RCB have been performing better since last few seasons compared to their abysmal performances before that. In IPL 2024, they did not look like a team in form at any moment and lost 6 matches back to back till date. Now, in their 9th match of the season, they came together in batting and bowling to defeat hard-hitting SRH.
RCB have won the toss and elected to bat first. By batting first, SRH batters have been able to score more than 250 (thrice) and they have been restricting opponents near to the target with their limited bowling. This time, RCB asked them to bat second which they failed to pull off against KKR but done well against CSK. SRH needed RCB to be restricted below 180 for an easy win.
On the flip side, RCB needed to score above 210 minimum to put SRH under pressure. Openers Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis(25) went against SRH bowlers in the powerplay. Post powerplay, Kohli did not prove to be effective against spin while Rajat Patidar smacked 4 back to back sixes against Mayank Markhande. Kohli scored 51 off 43 while Patidar scored 50 off 20.
Cameron Green scored 37 runs from 20 balls with Dinesh Karthik(11) and Swapnil Singh(12) chipping in. RCB scored a decent 206/7 in 20 overs despite slowing down issue. In the chase, SRH lost Travis Head(1), Aiden Markram(7) and Heinrich Klaasen(7) very early. This left them on the backfoot and no other batter could really step up.
Abhishek Sharma(31), Shahbaz Ahmed(40) and Pat Cummins(31) gave SRH a decent 171/8 in 20 overs after losing their main batting giants. Karn Sharma(2/29), Cameron Green(2/12), Swapnil Singh(2/40) took wickets while Mohammed Siraj just gave away only 20 runs in 4 overs for RCB. Hence, they won by 35 runs but both teams continued in their respective positions on table after this match.