SRH vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2023: Virat Kohli Slams 6th Century As RCB Beat SRH By 8 Wickets
SRH vs RCB Highlights: Virat Kohli slammed a record-equalling sixth IPL century as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated SunRisers Hyderabad by eight wickets to move one step closer to the IPL playoffs race
- NDTV Sports Desk
- Updated:May 19, 2023 12:57 PM IST
SRH vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2023:Â Virat Kohli slammed a record-equalling sixth IPL century as Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated SunRisers Hyderabad by eight wickets to move one step closer to the IPL playoffs race. Kohli slammed 100 off just 63 balls, while captain Faf du Plessis hit 71 off 47 deliveries to complement him. Kohli and Faf put on 172 runs for the first wickets as RCB chase down 187 with four balls to spare. Earlier, Heinrich Klaasen slammed his maiden IPL century to power SRH to a total of 186/5. Klaasen slammed 104 off just 51 balls with the help of eight fours and six sixes. Michael Bracewell struck twice in the fourth over of the innings to dismiss both Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi. (SCORECARD | IPL 2023 POINTS TABLE)
Here are the Highlights from IPL 2023 match between SRH and RCB, straight from Hyderabad:
- 23:07 (IST)SRH vs RCB: RCB WIN!RCB win by eight wickets. Kohli century leads a clinical performance as RCB retain control over their fate for now. A win against Gujarat Titans on Sunday might just be enough for them i believe.
- 22:51 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: 100 for Kohli!6th IPL century for Kohli! What a time to reach the milestone. Takes the aerial route and clears the man in the deep. RCB players and the Hyderabad crowd bowing down to the king.RCB: 172/0 (17.4)
- 22:43 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: King Kohli has arrived!Kohli moves into the 90s with that six! Pulls Natarajan over midwicket. Kohli held onto a strong base and smoked it 77 metres far
- 22:37 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Kohli wants to finish this early!Four boundaries in this over from the king! 17 runs and a wide from Bhuvneshwar. The ball is in RCB's court now. Only a miracle can rescue SRH from hereRCB: 150/0 (15)
- 22:32 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: This one's huge!Too much air on the delivery. Faf makes room and launches a scathing attack. This one flies into the stands.RCB: 132/0 (14)
- 22:29 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Four runs!Shot! Sits up on a length outside off, Faf stays still and spanks it through extra. RCB need boundaries to keep the RRR under 10.
- 22:24 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Six runs!Terrific from Kohli! Gets on a knee and pulls this into the stands. Looking at face, you can imagine how difficult it is to bat in these conditions. Too much humidity.RCB: 114/0 (12.3)
- 22:21 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: 50 for Kohli and Faf!What would RCB do without these two? Fifty for Kohli and Faf. King Kohli banners are flying high in Hyderabad.
- 22:16 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: RCB tempo dropped!Faf and Kohli are suddenly struggling to find boundaries. Excellent last two overs from SRH's perspective. RCB need 89 runs in 54 ballsRCB: 98/0 (11)
- 22:09 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Drama!!!Massive let-off for Faf and RCB! Mayank Dagar pulls off a ripper to deny Faf a boundary. SRH think they've got a wicket but that's a no-ball for a second short deliveryFaf survivesRCB: 90/0 (9)
- 22:04 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Dispatched into the stands!Faf's reaction is all of us! What a shot from the King. Uses the pace off the ball and sends this into the upper deck over midwicket. Outrageous!RCB: 88/0 (8.1)
- 21:57 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Pulled away for 4!Kohli looks in imperious touch! He and Faf are trying to knock other teams out of contention by improving their NRR.
- 21:51 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Powerplay is done and dusted!Excellent over from Natrajan! Just five off it. Kohli seemed to have taken the backseat after Faf let loose. RCB are in controlRCB: 64/0 (6)
- 21:48 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Expensive over!Faf has gone past with a couple of excellent hits! 14 runs off the fifth over. This is excellent batting from the dynamic duoRCB: 59/0 (5)
- 21:42 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Three in a row for 4!Faf says, "I want to break free". Takes Tyagi for a ride. Three boundaries on the trot for the RCB captain. Gets dropped by Phillips in the process.RCB are flying in the chaseRCB: 39/0 (3.3)
- 21:38 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Kohli gets lucky!Kohli goes for the booming cover drive but gets an inside edge. Luckily for him, the ball misses the stump and beats the keeper for a boundaryRCB: 25/0 (2.2)
- 21:33 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Kohli finds the gap!Kohli makes room and gets a length ball at the stumps, pummels it over the bowler's head. The King is on fireRCB: 18/0 (1.4)
- 21:28 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Kohli starts with a bang!Back-to-back boundaries for King Kohli! Just a hint of movement and Kohli opens the face of the bat to find the gap.RCB: 8/0 (0.2)
- 21:10 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Siraj with a cracking final over!That's how you bowl a last over! Just four runs and a wicket. Siraj pegs back SRH to 186/5 in 20 overs. RCB's chase to follow.
