Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on a solid top order contribution and some disciplined bowling to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 35 runs in the opening match of the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Wednesday.
Asked to bat first by the visitors, Hyderabad posted a commanding 207/4 in their allotted 20 overs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. In reply, RCB were bowled out for 172 runs in 19.4 overs.
Following is the scoreboard at the end of the Indian Premier League clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Wednesday.
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
David Warner c Mandeep Singh b Choudhary 14
Shikhar Dhawan c Sachin Baby b Binny 40
Moises Henriques c Sachin Baby b Chahal 52
Yuvraj Singh b Mills 62
Deepak Hooda not out 16
Ben Cutting not out 16
Extras (lb 1, w 5, nb 1) 7
Total (in 20 overs) 207/4
Fall of wickets: 1/19 (David Warner, 1.4 overs), 2/93 (Shikhar Dhawan, 10.3 ov), 3/151 (Moises Henriques, 15.2 ov), 4/190 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.4 ov)
Bowling:
Tymal Mills 4-0-31-1,
Aniket Choudhary 4-0-55-1
Yuzvendra Chahal 4-0-22-1
Sreenath Aravind 3-0-36-0
Shane Watson 3-0-41-0
Travis Head 1-0-11-0
Stuart Binny 1-0-10-1
Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Chris Gayle c Warner b Hooda 32
Mandeep Singh b Rashid Khan 24
Travis Head c Yuvraj Singh b Rashid Khan 30
Kedar Jadhav run out 31
Shane Watson c Henriques b Nehra 22
Sachin Baby c Henriques b Bipul Sharma 1
Stuart Binny c Yuvraj Singh b Kumar 11
Sreenath Aravind b Nehra 0
Tymal Mills c Warner b Kumar 6
Yuzvendra Chahal run out 3
Aniket Choudhary not out 6
Extras: (lb 1, w 4, nb 1) 6
Total: (in 19.4 overs) 172
Fall of wickets: 1/52 (Mandeep Singh, 5.4 overs), 2/60 (Chris Gayle, 6.3 ov), 3/116 (Kedar Jadhav, 11.4 ov), 4/126 (Travis Head, 12.5 ov), 5/128 (Sachin Baby, 13.4 ov), 6/154 (Stuart Binny, 16.5 ov), 7/156 (Shane Watson, 17.3 ov), 8/156 (Sreenath Aravind, 17.4 ov), 9/164 (Tyron Mills, 18.5 ov), 10/172 (Yuzvendra Chahal, 19.4 ov).
Bowling:
Ashish Nehra 4-0-42-2
Bhivneshwar Kumar 4-0-27-2
Ben Cutting 3.4-0-35-0
Rashid Khan 4-0-36-2
Deepak Hooda 1-0-7-1
Moises Henriques 2-0-20-0
Bipul Sharma 1-0-4-1
