Royal Challengers Bangalore have secured a six-wicket win by the Duckworth-Lewis method in a rain-affected match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League this evening.
The weather had a role to play from the start as the match was initially reduced to 11 overs per side, with Sunrisers Hyderabad to bat first after a lengthy delay.
Shikhar Dhawan managed just eight before being dismissed in the third over, but Moises Henriques joined David Warner at the crease to get the runs on the board quickly, hitting a half-century off 20 balls.
Warner also passed the 50-run mark, finishing on an unbeaten 52 shortly after David Wiese had sent Henriques back to the pavilion for 57, leaving Sunrises 135-3.
However, further rain between innings meant that the match was shortened further, with Bangalore being set a target of 81 off six overs.
They made a swift start, with Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli opening the batting, hitting 17 off the first over of their reply.
Gayle continued to find the boundary rope as Royal Challengers moved onto 41-0 off just two overs, with the West Indies batsman adding 35. He could not continue his run as his 10-ball stand came to an end off the next delivery when he hooked a Henriques ball straight to Dhawan, while AB de Villiers followed for a golden duck, reducing the team to 44-2.
Kohli kept adding to the score, leaving the side needing 13 off the final over, allowing the captain to hit the winning runs with one delivery to space to finish with an unbeaten 44 of 19 balls.
Sian Cowper
