NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) secured a convincing victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 35 runs in their IPL encounter on Thursday.
This was RCB's second win out of 9 games played so far as they snapped their six-match losing streak, with their last win coming exactly a month ago against Punjab Kings on March 25.
Opting to bat first, RCB put up a formidable total of 206 for seven in their 20 overs, propelled by Virat Kohli 's steady 51 and blistering contributions from Rajat Patidar (50 off 20 balls) and Cameron Green (37 not out off 20 balls).
In response, SRH could only manage 171 for 8, falling short of the target. Shahbaz Ahmed 's unbeaten 40, along with contributions from opener Abhishek Sharma (31) and Pat Cummins (31), provided some resistance for SRH.
RCB's bowlers played a crucial role in their victory, with Swapnil Singh (2/40), Karn Sharma (2/29), and Cameron Green (2/12) claiming two wickets each to restrict SRH's chase.
RCB all-rounder Green gave full credit to captain Faf du Plessis and coach Andy Flower for taking the decision to bat first, despite his disagreement on it.
"Always nice to be back to winning ways. I definitely wasn't in agreement with [batting first] so credit to the captain and coach. [On his best role in T20s] I am still young in my career so I'm trying to figure it out myself," Green said after the match in Hyderabad.
"Of course I like to bat up the order but it depends on what the team needs. [On the Klaasen catch] I kept thinking 'it's Klaasen'. It stayed up there for a long time," Green added.
This was RCB's second win out of 9 games played so far as they snapped their six-match losing streak, with their last win coming exactly a month ago against Punjab Kings on March 25.
Opting to bat first, RCB put up a formidable total of 206 for seven in their 20 overs, propelled by Virat Kohli 's steady 51 and blistering contributions from Rajat Patidar (50 off 20 balls) and Cameron Green (37 not out off 20 balls).
In response, SRH could only manage 171 for 8, falling short of the target. Shahbaz Ahmed 's unbeaten 40, along with contributions from opener Abhishek Sharma (31) and Pat Cummins (31), provided some resistance for SRH.
RCB's bowlers played a crucial role in their victory, with Swapnil Singh (2/40), Karn Sharma (2/29), and Cameron Green (2/12) claiming two wickets each to restrict SRH's chase.
RCB all-rounder Green gave full credit to captain Faf du Plessis and coach Andy Flower for taking the decision to bat first, despite his disagreement on it.
"Always nice to be back to winning ways. I definitely wasn't in agreement with [batting first] so credit to the captain and coach. [On his best role in T20s] I am still young in my career so I'm trying to figure it out myself," Green said after the match in Hyderabad.
"Of course I like to bat up the order but it depends on what the team needs. [On the Klaasen catch] I kept thinking 'it's Klaasen'. It stayed up there for a long time," Green added.
