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SRH 9/10 - JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED! They could have avoided the fall of David Warner’s wicket, but they were on point with their exploitation of the powerplay, not giving Bangalore any chances to make it a low-scoring thriller, scoring 58/1 in the powerplay. 

RCB 5/10 - OOH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS! Do they do it deliberately? They added only 63 in 9 overs, which was aided by AB de Villiers little burst and after his dismissal, they were struggling to hit any boundaries. They completely failed to justify their tag of the best scoring team in the middle overs, ending on 93/4 at the end of 15 overs. 

SRH 6/10 - WOW! They almost turned it into a low-scoring thriller but a cameo from Jason Holder saved them after Williamson got taken by Udana. The match was perfectly set up for them to win easily but they preferred to add some entertainment to the match by losing 4 wickets. In the end, they won the match by 5 wickets in the 15th over, keeping themselves in contention for the playoffs. 

SRH 10/10 - ON POINT! All their strategies and plans were on point as they didn’t allow RCB to go past 120 runs. They gave away just 27 runs in the last 5 overs taking 3 wickets, displaying their control of the game. The bowlers didn’t give any pace to the batsmen to work with on a slow wicket along with perfectly executed yorkers, implementing their plans to perfection. Bowlers certainly pushed the momentum in favor of their team.

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Bangalore were expected to start off the match against Hyderabad with fireworks but things didn’t go according to the plan as RCB were derailed by David Warner and co. One such example was the wicket of Virat Kohli, who got trapped into the setup of Warner. Coming to bat after Padikkal played a rash shot, Kohli was expected to anchor the Bangalore innings and he was doing the same picking up quick singles and doubles. However, in the third over of Sandeep Sharma, Warner, seeing Kohli walking down the wicket, brought the keeper up and set up a short cover fielder to catch any lofted drives. Sandeep played his role extremely well by bowling a delivery there to be hit on the up and Kohli did exactly that, forgetting it was a slow wicket and gave the catch straight to Kane Williamson standing on short covers. A textbook wicket on slow pitches and fantastic captaincy against a world-class player. 

RCB have the shortest batting lineup

Manish Pandey deserves to be in the Indian team

There have been lots of talk around the selection of Manish Pandey in the recently announced squad for the Australian tour. Many believed that his form was not acceptable to be selected in the national team, but the Karnataka batsman is on a roll as he proved all his critics wrong by delivering another crucial knock against Bangalore. Chasing a modest target of 121, Hyderabad lost the wicket of Warner early, but instead of taking his time on the crease, Pandey took the attack to Bangalore bowlers and didn’t let the momentum shift. He was clinical yet brutal at the same time and ensured that Hyderabad don’t get bogged down under pressure, scoring a crucial 19-ball 26. Although he couldn’t finish the match this time, he made sure the match doesn’t turn into a low scoring thriller. In the previous three matches as well, he remained unbeaten on two occasions and paved the way for his team’s victory - especially against Rajasthan, where he scored unbeaten 83 to guide his team home. These performances make it abundantly clear that he deserves to be in the National team setup. 

David Warner perfectly set up the wicket of Kohli by placing a fielder at short covers, bringing the keeper up, and asking Sandeep to bowl drivable deliveries on the wicket, where balls were holding up. Kohli fell in the trap and after that, it was a procession of wickets and Bangalore could never recover from that loss. 

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