IPL 10 SRH vs RCB: Yuvraj blitz brings Hyderabad to 207 against Bangalore

Hyderabad: Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) piled up a huge first inning total of 207/4 in against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the opening match of Indian Premier League (IPL) season 10 at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium here on Wednesday.

After a sizzling performance by Bollywood star Amy Jackson at the IPL opening ceremony, it was the turn of Yuvraj Singh to show his batting blitz, as he smashed a rapid fire half-century off 23-balls, before finally getting out at 62 runs off just 27 balls hitting 7 fours and 3 sixes.

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Moises Henriques also scored a splendid half-century scoring 52 runs off 37 balls hitting 3 fours and 2 sixes. Shikhar Dhawan started off nicely but once again failed to capitalise and got out after scoring 40 runs off 31 balls, hitting 5 flourishing fours.

Earlier, captain David Warner gave his team a flying start as he scored 14 runs off just 8 balls with 2 fours and a six. Ben Cutting played an aggressive cameo of 16 runs off just 6 balls with 2 sixes during the slog overs, while Deepak Hooda also managed to score 16 runs off 12 balls with 1 six.

RCB frontline spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who bagged 21 wickets in the ninth season of IPL, bowled a superb spell of four overs giving away just 22 runs for one wicket. He, however, could have bagged more wickets but some crucial chances were dropped.

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Aniket Choudhary, though, bagged the much important wicket of Warner, but went extremely expensive in his four over giving away – runs. Tymal Mills and Stuart Binny also plucked a wicket each in their respective spells.

RCB will soon come back on the ground to chase down a mammoth target of 208 runs.