IPL 2013,Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: As it happened...

Updates from the match between Royal Challengers and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Rajiv Gandhi International stadium Hyderabad .

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SCORECARD» I COMMENTARY» ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the match in the super over. ==================================================================================== SUPER OVER RCB Super Over: II Score:20/0 Dale Steyn will bowl the super over for Pune Warriors. Gayle and Kohli to face the heat. Gayle digs out a good yorker to deep mid wicket for two runs. Another perfect yorker that Gayle digs to long on this time for a single. This one is slightly on the leg side and Kohli gets a thick inside edge past short fine leg for a boundary. Another great yorker which Virat digs to long on for a single. Gayle gets under one and transports the ball over the long off boundary for a six. Gayle hits this to long off for a single, so that's it Sunrisers Hyderabad have won this match in the super over. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Super Over: II Score:20/0 Thisara Perera and Cameron White to bat the super over for the Sunrisers. Vinay Kumar will do the honours for RCB. Perera is on strike. Kumar starts with a delivery well over the batsman's hips, no ball called, the batsmen take two runs. White hits it down the ground and gets a single. This one is a perfect yorker and Perera gets one run. White smashes this one over the long on boundary for a six. This one is full and on the pads which White flicks to deep mid wicket for a couple of runs. Another superb hit that goes over the long off boundary for a six. The last ball is smashed to deep mid wicket for two runs. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over:20 II Score:124/6 Vinay Kumar to bowl the last over. Starts off with a full toss that is mishit and taken by the man at cover. That looked like a no ball for height but the umpire thinks otherwise and the batsman is gone. Dale Steyn is on strike now and he smashes a slower ball to sweeper cover for two runs. Steyn misses a good length slower ball, which tilts the advantage in RCB's favour. Hits a full toss to the man at mid on and takes a single. Nice yorker which Vihari digs out and takes a couple of runs. Vihari fails to connect but the batsmen complete a run. The match is tied and will be decided by a super over. Ashish Reddy c Virat Kohli b Vinay Kumar 14(12) ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over:19 II Score:124/6 Single taken off the first ball from Kartik. Another single taken towards sweeper cover. Reddy hits this one in the air but the ball falls just short of the man at mid off who was running in to take it, just two runs. The batsmen scoot off for single off the next ball and complete it. Vihari gets another single off a leg bye. Reddy gets it over extra cover but the man at mid off runs in and restricts the batsmen to just a single. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over:18 II Score:117/6 Vinay Kumar comes into the attack now. Starts off with a full length delivery which Vihari plays to mid off for a single. Slowe one this time and Reddy takes a single off it. Another single taken but singles are not going to be enough for the Pune Warriors. Ashish Reddy slams this ball over the mid on boundary for a six. He attempts the same shot again but this time the ball goes to the fielder at mid on on the bounce, single taken. Slower ball again and this time Vihari has picked it and hit for a boundary wide of mid on. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over:17 II Score:103/6 Murali Kartik is into the attack now. Vihari cuts this nicely but the throw from the outfield is very accurate and Mishra is miles out. Ashish Reddy is the new man and he starts off with a single. Another single taken off the next ball. Nice tight over here from Kartik. LOvely bowling from Kartik. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over:16 II Score:99/5 Short one from Unadkat this time and the batsmen take two runs. Another short one that is left alone by Vihari. Perera smashes this one straight back past the bowler for a boundary. This time Unadkat slips in the slower one and Perera hoiks it straight to the man at deep mid wicket who takes a good catch. Amit Mishra comes into bat and is off the mark with a single. Thisara Perera c Henriques b Unadkat 7(8) ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over:15 II Score:91/4 Murali to bowl his last over. Starts off with one down the leg side. Perera flicks the second ball to the man at mid wicket for a single. Vihari cuts this one and takes another single. This one is hit hard, Murli gets ahand to it but he ball goes towards long on and the batsmen take a single. Another single taken off the next ball. This one hits the pads and the ball races away to the fine leg boundary. Blocks this one to covers. