RCB vs SRH highlights, IPL 2021: SRH beat RCB by 4 runs in a nail-biting contest

IPL 2021 highlights, RCB vs SRH: Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in the match no. 52 of Indian Premier League in Abu Dhabi today. Follow RCB vs SRH highlights and latest updates here.

IPL 2021, RCB vs SRH highlights - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Indian Premier League Match Today in Abu Dhabi

IPL 2021 highlights, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by four runs. Glenn Maxwell was run out against the run of play and Devdutt Padikkal fell to Rashid Khan as SRH took the upper hand. Bhuvneshwar Kumar removed Virat Kohli in the first over of the RCB chase and then Siddharth Kaul removed Dan Christian and young Umran Malik got the wicket of KS Bharat. Harshal Patel couple of more wickets towards the end as Royal Challengers Bangalore made a strong comeback to restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to 141/7 in an IPL 2021 match in Abu Dhabi. Dan Christian picked up the wickets of Jason Roy and Priyam Garg in one over and then Yuzvendra Chahal trapped Abdul Samad to put RCB on top. Harshal Patel broke the big partnership by dismissing Kane Williamson after he and Jason Roy had steadied SRH innings following George Garton's first-over wicket of Abhishek Sharma. RCB captain Virat Kohli had won the toss and opted to bowl first against SRH. Both RCB and SRH decided to play an unchanged XI....Read More

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• 6 Oct 2021, 11:20:32 PM IST

  SRH win 

  Bhuvneshwar Kumar does it. Bowls two very good deliveries to close out the match. Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 4 runs. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 11:16:51 PM IST

  AB goes big

  19.4 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to AB de Villiers: SIX! Genius you are AB de Villiers. Bhuvi just misses his length and that was enough for de Villiers to go straight and hit a six. RCB need 6 off 2 now. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 11:11:37 PM IST

  Holder gets Shahbaz

  18.4 Jason Holder to Shahbaz Ahmed: OUT! The luck runs out. No mistake by Williamson at mid-wicket. Holder is elated but what an important little innings from Shahbaz. He goes for 14 off 9 balls. RCB need 14 off 8 balls. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 11:08:38 PM IST

  Dropped

  18.1 Jason Holder to Shahbaz Ahmed: DROPPED! Oh Bhuvneshwar Kumar what have you done? It was regulation at deep cover. But the reverse cup didn't work. The ball slipped out of his hands. In the end, he did well to stop the ball from going over the ropes. But Shahbaz survives and also gets a couple. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 11:06:27 PM IST

  Another boundary for Shahbaz

  17.5 Umran Malik to Shahbah Ahmed: FOUR! Outstanding batting by the left-hander. Malik, this time errs on the full length. Bowls a full toss and Shahbaz opens the face of his bat to get it over the point fielder and into the boundary. RCB now need 19off 13 balls. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 11:04:28 PM IST

  Shahbaz begins with a four

  17.1 Umran Malik to Shahbah Ahmed: FOUR! Confident stroke by the young left-hander. That's always gonna be the risk with someone like Malik at the death. The batters can use his extra pace and get runs just like Shahbaz did on this occasion.

• 6 Oct 2021, 11:00:12 PM IST

  Padikkal falls

  16.5 Rashid Khan to Devdutt Padikkal: OUT! Rashid Khan gets the important wicket of Padikkal for 41. It was not his day today.  One could guess that. Wanted to clear the topes but didn't get the required connection to clear the big sqaure boundary. RCB 109/5 

• 6 Oct 2021, 10:50:27 PM IST

  Padikkal hits Rashid for a four

  14.4 Rashid Khan to Devdutt Padikkal: FOUR! REVERSE SWEEP! The pressure was building on Padikkal. He needed to do something and brings out the reverse to get the all important boundary. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 10:46:46 PM IST

  Maxell is run out

  RUN OUT! Outstanding work by Kane Williamson. Glenn Maxwell goes for 40 off 25 balls. There was a mix-up between Maxwell and Padikkal. There was never a run there. But Williamson does a brilliant work. He got to the ball quickly and released it off balance to knock the stumps down. RCB 92/4 after 14.1 overs

