IPL 2020 Match 3, RCB vs SRH Live: Manish Pandey, Jonny Bairstow look to rebuild innings
David Warner-led SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) won the toss and opted to bowl first against Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their opening clash of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Dubai International Stadium on Monday.
The side’s have built-up an intriguing rivalry over the years especially since SRH won their maiden IPL crown by narrowly defeating RCB in the 2016 edition.
The Virat Kohli-led side made a last-place finish during the 2017 and 2019 edition of the T20 lucrative tournament while their last appearance in the final came in 2016.Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the other hand, made a fourth-place finish in the league stage of the last season.
While Sunrisers Hyderabad are going into the tournament vying for their second trophy, Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to get off the mark and seal their maiden title.
Heading into the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad hold a slight advantage over the Bangalore franchise as far as head-to-head record is concerned.
The two teams have faced each other in a total of 13 IPL matches so far. Out of those, Sunrisers Hyderabad had emerged victorious on seven occasion, while RCB won six of them.
Here are the live updates:
21 September 2020, 21:44 PM
Manish Pandey is the new batsman in for the SRH!
21 September 2020, 21:43 PM
WICKET!! Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) gets an early breakthrough as opener David Warner departed cheaply for six after getting run out by Umesh Yadav on the fourth ball of the second over.SRH 18/1 (2 overs)
21 September 2020, 21:32 PM
Skipper David Warner and Jonny Bairstow have walked down the crease to begin SRH's chase.Dale Steyn to open the attack for RCB.
21 September 2020, 21:24 PM
Innings Break!
21 September 2020, 21:23 PM
AB de Villiers (51) and Devdutt Padikkal (53) smashed a half-century each as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) posted a score of 163 for five in their stipulated 20 overs against SunRisers Hyderabad. Shivam Dube (7) and De Villiers departed in the last over after getting run out. RCB 163/5 (20 overs)
21 September 2020, 21:05 PM
17 runs off the last two overs. AB de Villiers (31) and Shivam Dube (6) are currently batting at the crease at the crease and looking to guide RCB past 150-run mark with just two overs remaining. RCB 141/3 (18 overs)
21 September 2020, 20:50 PM
WICKET!! Virat Kohli fell cheaply for 14 runs after being caught by Rashid Khan at deep midwicket on the fifth ball of the 16th over from Natarajan. RCB 123/3 (15.5 overs)
21 September 2020, 20:49 PM
Skipper Virat Kohli and swashbuckling batsman AB de Villiers are currently batting at the crease as RCB have crossed the 100-run mark in their first IPL 2020 outing against SRH.De Villiers (7) got off the mark by hitting the third ball of the 12th over from Abhishesk Sharma towards long-off for two runs, while Kohli (11) punched off the back foot to deep midwicket on the very next ball to open his account with a single. RCB 108/2 (14 overs)
21 September 2020, 20:38 PM
Ab de Villiers and skipper Virat Kohli have now walked down the crease to resume RCB's innings.
21 September 2020, 20:38 PM
WICKET!! RCB openers Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikkal who were looking good at the crease ended up departing in quick succession for their respective scores of 56 and 29. While Padikkal was clean bowled by Murali Vijay on the last ball of the 11th over, the Australian skipper was caught leg before wicket on the first ball of 12th over from Abhishek Sharma.As a result, a 90-run partnership for the opening wicket has also come to an end. RCB 95/2 (12 overs)
21 September 2020, 20:27 PM
FIFTY!! Debutant Devdutt Padikkal has brought up his half-century off just 36 balls. He reached the mark by picking up a boundary on the third ball of the 10th over by Abhishek Sharma. Finch (23), on the other hand, cleared the midwicket on the fourth ball of the ninth over from Rashid Khan to score first boundary in four overs before he lifted the very next ball over the fielder at deep square for a maximum. RCB 86/0 (10 overs)
21 September 2020, 20:16 PM
Devdutt Padikkal is looking solid at the crease as he is steadily approaching his half-century for the RCB. The opener has notched up 43 runs off just 32 balls besides also stitching a 65-run stand with Aaron Finch (17) for the first wicket. SunRisers Hyderbad, on the other hand, need to break this partnership as quickly as possible in orde to avoid the Virat Kohli-led side put up a huge total. RCB 64/0 (8 overs)
21 September 2020, 20:08 PM
Openers Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikkal continue to stand strong at the crease at their respective scores of 12 and 37 as Royal Challengers Bangalore have crossed the 50-run mark without a loss of any wicket after six overs against SunRisers Hyderabad. RCB 53/0 (6 overs)
21 September 2020, 19:53 PM
19 runs off the last two overs. Finch (2) got off the mark by by smashing a Bhuvneshwar Kumar delivery down at third man for two runs before Padikkal hammered T Natarajan for three boundaries in the next over.Padikkal first notched back-to-back fours on the second and third delivery of the fourth over before clubbing the fifth ball over midwicket for another boundary. RCB 32/0 (4 overs)
21 September 2020, 19:42 PM
The RCB are off to a decent start as they notched 13 runs off the first two overs. Devdutt Padikkal got off the mark by tapping the fourth ball of the first over to mid-on's left for a single, while Aaron Finch is yet to open his account.RCB 13/0 (2 overs)
21 September 2020, 19:32 PM
Devdutt Padikkal and Aaron Finch have walked down the crease to begin RCB's innings.Bhuvneshwar Kumar to open the proceedings for SunRisers Hyderabad.
21 September 2020, 19:18 PM
RCB skipper Virat Kohli will don a jersey with name Simranjeet Singh written on the back, while his South African teammate AB de Villiers will wear the jersey with a name of Paritosh Pant as their tributes to COVID-19 warriors.
Notably, Paritosh Pant is a Mumbai-based restauranteur who began ‘Project Feeding from Far’ with lawyer Pooja Reddy in a bid to feed meals to the needy amid coronavirus crises.Meanwhile, Simranjeet Singh, a hearing-impaired, along with his friends raised Rs 98,000 to help the needy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
21 September 2020, 19:12 PM
Lineups:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (capt), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (capt), AB de Villiers, Josh Philippe (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Dale Steyn, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
21 September 2020, 19:03 PM
SunRisers Hyderbad win the toss, opt to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
21 September 2020, 18:56 PM
The toss for the match will take place shortly!
21 September 2020, 18:49 PM
Meanwhile, SRH skipper David Warner and batting coach VVS Laxman could be seen engaging in some intense talk ahead of clash against RCB.
21 September 2020, 18:46 PM
RCB skipper Virat Kohli is warming up ahead of his side's IPL opener against David Warner's SRH.
21 September 2020, 18:44 PM
The players of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have arrived in Dubai for opening IPL tie against SunRisers Hyderabad.
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