with 3/18 while Navdeep Saini and Shivam Dube picked up two wickets each. Chasing 164 for a win, SRH were all out for 153 in 19.4 overs.
In the first innings, RCB posted a challenging 163/5 on the back of half-centuries from AB de Villiers (51 off 30) and IPL debutant Devdutt Padikkal (56 off 42).
RCB’s opening wicket stand put on 90 runs with Padikkal bringing up a half-century, and even though RCB struggled between overs 12 and 16, de Villiers set the ball rolling to help the team finish with a total of 163 runs.
A great day for RCB fans! The team had a very difficult start last season but they are off and running with a win this time.