• 6 Oct 2021, 10:44:43 PM IST

  Good over from Bhuvi

  Six runs from the Bhuvneshwar Kumar over. The more this game progresses, the more you get a feeling, that it's Maxwell who holds the key. RCB need 50 from 36 now with AB de Villiers still to come. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 10:37:10 PM IST

  Decent over for RCB

  13 overs bowled! Jason Holder gives away 9 runs - four of those were from an inside edge - but RCB's won't complain. The umpire signals for the strategic time out. They need 56 runs off 42 balls. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 10:28:58 PM IST

  Maxwell is in such form

  11.2 Siddharth Kaul to Glenn Maxwell: FOUR! No Siddharth, you don't have the pace of Umran to bang in short and trouble Maxwell. The right-hander in fact, took a couple of steps forward and then hit the pull shot with disdain, he had so much time at his disposal. RCB 75/3

• 6 Oct 2021, 10:18:35 PM IST

  Maxwell breaks the shackles

  Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell: SIX! FOUR! Maxwell has decided to after Rashid and so far he is finding success. The six was over long on and then the sweep shot was brilliantly adjusted and flicked with his wrists.  

• 6 Oct 2021, 10:17:18 PM IST

  Umran Express

  Four balls above 150 km/h - the fastest one being 153 km/h - from that Umran Malik over. He hurried Maxwell and Padikkal both. This is exciting stuff from the the young right-arm seamer from J&K. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 10:08:11 PM IST

  Maxwell goes big

  7.3 Rashid Khan to Glenn Maxwell: SIX! Big one, it has to be if you are clearing the square boundary of this ground. 81m that six. He went for the big slog sweep, won't say he got the perfect connection but had enough to carry it over the deep mid-wicket fielder's head. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 10:01:58 PM IST

  IPL 2021: Umran Malik brought into the attack

  Young gun Umran Malik, who clocked in excess of 140kph regularly against KKR and even touched the 150-mark, is introduced into the attack. 

  OUT! The extra pace has done the trick for the J&K pacer. He fires one around the ribcage area of Bharat and rushes him into the pull. The ball grazes the gloves of Bharat before being caught by SRH keeper Saha. He's gone for 12. 

  RCB are 38/3 after 7 overs.

  Glenn Maxwell is the new man in.

• 6 Oct 2021, 10:01:06 PM IST

  IPL 2021 Live Score: Say hello to KS Bharat, who goes Downtown

  SIX! KS Bharat smashes his first boundary of the day with an 89m six. Slower ball outside off, Bharat waits for the ball and one leg, he tonks the ball back over the bowler's head

  FOUR! What a shot. Bharat is already making his intentions very clear. A skiddy delivery from Kaul, Kona Bharat rocks back and swivel pulls through deep mid-wicket for 4

  A strong end to the powerplay, a dozen off it. RCB are 37/2 

• 6 Oct 2021, 09:55:23 PM IST

  Padikkal gets a boundary

  4.4 Jason Holder to Devdutt Padikkal: FOUR! Not good from Holder. He slid down the leg side and all Padikkal needed to do was to out bat to ball and get four runs. The left-hander doesn't miss out. RCB 25/2

• 6 Oct 2021, 09:47:04 PM IST

  Kaul gets Christian

  3.2 Siddharth Kaul to Dan Christian: OUT! Siddharth Kaul strikes! Dan Christian goes for 1. It was a slower ball. How many times have we seen a batter fall to a slower one in this IPL? Do the match. Christian wanted to flick to the on-side but ended up skying in to mid-off. RCB 18/3

• 6 Oct 2021, 09:44:09 PM IST

  Padikkal shows his class

  2.3 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Devdutt Padikkal: FOUR! Superb shot from the left-hander. He made room and punched it through the covers to get his first boundary. That's where Padikkal in dangerous. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 09:41:11 PM IST

  SRH lose their review

  “Are you sure Jason?” asked Williamson before going for the review. Holder was pretty sure. He had appealed three times before being turned out. But as it turns out, the umpire was right. There was nothing from the bat. It cam off Padikkal's thigh pad that made the nose. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 09:33:25 PM IST

  Bhuvi gets Kohli

  1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Virat Kohli: OUT! Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets Virat Kohli LBW for 5. It was the perfect in-swinger by Kumar. Kohli, as he so often does, walks across and missed it. The umpire had no doubts in his mind. Kohli turned towards Padikkal, who said ‘nyah, off you go skip’. RCB 6/1

