Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) bowlers once again successfully defended a total to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 5 runs at home on Monday night.
Chasing a stiff target of 147, Virat Kohli & Co. were restricted to 141/6 in 20 overs. RCB needed 12 off the last over and Bhuvneshwar Kumar executed the plan well to keep the batsmen silent.
Earlier, riding on an emphatic performance from skipper Kane Williamson, SRH notched up 146/10 in 20 overs. For RCB, Tim Southee and Mohammed Siraj scalped 3 wickets apiece.
Later, RCB lost Parthiv Patel but Virat Kohli (39) took the onus on himself and smashed the SRH bowlers before getting dismissed off a blinder by Yusuf Pathan. No other batsman looked comfortable and the visitors eventually lost the match.
Here’s how the Twitter world reacted to the match:
#SRH can defend the indefensible 🙏🙌 take a bow 🙇♂️ and how smart is Kane’s captaincy!!! #SRHvRCB #IPL #ApnaTukkaBhiLaga 🤗
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/AlexHales1/status/993564615962497024
A huge shout out to the think tank that sat down and hand picked this champion bowling line up @VVSLaxman281 @TomMoodyCricket and Murali. They are reaping the benefits as a result of that now. 5 wins in a row for the @SunRisers #SRHvRCB
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) May 7, 2018
हैदराबाद ने मिथ तोड़ दिया है कि टी 20 बल्लेबाजों का क्रिकेट है ! ये साबित किया है कि ये गेंदबाज़ों का भी उतना ही है !
एक लाइन में कहें तो ये क्रिकेट का इंसाफ है . बराबरी लायी है हैदराबाद टी20 में #SRHvRCB— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) May 7, 2018
That was a sensational display of bowling from @BhuviOfficial ! @SunRisers have pulled off another game with the help of some brilliant bowling display. Well done👏🏻#SRHvRC
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) May 7, 2018
What Dhoni is to finishing with the bat, Bhuvi is to finishing with the ball. Cool, calm, composed.. SRH are quite the ‘Defend’ing champions #SRHvRCB #Orangearmy
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru) May 7, 2018
Excellent bowling @BhuviOfficial , @sandeep25a & Kaul. Congratulations on the victory #KaneWilliamson & @SunRisers #SRHvRCB
— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) May 7, 2018
That was a master class in death bowling by Bhuvi 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
— Chris Morris (@Tipo_Morris) May 7, 2018
Showcase death bowling by #SRH, Yorker execution at its best by Bhuvi #SRHvRCB #IPL2018 #BadriBytes
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) May 7, 2018
Bhuvneshwar Kumar wins it for SunRisers Hyderabad.
Take a bow CHAMPION! #IPL2018 #SRHvRCB #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/NUc7S8XaSF— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) May 7, 2018
Fabulous, fabulous last over from Bhuvi. Top class. Shows why he is special
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 7, 2018
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#SRHvRCB. Well played SRH. Experience counts @BhuviOfficial. Outstanding last over. Class is Class
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349) May 7, 2018
This #SRH bowling attack is just gold. PURE GOLD!
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) May 7, 2018
Only #SRH can pull off a win like this . So many drop catches but bowlers still manage to win the game 👏👏👏👏 #hatsoff #OrangeArmy #deadlybowlers #SRHvsRCB #IPL2018
— 🫧. (@nxwanderlust) May 7, 2018
Incredible defence of modest score by SRH. RCB were in game till last over but… Outstanding bowling at death by Kaul & Bhuvi. Hats off!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 7, 2018
😐😐#srhvrcb pic.twitter.com/PgOFju9loU
— Rishabh Srivastava (@AskRishabh) May 7, 2018
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