IPL 2021 SRH vs RCB: Chahal, Harshal’s brilliant bowling put Sunrisers Hyderabad on the backfoot |

#Abu Dhabi: Sunrisers Hyderabad sprung a surprise by dropping Abhishek Sharma as the opener against Virat Kohli’s side in the southern cricket clash on Wednesday. Despite hitting a boundary and an over boundary, Abhishek returned for just 13. Garton was caught by Maxwell. But then captain Williamson and English opener Jason Roy took charge and continued to push the innings of the orange brigade forward.

Roughly, both of them went down well, no matter the situation, at least 15 overs must be batted. But Harshal Patel, the highest wicket-taker of the tournament, bowled Williamson with a brilliant cutter. He returned with 31. Priyam Garg came. Daniel Christian’s ball was caught by de Villiers and returned to Sazghar with 15 runs. Jason Roy was cut and bowled for 44 each in the same over. On this day, Wriddhiman Saha was dropped to number six.

Chahal’s LB is Abdul Samad with one run. Wriddhiman returned with 10 catches off Harshal Patel. Sunrisers have won only 2 matches in the current IPL. They are at the bottom of the league table. As a result, today’s match is not very important for them. However, Hyderabad will definitely want to break RCB’s journey.

So there is no reason to take them lightly in this match. Now let’s take a look at the history of the face-to-face meeting between the two teams. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad have met 19 times in the IPL so far. Hyderabad won 10 of those matches. RCB won eight. A match is unsettled.

However, RCB defeated Hyderabad in the first phase of IPL this season. Today, at least in the first innings, it can be said that Virat Kohli’s team is the favorite to win the match. The loss of the orange army may be just a matter of time. The red jersey holders are seen playing as a team after a long time. If they don’t become champions this time, there is no guarantee when RCB will become champions again. Harshal Patel took three wickets that day as well.