IPL in PICS: Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal play bold as RCB down SRH by 10 runs
Young opener Devdutt Padikkal starred on debut before Yuvzvendra Chahal produced a crafty spell to set up a 10-run win for Royal Challengers Bangalore in their opening IPL contest against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Monday.
Yuvzvendra Chahal produced a crafty spell to set up a 10-run win for Royal Challengers Bangalore in their opening IPL contest against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday. (Photo | RCB Twitter)
RCB opener Devdutt Padikkal, who was retained by RCB ahead of the 2020 auctions, did not disappoint as he scored a 42-ball 56 on his IPL debut to help Bangalore post 163/5 in 20 overs. (Photo | PTI)
The left-hander was the top-scorer in both the T20 (580) and 50-over tournaments (609 runs). (Photo | PTI)
However, SunRisers Hyderabad made a strong comeback as the side got back-to-back wickets of Padikkal and Finch (29) to reduce RCB to 90/2. (Photo | PTI)
Skipper Virat Kohli departed after scoring 14 off 13, leaving de Villiers to provide the final flourish. (Photo | PTI)
AB de Villiers (51 of 30) provided the much needed final flourish to take RCB to 163 for five after they were sent in to bat. The South African star delivered once again, smashing his 200th six for RCB in the process. (Photo | PTI)
SRH were also not helped when all-rounder Mitchell Marsh walked off the field after sustaining an ankle injury while bowling. (Photo | Twitter)
The Sunrisers were on course for a comfortable chase with Jonny Bairstow (61 off 43) looking in ominous touch before he was removed by Chahal. (Photo | PTI)
Chahal (3/18) removed the Englishman and Vijay Shankar in successive balls in the 16th over to tilt the game decisively in his team's favour. (Photo | PTI)
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