IPL 2020, SRH vs RCB highlights: Bangalore beats Hyderabad by 10 runs

Devdutt Padikkal and AB de Villiers scored brilliant half-centuries as the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) set a 164-run target for SRH

6:27 PM

SRH Team news

Warner, whose exploits in the IPL include winning the 'Orange Cap' thrice and leading his side to a maiden title triumph in 2016, will once again pair up with the dangerous Jonny Bairstow.

 

The formidable opening duo, that shattered multiple records including the highest opening partnership in IPL history against RCB last season, will hope to emulate the previous edition's exploits. Sunrisers also have the batting prowess of Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mitchell Marsh and Fabian Allen.

 

Sunrisers' blind spot also lies in the lack of depth in their batting order. The franchise has invested in youngsters like Virat Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Priyam Garg, and Abdul Samad and the management in the hopes that one of them could become the vital cog in the middle order.
 

 

6:03 PM

RCB team news

The addition of Australian limited overs captain Aaron Finch to the squad gives the star-studded batting line up more firepower. Expectations are also high from highly rated young opener Devdutt Padikal.

 

Following a nightmarish 2019 season when they finished last, RCB seem to have much better balance but there ability to hit late in the innings is yet to be tested.

 

RCB also boasts of a potent spin unit, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal will again be the key as he has been over the past seasons with Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Adam Zampa and Moeen Ali lending more options.

 

RCB have also addressed the issue of their weak death bowling that plagued its campaign last season. The franchise has bought South African bowling all-rounder Chris Morris.

Virat Kohli, RCB captain. Photo: @@RCBTweets

5:43 PM

RCB squad fo IPL 2020

Full list of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s IPL 2020 players along with their salaries:

Player	Team	Retained/bought	Price (Rs cr)
Virat Kohli	RCB	Retained	17.00
A B de Villiers	RCB	Retained	11.00
Chris Morris	RCB	Bought	10.00
Yuzvendra Chahal	RCB	Retained	6.00
Shivam Dube	RCB	Retained	5.00
Aaron Finch	RCB	Bought	4.40
Umesh Yadav	RCB	Retained	4.20
Adam Zampa	RCB	replaced Kane Richardsom	1.50
Washington Sundar	RCB	Retained	3.20
Navdeep Saini	RCB	Retained	3.00
Mohammed Siraj	RCB	Retained	2.60
Dale Steyn	RCB	Bought	2.00
Moeen Ali	RCB	Retained	1.70
Parthiv Patel	RCB	Retained	1.70
Pawan Negi	RCB	Retained	1.00
Gurkeerat Mann Singh	RCB	Retained	0.50
Isuru Udana	RCB	Bought	0.50
Devdutt Padikkal	RCB	Retained	0.20
Joshua Philippe	RCB	Bought	0.20
Pavan Deshpande (uncapped)	RCB	Bought	0.20
Shahbaz Ahmad (uncapped)	RCB	Bought	0.20

5:33 PM

Sunrisers Hyderabad squad

Here is the full squad of Sunrisers Hyderabad:

 

Player	Team	Retained/bought/traded	Price (Rs cr)
Abdul Samad (uncapped)	SRH	Bought	0.20
Abhishek Sharma	SRH	Retained	0.55
Basil Thampi	SRH	Retained	0.95
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	SRH	Retained	8.50
Billy Stanlake	SRH	Retained	0.50
David Warner	SRH	Retained	12.50
Fabian Allen	SRH	Bought	0.50
Jonny Bairstow	SRH	Retained	2.20
Kane Williamson	SRH	Retained	3.00
Khaleel Ahmed	SRH	Retained	3.00
Manish Pandey	SRH	Retained	11.00
Mitchell Marsh	SRH	Bought	2.00
Mohammad Nabi	SRH	Retained	1.00
Natarajan	SRH	Retained	0.40
Priyam Garg (uncapped)	SRH	Bought	1.90
Rashid Khan	SRH	Retained	9.00
Sandeep Bavanaka (uncapped)	SRH	Bought	0.20
Sandeep Sharma	SRH	Retained	3.00
Sanjay Yadav (uncapped)	SRH	Bought	0.20
Shahbaz Nadeem	SRH	Retained	3.20
Shreevats Goswami	SRH	Retained	1.00
Siddarth Kaul	SRH	Retained	3.80
Vijay Shankar	SRH	Retained	3.20
Virat Singh (uncapped)	SRH	Bought	1.90
Wriddhiman Saha	SRH	Retained	1.20

5:24 PM

Warner, Bairstow share impressing record as openers

Warner is also the leading run scorer for SRH after accumulating 3,271 runs from 71 games, averaging 55.44. Bairstow, who joined SRH last year, also impressed everyone after gathering 445 runs from 10 games at a decent average of 55.62.

Jonny Bairstow, David Warner. Photo: PTI

5:01 PM

SRH vs RCB preview

The royal challengers Bangalore will kick start its IPL 2020 campaign with an eye for its elusive IPL title against Sunrisers Hyderabad. After finishing fourth in the IPL 2020, SRH will start its campaign in this year's edition with a game against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) -- a team seeking their maiden title -- at the iconic Dubai International Cricket stadium.

SRH has clinched the trophy once in 2016 -- besides the 2009 triumph in its earlier avatar as Deccan Chargers

For this year's edition of the lucrative league, the David Warner was again appointed as SRH captain with few changes in the squad. The 'Orange Army' will miss the services of ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who was released by the franchise after being banned by the International Cricket Council for failing to report an approach by bookies.

With skipper Warner and Jonny Bairstow, the SRH is considered to have one of the best opening pairs and if the duo gets going, the Hyderabad franchise could pose a big threat for their opponents. Here is the preview of the match