Chennai witnessed another collapse while chasing as Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore edged out Sunrisers Hyderabad by six runs for their second successive victory of this Indian Premier League season on Wednesday.
Hyderabad faltered in their chase of 150 to finish on 143/9 despite a valiant 54 by skipper David Warner in Chennai. Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed struck three times in one over to make Hyderabad slip from 115-2 to 116-5.
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Pace bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Harshal Patel took two wickets each as Bangalore took top spot in the eight-team table. Kohli earned praise for his smart captaincy while questions arose over the oitch quality in Chennai.
Here’s a look at some of the reactions
And that’s how we celebrate a win. RCB STYLE. 😉 #PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #SRHvRCB #IPL2021 https://t.co/hN2HtYtI5y
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 14, 2021
Expression says it all..😁#IPL2021 #SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/MqWibGTMmw
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) April 14, 2021
There is a new disaster horror movie in town. It's called "Death Overs in Chennai".
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 14, 2021
On a wicket like Chennai, having a set batsman not finishing the job is criminal. Hyderabad will regret this.
— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) April 14, 2021
But what a game changing , 3 wicket over from young Shahbaz Ahmed .
Two in two for @RCBTweets is a very promising beginning #SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/ocWFqy8NeY
So is Chennai a bat first venue ? Yesterday #KKR and today #SRH. Both unable to chase down relatively easier targets #IPL2021 #RCBvsSRH
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) April 14, 2021
What a game! Brilliant captaincy by King @imVkohli to bring in #Shahbaz into the attack! Very impressed by #Harshal to show he's got the nerves to bowl at the death! What a win for @RCBTweets looks like one hell of a season ahead! Terrible batting display by @SunRisers! #SRHvRCB
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) April 14, 2021
Maybe teams will now front load on this Chennai pitch? Treat it like a 15 over game, seeing as how the last five overs are proving so hard to score off? #RCBvSRH
— Snehal Pradhan (@SnehalPradhan) April 14, 2021
Some collapse from #RCB but all teams will struggle to force the pace on this slow Chennai wicket. #SRH will be thrilled if they can chase 130
— Rahul Puri (@rahulpuri) April 14, 2021
Maxiiiii 🔥 🔥 🔥 #rcb
— Danielle Wyatt (@Danni_Wyatt) April 14, 2021
RCB two in two, superb start of the season @RCBTweets @IPL #SRHvRCB #IPL2021
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) April 14, 2021
KKR🫂SRH #Ipl2021 pic.twitter.com/EyvTxg0qN9
— Ritwika Dhar (@RituD307) April 14, 2021
RCB against SRH today:😁#SRHvRCB #SRH #RCB #IPL #IPL2021 #CricTracker #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/W2vLrWerRr
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) April 14, 2021
RCB wins by 6 runs! Some Shahbaz brilliance in the 17th over absolutely turned the match. RCB: ye kitni awesome hai yaar 👏🏼😂 Ee sala cup namde #IPL2021 #SRHvRCB
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) April 14, 2021
Commentators in 6th over - What is Kohli doing? He needs to swap the bowler's ends.
— Siddarth Srinivas (@sidhuwrites) April 14, 2021
Commentators in 20th over - Kohli has called all the shots right today. Smart captaincy.
RCB are better when they don't play at chinnaswamy
— arfan (@Im__Arfan) April 14, 2021
#SRHvRCB
— Pranay 🇮🇳 (@Pun_nay) April 14, 2021
Same Energy..😂💪 pic.twitter.com/UmyUyvZ8oz
Congrats SRH on stealing defeat from the jaws of victory, bless you
— Radha (@radhalathgupta) April 14, 2021