IPL: Bengaluru beat Hyderabad by 14 runs, keep track of expectations of the playoffs

After this victory, Bengaluru has come in fifth place in the eight teams table. His 13 matches have 12 points. Mumbai and Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab also have 12-12 points.

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Bengaluru : In  the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), host Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs in the thrilling match played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. With this victory, Bangalore has kept its playoffs alive alive.

Hyderabad won the toss and invited Bangalore to bat. Hyderabad's bowling attack, which is considered to be the strongest yet this season, broke away in the face of storms of AB de Villiers (69), Moin Ali (64), Colin D. Grandhomme (40) and Bengaluru lost six wickets in 20 overs. He scored a huge score of 218 runs. Hyderabad struggled very much but after playing the full over, losing three wickets could make 204 runs.

Bengaluru to beat Rajasthan

After this victory, Bengaluru has come in fifth place in the eight teams table. His 13 matches have 12 points. Mumbai and Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab also have 12-12 points. In order to go to the playoff, Bengaluru will have to pray for the loss of the other teams besides winning all the matches against Rajasthan on Saturday.

Captain Ken Williamson scored 81 runs for the visiting team, following the strong goal. He faced 42 balls in his struggling innings and hit seven fours and five sixes. Apart from them, Manish Pandey scored an unbeaten 62 in 38 balls with seven fours and two sixes.

Hyderabad needed 20 runs in the last over

The team of both of them was on the way to success. In the last over, Hyderabad needed 20 runs but the team lost Williamson's wicket on the first ball and the team was forced to lose it. Manish could not win the team while still not out.

Shikhar Dhawan (18) and Alex Hales (37) added 47 runs for the first wicket to Hyderabad. Yuzvendra Chahal caught Dhawan on his first ball in the sixth over and gave the first blow to the visiting team. Heals quickly with the captain and scored 64 runs in eight overs for the team. On the final ball of the same over, Ali's delivery gave De Villiers a second catch to Hales's catchy catches to Bangalore.

Williamson runs fast with Manish

From here Williamson kept pace with Manish and kept the team on the way to victory. Both played 135 runs in 67 balls for the third wicket. Although the target proved more than the two of these, and the team failed to make the required runs in the last over.

Earlier, De Villiers and Ali were heavily washed by the Hyderabad bowlers. In addition to these two, the contribution of Colin D Grandshom to 40 runs in 17 balls and young batsman Sarfaraz Khan in eight balls played in eight balls contributed with the contribution of Bengaluru to 200 runs.

Captain Kohli scored 38 runs

On the last ball of the first over, the hosts were the first blow to the team. Parthiv Patel (1) was sent to Sandeep Sharma, caught by Siddharth Kaul at the pavilion. Rashid Khan, batting in his clutches, made captain bold on the total score of 38. Kohli scored 12 runs with the help of two fours.

Here De Villiers and Ali started a fast track for Bengaluru. Moin's bat was quite quiet from the match, which went on in this match, and hit the first ball of the 13th over to complete his maiden half-century in IPL. Over an over, DeVilliers also completed his 50th over.

Rashid managed to send a pavilion to some dangerous de Villiers. However, it has been the contribution of Shikhar Dhawan's catch of catch to the boundary. De Villiers's wicket dropped to a total of 145. On the next ball, Ali hit the Rashid on the next ball and he was caught behind by the umpires on the next ball in the hands of Shriwats Goswami.

Despite the departure of De Villiers and Ali, however, Bangalore did not have any impact on the run-up, and Colin continued to rain runs. He returned to the pavilion due to Rashid's excellent catch in the last over. He hit four sixes and only one shot in his innings. Sarfaraj remained unbeaten He hit three fours and a six. Rashid achieved three successes for the team while Siddhartha got two wickets. Sandeep got one wicket.