Match Day

3076dThe Report by Kanishkaa Balachandran

Sunrisers spice up fight for fourth

Sunrisers Hyderabad appeared to be coasting towards their target of 161 after a strong opening stand, but managed to drag it to the last over to win by seven wickets and upset Royal Challengers Bangalore's plans of making the playoffs

3076dKanishkaa Balachandran

Gayle flops again

Plays of the day for the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad

Consistent

2

Number of batsmen who have five 50+ scores in this IPL - David Warner and Dwayne Smith.

At last

1

Number of half centuries scored by Shikhar Dhawan in his last 15 IPL innings

Solid start

65

Highest opening partnership for Sunrisers in this IPL before today

New ground today?

0

Number of times that SRH have scored 160+ runs in a successful chase in the IPL - they have done it twice in the Champions League though

Fave opponents

40.80

Shikhar Dhawan's batting average against RCB - his best against any franchise

Defenders?

11

Number of games that RCB have lost while defending 160+ totals - the most for any team

AB 1 Steyn 0

255

AB de Villiers strike rate against Dale Steyn in the IPL (51 runs of 20 balls)

Big-hitters?

48

The second lowest 10 over score by any team while batting first in this IPL - the lowest score (45) is also by RCB.

Big-hitters?

5

Number of times that teams have scored 25 runs or less in the Powerplay this IPL - 3 times by RCB

Not a happy time

23, 22

Two out of Dale Steyn's four most expensive IPL overs have come this season

Gayle v Steyn

0

No. of sixes Gayle scored off Steyn in six IPL innings. His strike rate against Steyn is only 94 (31 off 33 balls)

Head to head

2-1

RCB's win-loss record against SRH - SRH's only win came through a Superover