Hyderabad: Royal Challengers Bengaluru players celebrate after winning their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, in Hyderabad, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (PTI Photo)
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru IPL 2024 Highlights: Impact Player Swapnil Singh, Karn Sharma and Cameron Green struck twice as the Royal Challengers Bengaluru won only their second game of the season as they beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs. Despite the win however, RCB still sit 10th in the points table.
Batting first, RCB powered to 206 from their 20 overs as a result of fifties from Virat Kohli – who crossed the milestones for a 53rd time in his IPL career – and Rajat Patidar, who reached the mark off just 19 deliveries.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat first against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday.
Follow the Highlights of SRH vs RCB from Hyderabad below.
Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2024 – Match 41
Sunrisers Hyderabad
171/8 (20.0)
vs
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
206/7 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 41 )
Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs
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IPL 2024, SRH vs RCB Highlights: Catch all the highlights between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru from the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Pat Cummins has turned around Sunrisers Hyderabad’s with his positive influece as captain. (Sportzpics)
How Pat Cummins turned Sunrisers Hyderabad from laggards in 2023 to title contenders in 2024
In 2023 Sunrisers Hyderabad won only four games in the entirety of the campaign but this season, they have already won five from eight games and are contenders not only to end up in the top four but if things fall in place, their second trophy after 2016 under Pat Cummins.
Going into the season there was an element of not knowing what to expect from the side and Skipper Cummins- the player who was brought for a heavy price tag of 20.50 crores despite having a mediocre bowling record in IPL before the current season. Neither has he captained any IPL side or Australia in T20Is before but had proven his leadership for Australia in other formats.
However, leading a country and a franchise is comparing oranges to apples. Leading Australia where he has known his players for the majority of his career is quite different from leading an IPL side where he has to adapt and understand the skill sets of players sometimes he is unaware of in a short space of time. But all speculations were put to rest once the tournament started. (READ MORE)