RCB vs SRH IPL 2023 Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore win

Royal Challengers Bangalore have decimated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets and they are alive in the race of playoffs.

Oh dear, is it the great RCB jinx or what? Right after Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis has perished and RCB still need some crucial runs to get

Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Virat Kohli after the latter scored his maiden century of the season. 

Virat Kohli scored a fantastic century off 62 balls in the IPL 2023 game against SRH. 

Faf du Plessis has completed 1000 IPL runs as the captain of RCB. 

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis have scored a half-century against SRH. This was Du Plessis' 8th fifty of the season and 7th for Kohli. RCB 105/0 in 11.3 overs. 

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis are batting exceptionally well against SRH as they have already smashed 72 runs in 7 overs. 

Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis have opened the batting for RCB. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the new ball for SRH.  

Virat Kohli smashed back-to-back boundaries off Bhuvneshwar Kumar's bowling. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad posted 186/5 in 20 overs. Bangalore will need 186 runs to win the match. 

Harshal Patel dismissed Heinrich Klaasen 104 off 51 balls. SRH 178/4 in 18.5 Overs.

Heinrich Klaasen scored a magnificent century off just 49 balls. SRH 178/4 in 18.4 overs. 

Heinrich Klaasen is batting exceptionally well for SRH. He has been smashing all across the park. 

Heinrich Klaasen scored his second consecutive half-century off just 24 balls. SRH 98/2 in 11.3 overs.   

Rahul Tripathi has been dismissed by Bracewell for 15 off 12 balls. RCB 28/2 in 4.3 overs.

Michael Bracewell dismissed Abhishek Sharma for 11 off 14 balls. SRH 27/1 in 4.1 Overs.

Shahbaz Ahmed almost ran out Rahul Tripathi in the third over of SRH's innings. He missed the stumps by an inch at the bowler's end. 

Rahul Tripathi and Abhishek Sharma opened the batting for SRH. Mohammed Siraj took the new ball for Bangalore. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (w), Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Kartik Tyagi, Mayank Dagar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nitish Reddy

Sunrisers Hyderabad Subs: Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Vivrant Sharma, Sanvir Singh, Akeal Hosein

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat (w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj

Royal Challengers Bangalore Subs: Dinesh Karthik, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Himanshu Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Kedar Jadhav

Faf du Plessis opted to bowl first after winning the toss against SRH.

While the coin toss will take place at 7 PM IST, the match is slated to start at 7:30 PM IST.

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Aiden Markram and Faf du Plessis will walk out for the toss at 7 PM IST.

Mohammed Siraj is the joint-second wicket-taker in the powerplay in IPL 2023 alongside Trent Boult, courtesy of nine dismissals each.

Heinrich Klassen has a strike rate of 180.95 against spin this year, which is the highest among others.

The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is favorable to both sides. However, with a dry approach, it is primarily batting friendly. 

No players from Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore have been reported injured.

Total matches played - 21

SRH won - 12

RCB won - 7

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Finn Allen, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himanshu Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai

The pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad is always known to be fit for the batsmen and the average first innings score in IPL is 165.

A look at the Dream 11 prediction for the RCB vs SRH IPL 2023 match: 

Wicketkeeper: Dinesh Karthik (wk)

Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, 

All-Rounders: Wayne Parnell, Glenn Maxwell

Bowlers: Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Karthik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh

Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Glenn Maxwell will look forward to fire once again vs Sunrisers Hyderabad and will look to take his team to a big first innings score.

The Sunrisers Hyderabad will be looking to finish the Indian Premier League 2023 campaign with a win and also will try to RCB's party to qualify for the playoffs. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up a five-wicket haul against the Gujarat Titans in their last match and he will look forward to repeating yet another performance against RCB. 

The average first innings score at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad is 165 and the teams chasing are favorites to win the match.

A look at the Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL 2023 playoffs qualification scenario: 

The Royal Challengers Bangalore are currently placed in the fifth position in the Indian Premier League 2023 points table and the team needs to win all of its two matches if they want to finish in the top four at the end of the league stage. If the team fails to win the match vs SRH then there is very less possibility that they might qualify as Mumbai Indians are still there to finish with 16 points. If MI loses to Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last match, then Bangalore must win their last match vs Gujarat Titans with a big margin and if they fail they will certainly get knocked out of the tournament. 

A look at Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2023 playoffs qualification scenario: 

Sunrisers Hyderabad are placed in the ninth position in the IPL 2023 points table and now they don't have any chances to qualify for the Indian Premier League 2023 playoffs. Even if the team is able to win the match against Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore then they will only finish at 12 points which is not enough for the qualification. 

Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis has been excellent till now in the Indian Premier League 2023 and currently holds the orange cap. Faf would look to repeat his performance vs SRH and take his team to victory.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore are coming off a thumping win over Rajasthan Royals and would like to defeat the Sunrisers Hyderabad in same fashion and also edge one more step closer to the playoffs spot.

A look at the updated Indian Premier League 2023 standings after the Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals match. 

The Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bangalore and Aiden Markram's Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on each other in match 65 of the Indian Premier League 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

As the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be up against each other in match 65 of IPL 2023, both teams are coming off thumping wins in their last match and also have a balanced squad. Altogether it will be a great match to witness. 

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Himanshu Sharma, Michael Bracewell (replacement), Manoj Bhandage, Kedar Jadhav ( replacement) Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Sonu Yadav, Wayne Parnell (replacement), Vyshak Vijay Kumar (replacement).