IPL 2020: SRH to take on DC in Qualifier 2 after eliminating RCB by six wickets

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) set up a Qualifier 2 clash with Delhi Capitals (DC) after beating Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by six wickets in Eliminator of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Abu Dhabi on November 6.

Needing 132 runs to win, SRH lost their first wicket in the first over after Shreevats Goswami got out for 0 off Mohammed Siraj’s bowling.

After Warner got out, RCB squeezed the flow of runs in the next three overs, conceding just 8 runs and got the wicket of Manish Pandey. Yuzvendra Chahal, bowling the 12th over, then dismissed Priyam Garg to put SRH in a spot of bother.

Jason Holder joined Kane Williamson in the middle as SRH needed some stability and quick runs without losing any wickets.

The Williamson-Holder duo completed a fifty-run stand, scoring nine runs off the penultimate over. With 8 needed off the last four deliveries, Holder kept calm and creamed two successive fours as SRH sealed a six-wicket win with two balls to spare.

Earlier, while batting first RCB lost Virat Kohli anf Devdutt Padikkal by the second over. Shahbaz Nadeem dismissed Finch for 32 and Rashid Khan got Moeen Ali run out with a direct hit.

ABD got out in the 16th over and SRH eventually limited RCB to 131/7.

Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 132/4 (Kane Williamson 50*, Jason Holder 24*; Mohammed Siraj 2/28) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 131/7 (AB de Villiers 56, Aaron Finch 32; Jason Holder 3/25) by six wickets

Courtesy: www.iplt20.com