SRH vs. RCB, Match 65, IPL 2023

With SRH out of the reckoning for the playoffs, the contest holds higher stakes for RCB, who are on the verge of just making the cut

RCB opted to bowl first against SRH in a last-ditch effort for a playoffs spot

After a circumspect start by the SRH openers, they both succumbed to the spin of Michael Bracewell in his first over

However, a counterattacking fifty from Heinrich Klaasen rescued the Sunrisers

Klaasen went on to score a hundred at a strike-rate of over 200, but SRH fell short of a par score, managing only 186 against a powerful batting line-up

The Kohli-Faf pair got going from the off, leathering the bowlers to all parts and putting on a stand of 172 for the first wicket

Virat Kohli got to his sixth IPL hundred with a six, a record (alongside Chris Gayle) to all but guarantee an RCB win

Kohli and Faf fell in quick succession but not before making the rest of the chase a cakewalk for the two new batsmen, who strolled to the target with four balls and eight wickets to spare