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SRH defeated RCB by 25 runs in a high-scoring match in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday night. Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose bowling at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. SRH scored 287 runs losing 3 wickets in 20 overs. RCB also scored 262 runs losing 7 wickets in the second innings but lost the match.
Travis Head from SRH scored a century on 39 balls, he scored 102 runs on 41 balls. Dinesh Karthik from RCB scored 83 runs on 35 balls. He also hit a six of 108 meters. Star batsman Virat Kohli could score only 42 runs in 20 balls, he was bowled by Mayank Markande. Will Jacques was run out due to a mistake by captain Duplessis. Match Moments…
1. Head scored a century by hitting a four
Opener Travis Head, who scored a century for SRH, scored a half century by hitting a four. Vijaykumar Vaishakh bowled a fuller length ball on the fourth ball of the 12th over. Which Head played towards long on and completed his century in just 39 balls.
Travis Head scored his first century in IPL.
2. Clason hits a six of 106 meters
Heinrich Klaasen hit a six of 106 meters against RCB. On the second ball of the 17th over, Clason hit a straight six on the ball of Lockie Ferguson. This is equal to the second longest six in IPL 2024. Before this, Nicholas Pooran and Venkatesh Iyer have also hit sixes of 106 meters this season. Puran had hit this six against RCB on the ground of Bengaluru itself. In the same match, Dinesh Karthik broke the records of all three batsmen by hitting a six of 108 meters.
Heinrich Klaasen hit a total of seven sixes in the innings.
Abdul Samad also hit a six of 103 meters in the 19th over. On the fourth ball of the 19th over, Samad hit a six towards long off off Reece Topley.
Abdul Samad played an inning of 37 runs. A total of 3 sixes were hit in this.
3. Got Markram’s wicket, umpire gave no ball
After Klaasen’s wicket, Aiden Markram misplayed Yash Dayal’s full toss to short third-man on the second ball of the 18th over, where Reece Topley took a brilliant diving catch. The team immediately started celebrating the wicket, but the field umpire signaled no-ball, so Markram remained unbeaten till the end after scoring 32 runs in 17 balls and with Abdul Samad’s brilliant inning of 37 runs in 10 balls, the team scored 287/7 on the board. Helped him easily surpass his previous score to post 3.
4. Markande bowled Kohli
SRH spinner Mayank Markande bowled RCB opener Virat Kohli. Markande bowled a slow googly on the second ball of the 7th over. Virat Kohli went to sweep, but missed. Due to this the ball went straight to the stump.
Mayank Markande took a total of 2 wickets.
5. Dinesh Karthik hit the longest six of the season
RCB batsman Dinesh Karthik hit a six of 108 meters. This is the biggest six of the season. On the first ball of the 16th over, Kartin pulled towards the leg side in front of Natarajan and sent the ball to the roof of the stadium.
Dinesh Karthik hit a total of seven sixes in the match.
6. Will Jacques was out on non-strike by Duplessis’ shot.
Will Jacques lost his wicket without making any mistake. Jaydev Unadkat sent him back to the pavilion on his own ball. Unadkat bowled a slow ball in the 8th over. The ball went outside the off stump and Faf du Plessis, who was batting on strike, played it straight with timing.
However, the ball hit Unadkat’s right palm before hitting the stumps. At that time, Jacques was well out of the crease. He was out after scoring 7 runs in 4 balls. After being out, Du Plessis expressed his disappointment in an aggressive manner, while Unadkat was happy and had a big smile on his face.
Will Jacques has scored only 13 runs in 2 matches.