Wanindu Hasaranga powers RCB to a mammoth win

Spinner Wanindu Hasaranga got a five-wicket haul after captain Faf du Plessis’ effective 50 runs as Royal Challengers recorded a 67-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad to help their play-off hopes in the IPL.

Selecting to bat on a sluggish surface, du Plessis drove from the front with a 50-ball 73 not out, while Dinesh Karthik (eight-ball 30 not out) gave the late thrive as RCB conquered a restless begin to post 192/3.

Accordingly, Sunrisers Hyderabad were skittled out for 125 to collide with their fourth loss on the jog as Hasaranga obstructed their chase with figures of 4-1-18-5.

The success likewise retaliated for their stunning nine-wicket loss to Hyderabad in the first leg at the Brabourne where RCB had imploded to 68 allout.

Everything revolved around RCB from that point as Du Plessis and the youthful Patidar held onto the crease with their counter-attacking approach.

Umran Malik bowled back of the length on what was a sluggish pitch and the players had constantly on proposition to take him to cleaners in his first over that yielded 20 runs.

All around settled Patidar anyway missed his fifty by two runs in the thirteenth over.

Brief Scores:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 192/3 of every 20 overs (Faf du Plessis 73 not out, Rajat Patidar 48, Dinesh Karthik 30 not out; J Suchith 2/30).

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 125 all out in 19.2 overs (Rahul Tripathi 58; Wanindu Hasaranga 5/18).