• 6 Oct 2021, 09:30:24 PM IST

  What a start by Kohli

  0.1 Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Virat Kohli: FOUR! SMASHED! What a shot to start off the chase by Virat Kohli. It was as if like, he had pre-decided that he would go after the first ball. It was length delivery from Bhuvneshwar, a tad wide and Kohli just smacked it through extra-cover. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 09:28:12 PM IST

  RCB chase begins

  Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal have walked out to open the batting for Royal Challengers Bangalore. They need 142 to win and stay in contention for a top-two finish. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the new ball in hand for SRH. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 09:14:42 PM IST

  End of SRH innings

  20 Harshal Patel to Jason Holder: OUT! Another wicket for Harshal Patel. SRH finish with 141/7. You simply can't stop him from bowling slower ones and get wickets from them. Holder, had no option but go for the big one but had no timing on that one. Good catch at long on by Dan Christian. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 09:06:33 PM IST

  Rashid Khan is away

  18.2 Mohammed Siraj to Rashid Khan: FOUR! Nicely played! Clever shot! Outside off and shorter, this is carved over point and this one races away to the fence. Not sure if that is the right length, clever shot from Khan.

• 6 Oct 2021, 09:01:51 PM IST

  Harshal gets his man

  17.2 Harshal Patel to Wriddhiman Saha: OUT! Wicket number 28 for Harshal Patel in this IPL. Saha is out for 10. Kudos to Harshal for sticking to his gameplan. He was unlucky to concede a boundary in the previous ball but he went back and bowled another slower and this time Saha skied it. SRH 124/6

• 6 Oct 2021, 09:00:21 PM IST

  Lucky runs for Saha

  17.1 Harshal Patel to Wriddhiman Saha: FOUR! Completely foxed Saha there with a slower one but the end result is a boundary with an inside edge. They all count. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:56:12 PM IST

  Holder gets a four

  16.2 Dan Christian to Jason Holder: FOUR! On the pads, easy pickings for the tall Jason Holder, who just flicks it away fine. A much-needed boundary for SRH. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:48:56 PM IST

  Chahal gets Samad

  15.1 Yuzvendra Chahal to Abdul Samad: OUT! Chahal traps Samad for 1. 3 wickets in seven balls and Hyderabad are in a spot of bother. A tossed up ball, full and around leg, it lands and spins away as well. Samad gets on his knee and looks to slog-sweep but misses it completely. He gets hit on the pads. They appeal for LBW but not given. Kohli has a word with Chahal before going for the review and Chahal convinces his captain there. Up comes the replay and it shows wickets hitting. SRH 107/5.

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:45:23 PM IST

  Double strike for Christian

  15 Dan Christian to Jason Roy: OUT! Christian strikes again! Roy goes for 44. He was disgusted, couldn't believe his luck - mind you, he had plenty today. It was a slower one, Roy smashed it straight to the bowler. Christian, somehow managed to juggle and hold on to the return catch. SRH 107/4

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:40:30 PM IST

  Christian gets Garg

  14.1 Dan Christian to Priyam Garg: OUT! Christian strikes! Garg departs for 15. No timing on that one from the right-hander. It was a short one but appeared to have stopped on the pitch and Garg tried to play the pull shot but didn't get the desired connect and was holed out in the deep.  SRH 105/3. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:37:35 PM IST

  Jason Roys survives using a DRS

  Yuzvendra Chahal to Jason Roy: Review! Jason Roy has reviewed this caught behind decision. The UltraEdge rolls in. But it has a flat line as the ball goes past the gloves. The umpire will have reverse his decision to not out. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:34:56 PM IST

  Garg goes big

  Yuzvendra Chahal to Priyam Garg: SIX! Just over Dan Christian at long on. Priyam Garg gave the charge to Chahal and got enough on it to carry it over the long on fielder for a six. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:34:04 PM IST

  Good one from Dan Christian

  Good from Kohli. He saw that ball was stopping a bit and he threw the ball to Dan Christian, who is known to mix it up with lots of cutters and slowers and he stars well too. Five runs off his first over. SRH 96/2 in 13 overs. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:26:42 PM IST

  Harshal Patel gets Kane Williamson

  11.3 Harshal Patel to Kane Williamson: OUT! BOWLED! Harshal Patel dismisses Kane Williamson (31). The slower one does the trick once again for Patel. Even the great Williamson can't do much about it. He was through his shot way too early and the ball sneaks through to hit the stumps. Important wicket for RCB. SRH 84/2.

