IPL 2022, RCB vs SRH Highlights: SRH race to nine-wicket win after RCB collapse to 68 all out

A match that has ended 90 minutes early and at the end of it, SRH have moved to the second spot with 10 points. More importantly their NRR is now 0.69, it was -0.77 before this match started. RCB have been in these kind of matches before and they would be hoping that this was the only one they are going to get this season. 

When asked what went wrong, Du Plessis says the “first four overs”. “It's probably not losing four or five wickets up front. It was a little spicy in that first few overs, the balls swung a little bit, but you still have to find a way to get a good foundation, even if it means you just absorb it a little longer and sacrifice a few runs to get through that seaming and swinging ball,” he said. 

A six by Rahul Tripathi ends the match. SRH have won this with as many as 72 balls remaining. 

No half century for Abhishek Sharma, he has to go on 47. He goes for the big one off Harshal, doesn't quite time it and it lands in the hands of the fielder at long-on. 

Abhishek c Rawat b Harshal 47 (28), SRH 64/1 off 7.2 overs

Abhishek has raced to 46 off 25 and SRH are 56/0 at the end of the six overs. They need 13 off a ridiculous number of balls (84) to win this match which is now starting to look a little farcical. 

All too easy at the moment for SRH. Back of a length at fourth stump from Hazlewood and Williamson just opens the face of the bat to get the ball between the keeper and gully. 

The deficit is already into the 30s as Abhishek hits two fours in three balls off Hazlewood, who has a rather resigned look about him. SRH 33/0 after 4 overs, SRH need 36 to win off 96 balls. 

RCB had lost their top order by this point. SRH, on the other hand, are taking advantage of the fact that the RCB bowlers have been pitching it nice and short for them.  

And there is the first maximum of the day. A wonderful shot from Abhishek, he gets that over cover and over the boundary rope. 

Abhishek Sharma ends the second over with a back foot punch off Hazlewood. The ball races to the boundary for just the sixth four of the match. No sixes yet. 

Abhishek Sharma takes a single off the fourth ball to get himself and SRH off the mark. A wide from Siraj off the final gives them the second run. 

Kane Williamson and Abhishek Sharma in the middle for SRH, Mohammed Siraj has the ball in his hands. 

Kohli was left standing with his head hanging as he got out for a second golden duck in a row. “When a batsman gets out first ball, it is just the anxiety of the fact that he has not been scoring runs, to put bat to ball and get going. The best thing would be if the openers do a good job. He has got out in the powerplay on both occasions. But what happened today was a beauty of a delivery, even the one that got Du Plessis out was absolutely marvelous. In Kohli's case, it's just the anxiety to get off the mark that is making him push like this,” says Sunil Gavaskar. 

Steyn absolutely beaming as he talks to the host broadcasters. He says that winning the toss seven times has certainly helped but the bowlers have done well to stay relentless with their lines and lengths. “We've got a bunch of real professional in the bowling lineup, they practice in the nets and execute on the match days,” he says. 

The sixth lowest total ever in the IPL and the lowest by a mile this season. In fact this is the first two-digit team total of the season. A brilliant catch from Williamson to send Siraj back off Bhuvneshwar. 

Natarajan sends the off stump cartwheeling again. An ugly heave accross the line from Hasaranga, he misses the ball completely and it takes off the sticks behind him. 

Hasaranga b Natarajan 8 (19); RCB 65/9 in 15.2 overs

Let's see how many of these RCB actually survive. Wanindu Hasaranga is in the middle with Josh Hazlewood at the other end and Marco Jansen has been brought back. RCB 58/8 in 14 overs. 

Top of off stump, not too many times you get to see this in T20 cricket. Harshal plays down the wrong line, the ball goes clean past him and the off stump goes a-cartwheeling. 

Harshal b Natarajan 4 (8), RCB 55/8 off 12.1 overs

They get off that number 49. RCB have lost seven wickets along the way and their highest score so far has been Prabhudessai's 15 off 20 balls. It has been dismal in every way. 

RCB 53/7 after 11 overs. 

April 23 used to be a good date for RCB as that was the day Chris Gayle 175 off 66 balls against Pune Warriors India in 2013. But then, they were also all out for 49 runs on this same date in 2017, which is the lowest ever total in the IPL.  

Pooran has been extraordinary behind the stumps. A faint edge from Shahbaz and Pooran dives to his right to take the catch. Umran celebrates but Pooran didn't seemed too convinced and so the decision is sent upstairs to see if it was a legitimate catch or not. It was and RCB are stuck on the magic number 49 at the moment. 

Shabhaz c Pooran b Umran 7 (11), RCB 49/7 in 9.2 overs

DK looks to sweep and the ball is called wide. But Suchith and Pooran both appeal and SRH as for a review. Karthik seemed to walking away as soon as the umpire sent it upstairs, hangs around in the middle as the replays show a small spike as the ball passes glove. Utter disaster for RCB, Karthik is out for a duck. 

Karthik c Pooran b Suchith 0 (3), RCB 48/6 in 8.4 overs

Karthik has played for a long, long time in a number of different roles accross formats. He maybe acting as the ultimate finisher at the moment but Karthik has a different gear and we all know it. He will have to play an innings of a lifetime here. 

RCB just can't find a spot to hide here. Prabhudessai beaten as he looks to Suchith over square leg, Pooran takes off the bails and he looks quite confident. Replay shows that Prabhudessai could not get his backfoot anywhere close to the crease and so that is wicket no.5 for RCB.  

Prabhudessai st Pooran b Suchith 15 (20), RCB 47/5 off 8.2 overs

Umran Malik sent some real head hunters at Shahbaz and the last one was deemed as a second bouncer for the over and it was called a no ball. Umran strays wide with the free hit ball and Shahbaz sends it flying over cover for four.