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their loss against the Royal Chal- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
lengers Bangalore in the first held the nerve to defeat Royal
half of the tournament, Rabada Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
said, “Our loss against RCB in by four runs. Bhuvneshwar Ku-
the first half of the tournament mar, Jason Holder, Siddarth
is definitely a thing of the past.” Kaul, Umran Malik, and Rashid
“However, we know how Khan picked one wicket each
threatening they can be. They for SRH while Devdutt Padik-
have some really destructive bat- kal and Glenn Maxwell played
ters and Harshal Patel has been innings of 41 and 40 respective-
doing extremely well. We need ly for the RCB. Earlier, Sun-
to believe in our strengths. The risers Hyderabad (SRH) was
result in our last match against restricted to the score of 141/7
RCB is a thing of the past, but as Harshal Patel scalped three
we still need to learn from that wickets while Dan Christian
result,” he added. and George Garton returned
The fast bowler added that with two and one respectively.
the team will look to play its best Yuzvendra Chahal also bagged
cricket in the business end of the one wicket. Jason Roy and Kane
tournament, “We’ve done re- Williamson played innings of
ally great work so far. We have 44 and 31 respectively as SRH’s
earned the right to be in this po- middle-order batters failed to
sition and we have been in this bank on after such a good start.
position before, which helps. We Umran Malik of Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrates the wicket of KS Bharat of Kane Williamson, SRH skip-
are going to give it our all in the Royal Challengers at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu dhabi on Wednes- per and Player of the Match
upcoming matches and look to day (ANI) during the post-match presen-
play our best cricket in the busi- tation said: “It’s been a tough
ness end of the tournament.” season and it’s great to see some
Rabada found himself in a of those small improvements.
rather unusual situation in Delhi To see those small adjustments
Capitals’ last match against the was good, we thought that total
Chennai Super Kings when he was competitive and we saw that
needed to close out the match fight throughout the ball as well.
with the bat. The fast bowler I was just trying to maximize the
spoke about the thoughts that powerplay and the ball was hold-
ran through his mind before he ing on the surface and we were
took the team home through a fortunate to build a partnership
boundary. and we knew things wouldn’t
happen quickly from a bowling
rcB always leave perspective, but we knew if we
aB to perform miracles: held our nerve and stay there

dale steyn Ishan Kishan of Mumbai Indians plays a shot during a match with Rajas- for longer periods, we can build
that pressure. Game was getting
ormer SAouth Africa than Royals in Sharjah on Tuesday(ANI) tight and dismissing him (Max-
pacer Dale Steyn has said well) one way or the other was
Fhe finds it difficult to un- ways leave AB to try and per- Capitals on Friday at the Dubai the key, they are a fantastic side
derstand why Royal Challeng- form miracles,” tweeted Steyn. International Stadium. and even though we are not in
ers Bangalore (RCB) leave AB AB de Villiers walked out the contention it was great to
de Villiers to do too much in to bat in the 15th over of the umran malik certainly is see the fight.”
the backend of Indian Premier innings and RCB still needed special: Kane Williamson “He certainly is special (on
League (IPL) matches. 50 runs to win off 35 balls. In Umran Malik). We saw him in
A spirited bowling per- the end, the Proteas batter re- unrisers Hyderabad the nets in the last couple of sea-
formance saw Kane William- mained unbeaten on 19 off 13 (SRH) captain Kane Wil- sons and he is a real competitor
son-led SunRisers Hyderabad balls but he failed to take his Sliamson believes that pace and is proving to be effective
(SRH) defeat RCB by four runs side over the line. sensation Umran Malik is spe- even on slower surfaces. He’s
at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Earlier, Jason Roy played a cial after the Indian youngster got a lot of mates in the team as
Wednesday. Bhuvneshwar Ku- knock of 44 runs as SRH post- clocked 153kph to bowl the fast- well and that helps in sharing the
mar defended 13 off the final ed a total of 141/7 in the allotted est delivery of Indian Premier knowledge. It’s a great opportu-
over against AB de Villiers to twenty overs. For RCB, Harshal League (IPL) 2021 against Roy- nity for the younger guys to get
help his side register a thrilling Patel returned with the figures al Challengers Bangalore (RCB) involved and hopefully we will
victory. “I get they’ve qualified, of 3-33. at the Zayed Cricket Stadium, keep learning and we go again
but how on earth does RCB al- RCB will next take on Delhi Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. on Friday,” he added.

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