SRH vs RCB IPL 2023

Kohli’s 100 sends Royal Challengers Bangalore to 4th position in points table

SRH vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2023

IPL 2023 SRH vs RCB Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in Match 65 of IPL 2023, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday. Chasing a target of 187 runs, RCB reached 187/2 in 19.2 overs, courtesy of a knock of 100 runs off 63 balls by Virat Kohli. During his knock, the former RCB skipper slammed 12 fours and four sixes. Meanwhile, Faf du Plessis slammed 71 off 47 deliveries, including seven fours and two sixes. For SRH’s bowling deparmtne, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan took a wicket each. Initially, SRH reached 186/5 in 20 overs, courtesy of a century by Heinrich Klaasen. The wicketkeeper-batter slammed 104 runs off 51 balls, packed with eight fours and six sixes. Meanwhile, Michael Bracewell bagged two wickets for RCB.

RCB’s Glenn Maxwell

It’s been a long time on the road for us, we knew we had to be in the position of striking distance. The last two games have really perked up the squad. We feel we are peaking at the right time. It was sensational, even some of the shots through the covers off the back foot shows the form he is in at the moment. He was really hard to bowl to, the spinners and pacers if they were short, he punished them, hats off to him [on Klaasen]. Siraj all his four overs – I think he went for under 20 with not all assistance from the wicket and Parnell as well. We were one seamer short on that pitch and it did not spin that much in the first innings. When those guys are chasing, they know exactly what to do. They are such good players; the left-arm spin was from one end and they knew what to do from the other end. They cashed in when they got some pace on the ball. It will be nice to go back to our home fans, we had 5 games there and the crowd were roaring. It will be nice to take on the table-toppers with our players purring.

SRH skipper Aiden Markram after defeat

We batted pretty well. We could have found a little runs out there in the powerplay. Great contribution from Klaasen. But still was a good score. Great support for not just us but for RCB as well. We couldn’t give them a win. We all hate losing. We would be out there looking for a win. Hopefully have smiles at the end of the campaign. Great knock from Faf and Virat. We had a look at some guys moving forward. Probably one less option in the powerplay. Kartik was put under pressure. The plans were in place but the execution didn’t fall in place. Mayank was impressive. Special knock from Klaasen. Super happy for the guy. I don’t think he would have dreamed of getting a hundred in the IPL. Unfortunately ended in a losing cause.