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:17:07 PM IST

  Roy breaks the shackles

  9.1 Yuzvendra Chahal to Jason Roy: FOUR! Short and wide from Chahal, just the opportunity Roy needed to break free. He slaps it past the two point fielders and once it got past the in-field, there was no stopping it. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:12:51 PM IST

  Shahbaz doing a fine job

  3 overs 0/16 for Shahbaz so far. He has been very difficult to get away. And he nearly got Jason Roy out twice in this over. The luck was on the SRH opener's side. SRH: 67/1 after 9 overs. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:09:26 PM IST

  Chahal on the money

  Good start by Yuzvendra Chahal. He turns up day after day and puts in notable performances. Only 3 runs in his first over. SRH 61//1 after 8 overs. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 08:01:23 PM IST

  Pulled away by Roy

  Harshal Patel to Jason Roy: FOUR! Marginally short from Harshal. He doesn't have the pace to trouble a batter of Roy's quality. He pulls it away with disdain and finds the gap too. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 07:59:13 PM IST

  End of the powerplay

  Roy, after a hitting boundary earlier in the over, ends it with a single towards the on-side. Fifty up for Sunrisers. Roy and Williamson are looking solid. SRH 50/1 after 6 overs

• 6 Oct 2021, 07:55:39 PM IST

  Another four for Williamson

  George Garton to Kane Williamson: FOUR! Not good from Garton. He has erred on the length, and also bowled on both sides of the wicket. This time he drifted down the pads and it was easy pickings for Williamson, who just tucks it away to beat the square-leg fielder to the boundary. SRH 43/1 after 5 overs. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 07:53:14 PM IST

  Williamson looking a million dollars

  George Garton to Kane Williamson: FOUR! Oh he is so so good to watch when he plays like this. Full and wide outside off from Garton and the SRH skipper times it through covers for his third boundary. Just poetry in motion.

• 6 Oct 2021, 07:51:02 PM IST

  Roy hits his first four

  George Garton to Jason Roy: FOUR! A one-handed swat from Jason Roy and that's enough. Garton once again starts the over with a full toss and Roy somehow finds the gap between cover and mid off to collect his first boundary. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 07:49:24 PM IST

  Good star from Shahbaz

  Virat Kohli has a lot of faith in Shahbaz Ahmed and more often than not, he repays it. A good start by the left-arm spinner, gives only three runs in his first over. SRH 26/1 after 4 overs.  

• 6 Oct 2021, 07:46:36 PM IST

  Williamson showing his class

  Mohammed Siraj to Kane Williamson: FOUR! This time off the backfoot. Williamson has started to make the right noises in this innings. Siraj bangs it i short, Williamson transfers his weight quickly and pulls it away into the fence. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 07:45:09 PM IST

  Williamson off the mark

  Mohammed Siraj to Kane Williamson: FOUR! A touch of genius there. Hold the pose for as long as possible Kane. That deserves all the photographs in this world. Siraj bowls it full and wide, searching for the away swing, there was none and it met Williamson's sublime cover drive. Would have been four in any form of the game. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 07:40:11 PM IST

  Garton gets Sharma

  George Garton to Abhishek Sharma: OUT! No one was dropping this one. A rather easy catch for Glenn Maxwell at mid on. Garton strikes in his first over. The Abhishek Sharma experiment doesn't work well for SRH. Sharma went through with his shot early and got a top edge. He goes for 13. SRH are 14/1 after 1.5 overs

• 6 Oct 2021, 07:37:49 PM IST

  Dropped

  George Garton to Abhishek Sharma: DROPPED! Great effort by Mohammed Siraj in the fine leg boundary. He did all the hard work to get to the ball and get a feeling he might have lost the ball in the lights. 

• 6 Oct 2021, 07:36:43 PM IST

  Abhishek Sharma is away

  George Garton to Abhishek Sharma: FOUR! SIX! Sharma played four dot balls in the first over and then immediately shifts gears in the next over. Hits a full toss from Garton for a boundary and follows that up with a splendid six over long off.