It was absolute carnage in Hyderabad when Sunrisers Hyderabad took on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 11th match of the season. The hosts utterly thumped the opposition and not even for a single moment, the visitors had an upper hand.
Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to field and it turned out to be a decision he would regret for days to come. The SRH openers Jonny Bairstow and David Warner put up a show of sheer power. The first over went for 14 runs and there was no stopping thereafter. From the powerplay, the duo collected 59 runs.
It didn’t just end there. The batsmen didn’t show any mercy and there were constant explosions from either end. In just 10 overs, they added 105 runs. In the 16th over, Bairstow notched up his maiden century in just his 3rd game in IPL.
After scoring 114 from just 56 balls, he fell to Yuzvendra Chahal in the 17th over. The partnership of 185 finally ended. Vijay Shankar was the 2nd wicket to fall for 9. But there was one more thing pending. In the last over, Warner too reached the 3-figure mark off 55 balls. SRH finished with a massive 231/2 from 20 overs.
RCB needed a good start to reach anywhere near the target. But they got off to the worst start possible. Parthiv Patel, Shimron Hetmeyer, AB de Villiers got out inside the powerplay. Mohammad Nabi was the destructor as he bagged all 3 wickets.
To make matters worse, Kohli and Moeen Ali got out off successive balls. Shivam Dube too fell in the 8th over. RCB was down to 35/6 even before Rashid Khan was introduced into the attack. There was no hope left for the visitors. Colin de Grandhomme batted alongside the tail-enders for the remainder of the innings. But all they did was delayed the inevitable.
SRH vs RCB Match Summary
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and opted to bowl first
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 231/2 in 20 overs
Jonny Bairstow 114 (56), David Warner 100* (55)
Yuzvendra Chahal 44/1 (4)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 113/10 in 19.5 overs
Colin de Grandhomme 37 (32), Prayas Ray Barman 19 (24)
Mohammad Nabi 11/4 (4), Sandeep Sharma 19/3 (3.5)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 118 runs
Player of the Match: Jonny Bairstow
Twitterati were in awe of Bairstow and Warner while they bashed RCB
One-sided in the end but so much entertainment before that #SRHvsRCB
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 31, 2019
Ohh RCB!!!!! Wonder how the fans of @RCBTweets stay patient.#SRHvRCB #IPL2019
— Shubham Khare (@shubhamkhare71) March 31, 2019
What a Comeback by @davidwarner31 as he scores 4th Century in @IPL – Indian Premier League.
Live Score: https://t.co/yfo286ll1H#SRHvRCB #SRHvsRCB #DacidWarner #OrangeArmy #IPL #IPL2019 #Cricadium pic.twitter.com/LctTew8OYh
— Cricadium CRICKET (@Cricadium) March 31, 2019
CENTURY FOR JONNY BAIRSTOW!!! 💯
WHAT. AN. INNINGS. 🧡🧡🧡🧡#OrangeArmy #RiseWithUs #SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/a9w53KAZnn
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) March 31, 2019
RCB need one more to save follow-on. It's a close game !! #SRHvRCB
— Prabhu (@Cricprabhu) March 31, 2019
Kohli and Moeen gone too, chalo #RCB ko vanakkam!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) March 31, 2019
Power hitting to another level @jbairstow21 and @davidwarner31 💪🏏🔥🔥 @IPL @SunRisers vs @RCBTweets
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 31, 2019
Bairstow and Warner must be like why did you make us score so much and work so hard 🙄#SRHvRCB
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) March 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/jatinsapru/status/1112354220005560320?s=19
And their tagline is STAY WROGN!
😂 https://t.co/fJbuvRSMrZ— Snehal Pradhan (@SnehalPradhan) March 31, 2019
Some more tweets on Sunrisers won by 118 runs
#RCB has avoided the follow-on…but innings defeat still looming large. #SRHvRCB #IPL
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 31, 2019
Bairstow beats RCB by 1 run #SRHvRCB #CricbuzzLIVE
— Gautam Bhimani (@gbhimani) March 31, 2019
Best bowling figures for SRH in IPL:
5/19 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar v KXIP, Hyderabad, 2017
4/11 – Mohammad Nabi v RCB, Hyderabad, 2019*
4/14 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar v RR, Ahmedabad, 2014#SRHvRCB— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) March 31, 2019
Whenever @RCBTweets failed to achieve big target, they try to make their lowest score total record🙈#SRH the most consistent team.
8th Lowest total for #RCB.
Will like to see @SunRisers in the finals 1.#SRHvsRCB #RCB #playBold #Nabi #IPL2019 #OrangeArmy #DavidWarner #Kohli— Atindra Jain (@Atindra_21) March 31, 2019
Bairstow 114
RCB 113#SRHvRCB #IPL— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 31, 2019
Mohammad Nabi in the IPL:
Played six matches (3 in 2017, 2 in 2018, 1* in 2019)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won all the six matches#LuckyCharm #IPL2019 #SRHvRCB— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) March 31, 2019
#DavidWarner is showing what can be done when you channelise all the criticism and negative energy to one positive direction. It should be a great second half.. #SRHvRCB #VIVOIPL
— Pragyan Ojha (@pragyanojha) March 31, 2019
I think RCB exhibiting the perfect way to protest for non payment of dues #VivoIPL2019 #SRHvRCB
— Suresh Menon ☆☆☆☆☆ (@sureshnmenon) March 31, 2019
Just not your day when you have two run outs at both ends on a no ball.
Just RCB things
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) March 31, 2019
Umesh making a case for batting promotion.
— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) March 31, 2019