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over:14 II Score:82/4 Unadkat is back into the attack now. Starts off with a wide ball and Sanga smacks it to Dilshan at point, the batsmen take off for a single as Dilshan misses the stumps by a whisker. Vihari hit the ball to mid on and took off for a single but this time the fielder gets a direct hit and the batsman is short. High drama here as the batsman was in by the time the bails went off. Vihari survives. Sanga tried to play this on the leg side but the ball took the leading edge and lobbed towards cover but in the gap and the batsmen took two runs. Unadkat gets his man this time as Sanga gets an edge to a peach of a delivery outside off stump that is taken well by the wicketkeeper. Perera is the new batsman in the middle. Unadkat is fired up as Perera tries to flick this one on the leg side but the ball goes straight to the bowler, no run taken. Risky single taken this time but the fielder misses a direct hit. Sangakkara c Arun Karthik b Unadkat 16(17) ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over:13 II Score:77/3 Another single to begin the over from Murli. Sanga nudges this one to fine leg and takes a single. Vihari sweeps this one in the air and the fielder at deep square leg makes a mess of it as the ball flies past his out-stretched hands for a four. Sanga walks out this time and hits the ball to mid on for a single. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over:12 II Score:69/3 Dilshan is into the attack now. Starts off with a long hop that Sanga smashes to deep mid wicket boundary for four runs. Another short one this time he hits it towards the off side to take two runs. This one is much fuller and Sanga plays it to mid off for a single. Vihari walks out and Dilshan adjusts his length and pulls it shorter but the batsan strokes it to mid off and takes a single. Another single to Sanga. This one is short again and Vihari pulls it for a single. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over:11 II Score:59/3 Murli continues as Sanga gets one towards mid on for a single. Another single to Vihari. Sanga walks out and flicks it towards fine leg for another single. Doosra this time and the batsman tries to cut it, an appeal is made but the umpire is not interetsed. Another single off the last ball. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over:10 II Score:56/3 Single taken of the first ball of this over towards third man. Sangakkara plays this one to the man at cover, no run taken. Sangakkara pulls this short ball towards deep mid wicket for a single. This one is cut hard but finds one of the two fielder placed at point. Same ball, same shot and same result off the next ball as well. This time he finds the gap with the same shot and he gets two runs. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over: 9 II Score:52/3 Muralitharan comes into the attack now. Single taken off the first ball. Reddy tries to be cheeky by cutting it a bit too late but the ball turns and crashes on to the stumps.Sangakkara is in the middle now. He flicks one from his pads to fine leg for a single. Vihari plays this one on the leg side, no run taken. Akshath Reddy b Muralitharan 23(21) [4s-2] ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over: 8 II Score:47/2 Vinay Kumar is into the attack now. The batsmen take a single off the first ball. This one is a bouncer and the batsman attempts a pull but misses. Another single taken this time towards third man. Reddy chips this one towards mid on for a single. Another cut to third man for yet another single. This ball is chipped on the leg side, no run taken. These batsmen are taking singles only and it may put pressure on the batsmen to follow. The required run rate is rising slowly but surely. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over: 7 II Score:43/2 Kartik continues as the batsman cuts for a single. This one was wide down the leg side. The one is driven to sweeper cover for a single. Another single taken. This time he hits the ball to mid off and takes another single. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over: 6 II Score:37/2 Henriques continues as the batsmen take another single off the first ball. A quick single taken off the third ball. This one is helped through to third man for a single. Reddy hits this one in the air but the ball does not carry to the man at deep mid wicket as the batsmen take a single. This one is really well played in the gap and third man gets around to collect the ball as the batsmen take two runs. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over: 5 II Score:31/2 Murali Kartik comes into the attack now. Wide on the leg side to start off with. This one is nudged on the leg side for a single. This one is played wide of Gayle at fine leg and the batsmen take a single. Vihari defends this one and takes off for a quick single, this would have been close but the wicketkeeper can't collect the ball properly. Reddy walks out and drives past cover for a four. Misses an attempted sweep but takes a leg bye. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over: 4 II Score:20/2 Single taken off the first ball which was driven to covers by Reddy. White plays a defensive shot off the next ball. White plays this one straight to the man at mid off who completes an easy catch. VIhari comes to the middle now. Defends this one to mid off, no run taken. Vihari tries to play this one to third man but Gayle at , what will be a fourth slip, intercepts. Cameron White c Muralitharan b Henriques 5(9) ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over: 3 II Score:19/1 White clips one from his pads for a boundary. This one is down the leg. Quick single taken off the next ball. Reddy hoiks one but the ball goes in the air and falls just short of the man at third man as the batsmen take a single. This time he beats White all ends up outside the off stump. Similar delivery and this time again he beats the batsman. ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over: 2 II Score:12/1 Henriques gets the wicket of Parthiv Patel. This was bowled on a good line and the batsman got an edge to the keeper. Cameron White comes to the middle. This one is wide down the leg side. He plays this straight to the man at point. This time he is trapped on the pads but the ball was going down the leg side and the batsmen scamper through for a single. This time he strays down the leg side and Reddy gets some bat on it that sends the ball flying to the fine leg boundary. Reddy lobs this one just over the man at mid wicket and takes a couple of runs. Parthiv Patel c Arun Karthik b Henriques 2(4) ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over: 2 II Score:12/1 Henriques gets the wicket of Parthiv Patel. This was bowled on a good line and the batsman got an edge to the keeper. Cameron White comes to the middle. This one is wide down the leg side. He plays this straight to the man at point. This time he is trapped on the pads but the ball was going down the leg side and the batsmen scamper through for a single. This time he strays down the leg side and Reddy gets some bat on it that sends the ball flying to the fine leg boundary. Reddy lobs this one just over the man at mid wicket and takes a couple of runs. Parthiv Patel c Arun Karthik b Henriques 2(4) ==================================================================================== Sunrisers Over: 1 II Score:4/0 Unadkat starts off proceedings as Reddy gets a single off the first ball. Parthiv Patel is also off the mark with a gentle guide to third man. Reddy plays this one to mid on and takes another single. Parthiv cuts this one straight into the ground and the fielder gets to it quickly from covers. He slashes this one hard and gets an edge that Gayle gets a hand to in slips but the ball pops out and the batsmen take a single. Reddy is looking for a single but is sent back. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 20 II Score: 130/8 Henriques hits the first ball off the last ball high in the air and White calls for this one and takes it safely. Vinay Kumar departs this time in pursuit of some quick runs. This has been a very good over so far and Ishant carries on the good work. Unadkat steals a single. A single off the last ball as well. Henriques c Cameron White b Ishant 44(40) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 19 II Score: 125/6 Steyn continues with a yorker that Henriques guides to third man. He is being hit around for singles as Henriques attempts a bit hit that the man in the outfield dropped. Vinay Kumar gets lucky with a pull that ends up going for four behind the stumps. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 18 II Score: 114/6 Perera is back into the attack. No run off the first three balls. The fourth ball is short and Henriques pulls it to deep mid wicket for a boundary. Perera is losing his line here as he drifts one down the leg side. Arun Karthik hit a slightly fuller ball straight to the man at mid off. Arun Karthik c Ashish Reddy b Thisara Perera 0(1) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 17 II Score: 108/5 Dale Steyn is back into the attack. Mayank tires to drive the first one but only manages to get the inside half of the bat and the ball goes towards the leg side as the batsmen take a single. This one is delicately played by Henriques for a four to third man. Another boundary to extra cover this time. Gets a single off the next ball. Mayank Agarwal plays a tentative square cut as the ball goes in the air but falls safely. The batsman had to put in a dive to get back safely on the second run. Steyn gets Mayank hitting straight to the man at mid off as RCB lose their seventh wicket. Agarwal c Ankit Sharma b Steyn 7(8) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 16 II Score: 96/4 Amit Mishra is back into the attack. A single taken off the second ball. He bowls a googly which Mayank does not read but the ball would have missed the leg stump. Ishant drops a sharp chance off Mayank who hit this one in the air towards deep mid wicket. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 15 II Score: 94/4 Perera back into the attack. Mayank Agarwal is the new batsman. He gets a couple of runs through covers with an elegant looking drive. He guides the next ball to third man and takes a single. Henriques hits this one high in the air and the ball falls just inside the boundary line and lobs out for a four. He guides the next one to third man for a single. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 14 II Score: 85/4 Ashish Reddy into the attack now. Singles taken off the first two balls. This time Henriques backs away and cuts it hard but there is a fielder at sweeper cover so he gets just a single. Kohli slashes this wide one really hard and the ball rockets to the fence. The big wicket of Virat Kohli falls as he hit the ball straight back to the bowler. Virat Kohli c and b Ashish Reddy 46(44) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 13 II Score: 78/3 Ishant comes into the attack now. Virat takes a single off the first ball. Henriques guides this one to third man for another single. Virat Kohli smashes him straight down the ground for a huge six. This time he drives it in the air through covers and takes two runs. Kohli gets a single by playing the ball towards backward point. Henriques chips this one in the air towards third man for a single. