Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) has placed a daunting target of 256 on the score board against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their final league match of this IPL, with Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen and Abhishek Sharma giving a major load to the team.
Ishan Kishan scored 79 on 46 balls while Abhishek Sharma (56) and Heinrich Klaasen (51) also served half-centuries.
In an impressive partnership, Kishan and Klaasen put on 113 runs for the third wicket in what turned out to be a successful outing for the SRH batters.
For RCB, Rasikh Salam Dar was pick among the bowlers taking 2/52.
SRH decided to bat first against RCB at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Friday.
RCB are currently leading the points table with 18 points and SRH are in third place with 16 points. This is the last league-stage match for both the times where SRH is trying to win with a big margin in an attept to overtake Gujarat Titans and finish at the second place with a better net run rate.
GT are currently at the second spot with 18 points.
After winning the toss, SRH skipper, Pat Cummins said, "We'll bat first. It's a long shot to get to the top-two. We'll try a few things ahead of the finals. We'll try to bat big. It's been pleasing - qualification. They (crowd) have been amazing. Hopefully we finish on a good note. Same combination as the last game."
RCB skipper Patidar said, "Wherever we go, we feel like it's a home game for us. It doesn't matter where you are, you have to match your standards every game. You have to tick a lot of boxes. Bethell has a finger injury, I am back."
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI):
Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Jitesh Sharma(w), Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar.
RCB Impact subs include Tim David, Kanishk Chouhan, Swapnil Singh, Abhinandan Singh, Jordan Cox.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI):
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain.
RCB Impact subs include Praful Hinge, Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel.
