IPL 2018, Live cricket score, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: RCB pick up pace

Sunrisers Hyderabad took two early wickets to rock Royal Challengers Bangalore but AB de Villiers kept the fight going for RCB.Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bowl against Royal Challengers Bangalore.Their chances of making the play-offs still hanging by a thread, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in another must-win Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 match at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium. The consecutive wins over Delhi Daredevils (DD) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) have revived RCB’s hopes, while SRH have been on a roll with nine victories and are assured of a top-2 finish. RCB are languishing at the seventh spot while SRH have 18 points from 12 games. Get live cricket score of Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2018 match here (LIVE SCORECARD | LIVE STREAMING INFO) (IPL 2018 FULL COVERAGE)

21:12 hrs IST: Out! that’s two big wickets in the over, Both Moeen Ali and AB de Villiers are scalped by Rashid Khan and the RCB juggernaut is halted. RCB 149/4

21:08 hrs IST: Big overs keep on coming for RCB, 14 runs off the 14th over. 100-run partnership between Ali and De villiers.

21:04 hrs IST: RCB have picked up the pace here, Both De Villiers and Ali are hitting fours and sixes at will. SRH treading dangerous waters here. A score of 200+ is on the cards here. RCB 130/ 2 after 13.

20:52 hrs IST: Another over where a boundary is struck, A six coming off Rashid Khan. RCB picking up the pace here and they need to. RCB 94/2

20:48 hrs IST: Unlucky there for Shikhar Dhawan and Sandeep Sharma, Moeen is caught but Dhawan can’t keep his balance and crosses the boundary. RCB 84/2.

20:44 hrs IST: SRH are bowling really well. RCB haven’t really gotten away from SRH here. RCB 73/2.

20:33 hrs IST: Rashid Khan is bowling very well here. He could easily have picked up a wicket in the over but luck is not on his side. RCB 51/2.

20:30 hrs IST: Five runs in the last over of the powerplay. RCB 44/2. AB de Villiers looks like the big wicket at this point of time. As other batsmen struggle, he looks serene.

20:19 hrs IST: OUT! and it’s a massive wicket! Virat Kohli is castled by Rashid Khan for 12. Big wicket this. RCB 38/2

20:16 hrs IST: Good over for RCB again and it’s that man AB de Villiers again. SRH need to be careful with Kohli and AB, they could soon take the match away from them RCB 34/1.

20:11 hrs IST: RCB with AB de Villiers are fighting back, The South African has already hit five boundaries.

20:07 hrs IST: Good second over for RCB, Ab de Villiers smacks Shakib Al Hasan for two boundaries to ease some pressure. RCB 17/1

20:04 hrs IST: Out! Parthiv Patel is gone in the very first over. A top edged hook is caught at the third man boundary by Sidharth Kaul off the bowling of Sandeep Sharma. RCB 6/1

19:59 hrs IST:Parthiv Patel and Virat Kohli to open the batting for RCB, Sandeep Sharma to bowl the first over

19:50 hrs IST: Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Alex Hales, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Shreevats Goswami(w), Rashid Khan, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi

19:36 hrs IST:Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Parthiv Patel(w), Moeen Ali, AB de Villiers, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

19:33 hrs IST: One change for SRH, Basil Thampi in for Bhuvneshwar Kumar. RCB have the same team that dismantled Kings XI Punjab.

19:32 hrs IST: Virat Kohli syas he wanted to bowl first as well.

19:30 hrs IST:As has been the norm, team winning the toss ops to field first. SRH have done the same.

19:27 hrs IST: Pitch looks very dry but it’s quite hard. Spin or pace with the new ball?

19:25 hrs IST: SRH have won seven of the eleven games against RCB in IPL.

19:15 hrs IST: Toss will be crucial, more often than not team that has won the toss has opted to bowl first, will that change today or remain the same? Find out in 15 minutes.

19:05 hrs IST: Intriguing battle lies ahead as the likes of Virat and De Villiers face what has so far been the best bowling attack of the IPL 2018.

19:00 hrs IST: It’s a must win match for Royal Challengers Hyderabad while Sunrisers are assured of a place on the top two in the IPL table.

18:53 hrs IST: Hello and welcome to the live blog of IPL match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Royal Challengers are overtly dependant on skipper Virat Kohli and South Africa’s AB de Villiers. The two have combined to score nearly half of the team’s total runs this season but the side needs bigger contributions from the likes of Moeen Ali and Corey Anderson.

Kohli has scored 514 runs from 12 games while de Villiers has managed 358 runs in nine games.

On the bowling front, pacer Umesh Yadav has delivered for RCB, taking 17 wickets so far.

Sunrisers, on the other hand, depend quite a lot on opener Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Kane Williamson. What has been truly outstanding for the 2016 IPL champions is their diverse bowling attack.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been backed up by Siddarth Kaul (13 wickets), Sandeep Sharma (8), leg-spinner Rashid Khan (13) and Shakib-Al-Hasan (12).