Shimron Hetmyer (75) and Gurkeerat Singh (65) forged a 144-run stand for the fourth wicket to help Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) end their IPL 2019 campaign on a winning note. The duo notched up half-centuries to power RCB to a four-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium on Saturday.
SRH will have to wait until Sunday – for the result of MI vs KKR clash at the Wankhede – to see if they have qualified for the playoffs.
Earlier, Kane Williamson (70 not out) led from the front as the Orange army posted 175/7 in a must-win encounter against Virat Kohli and Co.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
It's important that other people also contribute and since we have seen the contribution today, we saw RCB getting past the line #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/s7MlxPSXm1
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) May 4, 2019
What explains #RCB playing with three overseas players when Hetmeyer was sitting on the bench?? Understandable when four overseas were available and he wasn’t one of them after the first few games… #RCBvSRH #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/Iamcezane/status/1124749432157687808
Lads, you're not just Challengers, you're champions! 😍😍😍@SHetmyer @gurkeeratmann22 #playBold #RCBvSRH #VIVOIPL2019 pic.twitter.com/efScrFhmx6
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) May 4, 2019
Century partnerships for RCB not involving any of Kohli, Gayle and ABD in the IPL:
144 – Shimron Hetmyer/Gurkeerat Singh, 4th wkt v SRH, 2019
126* – Jacques Kallis/Robin Uthappa, 2nd wkt v MI, 2009#IPL2019 #RCBvSRH— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) May 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/18prajakta/status/1124738380011466752
Shemron hetmyer and gurkeerat mann were playing superbly until #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/vPbN1qDuSb
— Basra!!!! (@basrasahab) May 4, 2019
All of Kolkata and @KKRiders will be rooting for Shimron Hetmyer.
— Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky) May 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/viratfanalways/status/1124751362800013312
Exactly…😍😝😂😂 #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/2FIXbjoIL2
— Maari Balaji ツ (@MaariBalaji09) May 4, 2019
Man of the match, Shimron Hetmyer!#IPL2019 #RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/Pipwu1K1Gt
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) May 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/MuraliSingh7/status/1124876718735409153
#RCBvSRH
And the Vivo perfect catch of the match goes to Cameraman for catching this beauty with his camera! pic.twitter.com/aqM3ibL3fZ— Rahul Tyagi (@rahulastic) May 4, 2019
Cameraman on Strike..#RCBvSRH pic.twitter.com/6DTdo03KZw
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) May 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/DRajuanandhan/status/1124749326121558016
