Indian Premier League 2020 Match 3, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs SunRisers Hyderabad: In Pics

David Warner-led SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) won the toss and opted to bowl first against Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in their opening clash of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Dubai International Stadium on Monday.

RCB made a last-place finish during the 2017 and 2019 edition of the T20 lucrative tournament while their last appearance in the final came in 2016.Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the other hand, made a fourth-place finish in the league stage of the last season.

The two teams have faced each other in a total of 13 IPL matches so far, with Sunrisers Hyderabad had emerging victorious on seven occasion.(Image Credits: Twitter/@RCBTweets)

Virat Kohli is once again leading the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the ongoing 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and he will definitely look to guide his side to maiden glory this time around.

The Bangalore-based franchise is going with four overseas players in their opening match of the 2020 lucrative T20 tournament against SRH namely Aaron Funch, AB de Villiers, Josh Philippe and Dale Steyn.

SunRisers Hyderabad are heading into their opening 2020 IPL tie against Virat Kohli's side with these four overseas players: Skipper David Warner, wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow (wk), pacer Mitchell Marsh and bowler Rashid Khan. 

Openers Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikkal provided a solid start to Royal Challengers Bangalore by taking them to a score of 48/0 after five overs against SunRisers Hyderabad in their first outing of IPL 2020.(Image Courtesy: Twitter/@IPL)

 

Debutant Devdutt Padikkal has brought up his first IPL half-century off just 36 balls. He reached the mark by picking up a boundary on the third ball of the 10th over by Abhishek Sharma.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

RCB openers Aaron Finch and Devdutt Padikkal, who were looking good at the crease, ended up departing in quick succession for their respective scores of 56 and 29. While Padikkal was clean bowled by Murali Vijay on the last ball of the 11th over, the Australian skipper was caught leg before wicket on the first ball of 12th over from Abhishek Sharma.(Image Credits:Twitter/@IPL)

T Natarajan made a dream debut for SunRisers Hyderabad by picking up his first wicket of RCB skipper Virat Kohli. The Indian skipper fell cheaply for 14 runs after being caught by Rashid Khan at deep midwicket on the fifth ball of the 16th over. (Image Credits:Twitter/@IPL)

AB de Villiers (51) and Devdutt Padikkal (53) smashed a half-century each as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) posted a score of 163 for five in their stipulated 20 overs against SunRisers Hyderabad. 

The players of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) could be seen celebrating after SRH skipper David Warner fell cheaply fo six runs after being ran out by Umesh Yadav in the second over. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

A 71-run crucial partnership between Manish Pandey (34) and Jonny Bairstow (43) has come to an end after the former was caught by Navdeep Saini at long-off on the last ball of the 12th over from Yuzvendra Chahal. (Image Courtesy:Twitter/@IPL)

Jonny Bairstow (56) brought up a half-century off 37 deliveries to guide his side past 100-run mark. The SRH opener reached the mark via a majestic short-arm pull towards midwicket for four runs on an Umesh Yadav delivery in the 14th over.(Image Courtesy:Twitter/@IPL)

 

Yuzvendra Chahal struck twice in the 16th over to remove Jonny Bairstow and Vijay Shankar for 61 and duck, respectively. While the SRH opener was bowled out on the second delivery of the over, Chahal dismissed Vijay in a similar fashion on the very next ball.(Image Courtesy:Twitter/@IPL)

Yuzvendra Chahal bagged three wickets, while Shivam Dube and Navdeep Saini chipped in with two wickets each to help Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat SunRisers Hyderabad by 10 runs in their opening IPL 2020 tie.