Kane Williamson’s gutsy half-century followed by Jason Holder’s cameo with the bat guided Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to a 6-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the eliꦰminator of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
In pursuit of a 132-run target, Williamson (50 not o🎃ut) and Jason Holder (24 not out) added a 65-run stand for the fifth wicket. They chased down the tricky target with two balls to spare.
Earlier, SRH skipper David Warner won the toss and asked Virat Kohli’s RCB to bat first. Holder and T Natarajan were among wickets as the Orange Army restricted the Challengers to 131/7 in the first innings of the Eliminator. AB de Villiers was the top-scorer for RCB with 56 runs off 43 balls as his side went through a terrible start, losing captain Kohli in the second over. Aaron Finch scored 32 off 30 balls.
While RCB got eliminated from the tournament, SRH will face Delhi Capitals (DC) in Qualifier 2 of IPL 2020 on Sunday 🎐at the same venue.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Nail biter tonight ! What a victory for , was the difference! Kudos to🌠 for giving a fight to the end!
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)
We💞ll batted & @Jasonholder89 taking through to semis of IPL2020. Gud luck 🤪to The team
— Naman Ojha (@namanojha35)
Kane Williamson is so go♑od! Aಌny role, any format 🔥
— Sam Billings (@sambillings)
Told you all couldn’t win it this year … 👍
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
A step closer! 🧡
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Classic Kane! Old heads see through to next🍷 stage 👏🕺 &
— Danny Morrison (@SteelyDan66)
We made one hell of a game out of it.
Will we ever win a title? 😭
— Alexandra Hartley (@AlexHartley93)
When a lot of people thought won't even qualify for the playoffs of
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349)
Want a job done well … get a kiwi to do! … ok maybe a west Indian too..
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris)
Jason Holder is fast 𒉰putting himself into the much desired class of seam bowling all-rounders in this T20 franchise format format now.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
SUNRISERS!! Great win . Huge team effort.𒀰 Kane Williamson absolutely clin💙ical, outstanding!!
— Candice Warner (@CandiceWarner31)
RCB had a wonderful campaign. Unfortunately they lost their last 5 games but they’ve had a lot of positives. Padikkal performed well. Chahal had a wonderful season. Sundar was good in PP. Kohli-A🐈BD remain integral parts. Inclusion of Morris made🌸 a difference. Hard luck
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Gutted!
— Chris Morris (@Tipo_Morris)
The kind of game a playoff should be.. thrilling, competitive and s♉uper quality cricket.. although the target was quite low tried to defend it pretty well.. Hard💜 luck guys.. well done & Good luck going forward..
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
A story in two pictures. 's journey ends.
— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia)
RCB in
First 10 matches – 7 wins
Last 5 matches – 5 losses— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
