Chennai, April 15: Impossible becomes possible when it comes to surprising moments taking place in the Indian Premier League. This comes as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) came from behind to clinch the victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 runs here on Wednesday.
The match that seemed like it will be a win situation for SRH was snatched by spinner Shahbaz Ahmed. Turning out to be a big game-changer, Ahmed took 3 wickets in the 17th over. It should be noted that it was skipper Kohli who handed that over to him, given how the wicket was turning.
Earlier, Glenn Maxwell had scored a gutsy half-century to ensure that RCB, despite losing a flurry of wickets in the second half of their innings, set up a 150-run target.
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SRH was right on track for a win with Warner and Manish Pandey stitching an 83-run stand for the second wicket but the side lost the plot in the middle overs. SRH collapsed from 96/1 to 123/6 within 4.4 overs and was managed 143/9 in their allotted 20 overs. Harshal Patel, bowling in the death over was also a major contributor as he defended 15 runs in the final over. He also turned out to be the purple cap holder.
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Brief Scores: RCB 149/8 (Virat Kohli 33, Glenn Maxwell 59; Jason Holder 3-30); SRH 143/9 (David Warner 54, Manish Pandey 38; Shahbaz Ahmed 3-7)