- 21:00 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Klaasen's knock comes to an end!What a knock from Klaasen! Comes to an end after 104 off 51 balls. Harshal's dipping yorker beats himHeinrich Klaasen b Patel 104 (51)SRH: 178/4 (18.5)
- 20:57 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Excellent over from Parnell!Excellent recovery from Parnell! Just seven runs off the 18th over. 200 now looking unlikely for SRH
- 20:48 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Six runs!Klaasen picks the length beautifully! Goes straight down the ground, over the umpire's head for a six. Two on the trotSRH: 153/3 (16.2)
- 20:40 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: FOUR, SIX, SIX - SRH accelerate!SunRisers Hyderabad have put their foot on the accelerator. Harry Brook started the over bowled by Karn Sharma with a four and followed it with a six. Later, Klaasen too hit a six in it. SRH must target 200 from here.SRH 133/3 (15)
- 20:37 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: FOUR!Heinrich Klaasen ends the over of Mohammed Siraj with a four. What could have been a really good over sees Siraj conceding 8 runs.SRH 112/3 (14)
- 20:32 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: WICKET!12.5 - Shahbaz Ahmed has finally provided RCB the much-needed breakthrough. He fired that fuller ball onto the stumps when he saw Aiden Markram going for a reverse-sweep.Only 3 runs came off it and a wicket. RCB have made some recovery in the past couple of overs.SRH 104/3 (13)
- 20:27 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: RCB need wicketsWayne Parnell has conceded 7 runs in his third over. No boundary came in it. In the longer run, RCB need wickets to control the scoring rate of SRH or Klaasen will take their bowlers to the cleaners again, very soon.SRH 101/2 (12)
- 20:22 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Fifty for Klaasen!A single and Heinrich Klaasen races to his half-century in 24 balls; his third fifty of the season. What a knock this is from the South Africa batter! He came in at a time when SRH were tottering at 28 for 2 and never let the RCB bowlers dominate him from there.SRH 94/2 (11)
- 20:20 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Good bowlingHarshal Patel has bowled an economical over. He conceded only five runs in it. More 10 over remaining in the game and with Klaasen in such good form, SRH should add at least another 100 runs to the total.SRH 81/2 (10)
- 20:14 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Klaasen continues to attack!Heinrich Klaasen is batting on 38 runs off 18 balls. He hit Karn Sharma for a six in the 9th over that helped SRH fetch a total of 11 runs in it. 43 runs have come off the last four overs. The momentum is clearly with SRH.SRH 76/2 (9)
- 20:09 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Good recovery from SRH!Since the wicket of Tripathi, SRH have scored 37 runs in 21 balls. Heinrich Klaasen has played the role of an anchor with an unbeaten 30 off 15 balls. He is looking in really good touch and must keep going to keep SRH in the game.SRH 65/2 (8)
- 20:02 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: End of powerplay!The first half of the powerplay rarely saw some noticeable action which the second half was completely action-packed. SRH accelerated but lost two wickets -- both in the over of Michael Bracewell. However, the silver lining for SRH is the fact that both Klaasen and Markram are looking really good in the crease.SRH 49/2 (6)
- 19:57 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Bracewell strikes again!4.3 - Bracewell has trapped Rahuk Tripathi as well. The batter wanted to play a scoop shot but hit hte ball straight into the hands of short fine leg,SRH 33/2 (5)
- 19:51 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: WICKET!4.1 - Michael Bracewell strikes on the first ball of his over! Abhishek Sharma is gone! He has hit a short-pitched delivery directly into the hands of cover point.
- 19:48 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: FOUR, SIX!3.3 - Rahul Tripathi finally gets going! He got width outside off stump and slammed a four before pulling the ball for a six on the leg side.A total of 16 runs came off the over of Wayne Parnell as Abhishek Sharma too hit a four on it later.SRH 27/0 (4)
- 19:41 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: FOUR!First boundary of the innings! A length delivery outside off stump from Wayne Parnell and Rahul Tripathi plays a lofted drive on it for a four.SRH 7/0 (2)
- 19:36 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Good bowling!Only two runs came off the first over bowled by Siraj. While he started with a wide, he gave away only one run in the rest of 6 legal deliveries. Tripathi didn't look comfortable in the over.SRH 2/0 (1)
- 19:29 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Action starts!Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi start the innings for SRH. Sharma will be on strike. Mohammed Siraj will bowl the first over. Here we go!
- 19:17 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Here are the Impact substitutes -Sunrisers Hyderabad Subs: Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Vivrant Sharma, Sanvir Singh, Akeal HoseinRoyal Challengers Bangalore Subs: Dinesh Karthik, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Himanshu Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Kedar Jadhav
- 19:09 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Here are the playing XIs -Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed SirajSunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Kartik Tyagi, Mayank Dagar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nitish Reddy
- 19:07 (IST)SRH vs RCB Live: Two changes in SRH playing XI"We would have looked to bat. Not too disappointed. Couple of changes. Brook comes in. Tyagi comes in as well. Umran is an x-factor player. Lot of pride to play for. We haven't lived up to the ability. We should try to showcase that at the world stage in the last two games," said SRH skipper Aiden Markram after the toss.