Achi news desk-
Led by Pat Cummins, Sunrisers Hyderabad managed a record 288-run challenge against Royal Challengers Bangalore to win by just 25 runs. RCB put up a strong fight while chasing the 288-run challenge. Due to the innings of experienced batsman Dinesh Karthik, Hyderabad’s tension increased for a while. But finally Dinesh Karthik got out after scoring 83 runs in 35 balls and Hyderabad’s victory was assured. Apart from Karthik, captain Paf du Plessis contributed 62 runs from RCB. But even after that, RCB could only manage 262 runs after losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. RCB couldn’t win, but they put up an amazing fight. It was RCB’s fifth defeat in a row. Let’s find out what Captain Puff had to say after these 5 defeats.
What did Puff say?
We batted very well. It was a decent T20 wicket. We tried to rise to the challenge. But staying away from 280 runs is tough. We tried things, we tried different things,” Pat said in the postgame presentation after the game.
“Like batting, we have to work hard. After the power play, the run rate has to be maintained without allowing it to drop. The boys did not give up during the chase and it was nice to see them fighting. From a bowling point of view, 30-40 runs was a bit too much. It is also A mental battle. So it’s imperative to be mentally strong. Sometimes I feel like my head is going to explode,” Puff mentioned.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI: Paf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Sourav Chauhan, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Mahipal Lomarur, Vijaykumar Vishak, Rhys Topley, Locky Ferguson and Yash Dayal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Bhubaneswar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat and T Natarajan.
