Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 6 wickets at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi and with this win SRH qualified for Qualifier 2 against Delhi Capitals (DC) while RCB were knocked out of the IPL 2020.
Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bowl first. Jason Holder gave them a good start by picking up two quick wickets of Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal, and at 15/2, RCB was in deep trouble. Aaron Finch and AB de Villiers tried to rebuild the innings but Finch also threw his wicket away and in the next over Moeen Ali got run out on a free hit. AB de Villiers was solid at his end and his 56 runs knock helped RCB to post a total of 131/7 on board.
In reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad also had a poor start as Shreevats Goswami got out for a duck. Manish Pandey and David Warner took score to over 40 runs. Siraj dismissed Warner for 17 runs and Zampa dismissed Pandey and Hyderabad were reduced to 55/3 in the 9th over. In the middle overs, Zampa and Chahal bowled well and tried their best for a come back.
In the last 7 overs Hyderabad needed 60 runs to win. Kane Williamson and Jason Holder took the charge in their hands. Williamson was just too good on the sluggish pitch and kept scoring runs. Eventually his 50* and Holder's 24* took their team home in the last over.
All the major stats and facts from Eliminator between SunrisersHyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Abu Dhabi :
3 - Number of fifty plus scores AB de Villiers has scored in IPL play-offs. The most by any batsman for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Most fifty plus scores for RCB in IPL Play-Offs :
3 - AB de Villiers
2 - Virat Kohli / Chris Gayle
5 - Kane Williamson has scored 5 fifties in just 7 innings against Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL.
Kane Williamson scores against RCB in IPL -
50*, 8, 70*, 81, 56, 50 and 5
Total 320 runs at an average of 64.0 in 7 innings
5 - This was Royal Challengers Bangalore's 5th consecutive loss in this season of Indian Premier League.
RCB last 5 Matches -
Lost to SRH
Lost to DC
Lost to SRH
Lost to MI
Lost to CSK
100 - This was Royal Challengers Bangalore's 100th loss (excluding Super Over losses) in Indian Premier League.
Most Losses in IPL (Excluding Super Over Losses) -
104 - Delhi Capitals
101 - Kings XI Punjab
100 - Royal Challengers Bangalore
90 - Kolkata Knight Riders
81 - Mumbai Indians
520 - Runs AB de Villiers has scored against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL - the third most by any batsman.
Most runs against SRH in IPL -
566 - Shane Watson
531 - Virat Kohli
520 - AB de Villiers
509 - Robin Uthappa
496 - Ambati Rayudu
700 - David Warner has scored 700 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL - the second most by any batsman.
Most runs against RCB in IPL -
823 - MS Dhoni
700 - David Warner
697 - Rohit Sharma
661 - Suresh Raina
658 - Ambati Rayudu