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 12 II Score: 66/3 Amit Mishra has tied up the batsmen and Henriques in particular is finding it difficult to knock him for runs. This time he tries to guide it to third man but fails to. This time he gets a single towards cover. Virat flicks this one on the leg side and takes off for a quick single. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 11 II Score: 62/3 Ankit Sharma continues as Kohli rocks back and pulls a short one to the deep mid wicket boundary for a four. He follows it up with a single off the next ball. Henriques takes a single towards cover. This one is slightly shorter but Kohli can't get it past the fielder at cover. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 10 II Score: 55/3 Mishra contnues to Kohli who takes a single off the first ball. Henriques cuts the next one really late to get a boundary towards third man. Henriques lofts this one through covers but the ball goes just over the fielder at cover as the batsmen take two runs. A single taken off the next ball. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 9 II Score: 47/3 Perera continues as the batsmen are struggling to hit the boundaries. Great line and length being maintained by the bowler. The only positive is that Kohli is still out in the middle for RCB and we all know that Henriques can hit the ball a long way. So RCB will be looking to not lose any further wickets. JUst four runs off the over. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 9 II Score: 42/2 Amit Mishra gets Nair out leg before wicket. Henriques is the new man. Tight over bowled. Just one run off the over. Karun Nair lbw b Amit Mishra 9(9) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 7 II Score: 42/2 Thisara Perera into the attack now. Kohli gets a single off the first ball. Nair struggling to get bat on ball here, walks out and plays all around the ball but misses. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 6 II Score: 40/2 Ishant continues with two dot balls. There is a spring in his stride after he picked up the wicket of Dilshan. He bowls a short one and Kohli stands up and pulls it to deep mid wicket for a boundary. He guides the next one to third man for a single. This one is short and wide and Nair slashes at it but misses it completely. Ishant is generating good pace and is getting some good bounce here. He guides this one to third man for a couple of runs. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 5 II Score: 33/2 Ankit Sharma into the attack now. Nicely driven by Nair for a single, but there is an over throw and the ball goes to the boundary. Inside out and Kohli smashes a well flighted delivery for a four over extra cover. Single taken off the next ball. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 4 II Score: 23/2 Ishant Sharma into the attack now. Kohli gets a single off the first ball. Dilshan gets a leg bye off the second. RCB dealing in singles here. Ishant has bowled Dilshan. This was a fantastic delivery from Ishant. RCB are on the backfoot now.Karun Nair is the new man and he will have to face music from an on fire Ishant. Dilshan b Ishant 5(9) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 3 II Score: 19/1 Steyn continues as Virat knocks that one on the leg side, no run taken. Kohli defends the next one towards mid on. This one is wide and short and Kohli rocks on to the back foot and smashes it for a boundary. Steyn gets some bounce and Virat leaves this one alone. This one is wide on the leg side. ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 2 II Score: 13/1 Vihari gets Chris Gayle off the first ball. It was a quicker delivery from the off spinner and Gayle misread the length. He tried to cut it but could only get a faint edge through to the keeper. Kohli is the new man and he gets a single off the first ball he faces. Another couple of runs taken by Dilshan towards square leg. Dilshan gets a single towards mid off. Another single off the last ball to Kohli. Gayle c Parthiv Patel b Hanuma Vihari 1(2) ==================================================================================== RCB Over: 1 II Score: 8/0 Dale Steyn starts off proceedings for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Gayle gets a single off the first ball.Dilshan gets off the mark as well with a drive through covers for a couple of runs. He is wrapped on the pads and he tries to steal a run but Gayle sends him back. This ball is wide down the leg side and Parthiv cannot get his gloves to it and the ball goes to the boundary. ==================================================================================== Toss: Bangalore have won the toss and they will be batting first. Bangalore (Playing XI): Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli(c), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Arun Karthik(w), Moises Henriques, Vinay Kumar, Murali Kartik, Jaidev Unadkat, Muttiah Muralitharan Hyderabad (Playing XI): Akshath Reddy, Parthiv Patel(w), Kumar Sangakkara(c), Cameron White, Thisara Perera, Hanuma Vihari, Ashish Reddy, Ankit Sharma, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma