Harshal Patel (3/33) emerged as the most successful bowler after RCB captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl.
Opener Jason Roy hit a 38-ball 44 but Royal Challengers Bangalore displayed disciplined bowling to restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to 141 for seven in their IPL game here on Wednesday.
Roy set the stage with a 58-ball 70-run partnership with captain Kane Williamson (31) but SRH lost three quick wickets for two runs in seven balls and eventually finished with a bottom score at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Gaya.
Harshal Patel (3/33) emerged as the most successful bowler after RCB captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl.
Daniel Christian (2/14) took two wickets, while the spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal (1/27) and Shahbaz Ahmed (0/21) kept things in check, while George Garten took 29 in two overs for his one wicket. Runs given.
Abhishek Sharma called to open the innings, hit a boundary and a six off Garten in the second over and dismissed Glenn Maxwell.
Williamson starts off with a good looking cover drive and then a pull through square leg from Siraj for the second boundary.
The New Zealand captain was all pride as he played two sweet timed shots for two more hits off Garten. Left-arm spinner Shahbaz attacked the stumps but when he made a mistake, Roy was quick to pull him through square leg.
At the end of the powerplay, SRH scored 50 for 1.
The spin pair of Shahbaz and Chahal bowled together, which did not help the batsmen.
While Roy lived dangerously, Williamson’s stump was knocked off the cutter by Patel as he tried to make room for himself as SRH rolled down to 84 for 2 in the 12th over.
Priyam Garg hit a six off Chahal and in the very next over, Christian was caught by AB de Villiers.
Five balls later, Christian took a sensational catch off his own delivery and removed Roy from the well set. Chahal trapped Abdul Samad in front of the wicket on the first ball of the next over as SRH were reduced to 107 for 5 in 15.1 overs.
Wriddhiman Saha was then dismissed by Patel on a slow ball.
Rashid Khan (seven not out) and Jason Holder (16) tried to accelerate before falling later off the last ball.
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