IPL 2020 ELIMINATOR

Williamson special helps SRH dump RCB out of IPL 2020

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Holder and Williamson held their nerves in a tight finish
Holder and Williamson held their nerves in a tight finish © IPL

On the first knockout night of IPL 2020, Sunrisers Hyderabad flexed their bowling muscles to tie down Royal Challengers Bangalore to just 131 for 7 in 20 overs. But the absence of dew and the accuracy of RCB's legspinners caused all sorts of discomfort for the chasing side, before Kane Williamson and Jason Holder stitched together a stubborn stand under pressure to take their team over the line - and to the second Qualifier - in a last-over finish.

How did a 131-run chase get interesting?

Two reasons - David Warner's controversial dismissal and a no-show from dew.

First about that dismissal...

Mohammed Siraj bowled from round the stumps to Warner and got the ball to nip back in and go through his bat and pad to AB de Villiers. There was a sound, and an appeal but the umpire said no. Right at the end of the review timer, Virat Kohli went for the 'T' signal, more in desperation than conviction.

Replays showed that while passing the glove, the ball touched his trousers and created a deviation on the snickometer. The TV umpire kept rocking-and-rolling the replay, and intriguingly opted to overturn the onfield decision, though it could be argued that the evidence was not conclusive enough for that.

At 43/2 in the sixth over, SRH still had an upperhand in a below-par chase, but no dew meant RCB's spin bowlers sprung to action.

How so?

Adam Zampa and Yuzvendra Chahal got to grip the ball better than they'd have anticipated, bowled a lot slower through the air and created dot ball pressure to crank up the asking rate and drag the game in their favour. Manish Pandey's dismissal in the ninth over - thanks to a sharp catch from de Villiers - left SRH vulnerable to an all-too-familiar middle-order collapse. SRH managed just 12 runs in the four overs since the PowerPlay.

When Chahal got Priyam Garg to play a big shot out of frustration and get caught at deep extra cover, RCB were in firm control of the proceedings for the first time on a nervy night.

How did SRH recover?

Through impressive batting from two senior pros - Kane Williamson and Jason Holder.

RCB packed with as many as four spinners in their line-up. Kohli tried to press on with the off-spin of Moeen Ali and Washington Sundar after the leggies created havoc, but Williamson hit Sundar for a six and forced the RCB skipper to turn back to Zampa in the 15th over.

SRH needed 51 off 36 at this stage but Williamson and Holder played out what was the last over of an exceptional spell from Zampa - picking up six singles off it. Zampa finished with figures of 1 for 12. Williamson used the same cautious-but-smart approach against Chahal's final over in the 16th, but capped it off with a six to switch the pressure back to Kohli & Co.

How did RCB manage the last four overs?

They took the risk of bowling Shivam Dube for the 17th before using their only two other quicks - Siraj and Navdeep Saini - for the last three. SRH went with the same gameplan against Dube, and laced it with some Williamson class when he pierced the off-side field with a drive through covers off a full and wide delivery.

The equation went from 28 off 18 to 18 off 12 before SRH were left to chase nine in the last over. Kohli would've believed there was still a chance to squeeze in a win but Holder, who'd been content running the ones and twos all this while, powered a full ball through to covers and then sliced one behind point to complete an incredible run-chase.

RCB's nervous start

Earlier in the day, Warner won his 11th toss in 15 games, and asked RCB to set the target. Kohli threw him a curveball by opening the batting, in order to find fluency that has eluded him in the middle-overs in the last few fixtures. He even did well against his fierce nemesis Sandeep Sharma in the first over - walking down the ground to negate the swing.

He did it against Holder on the first ball of the second over too, so the West Indian shortened his length right away and angled the ball into the RCB captain. Kohli's attempt to tuck it down to fine leg was unfounded by the uncomfortable bounce that Holder could generate. The ball went off the glove to Shreevats Goswami behind the stumps to give SRH an early wicket.

It was the lack of form that kept Aaron Finch out until this big game, and it showed in the early stages of his stay in the middle. The otherwise free-flowing Devdutt Padikkal too was also unable to successfully breakaway from the dreary start. It was a moment of desperation to do that, which led to his dismissal - giving Holder his second wicket.

RCB's 32 for 2 in 6 overs was their lowest PP score since...

... their previous meeting against SRH in Sharjah last Saturday, where they made 30 for 2.

Were the middle-overs any different?

No. Things only got worse.

Finch and AB de Villiers struggled to get a move on against spin from both ends through Shahbaz Nadeem and Rashid Khan. Finch appeared to have found a way out in the 10th over when he slog swept the leggie for the first six of the innings, but that was false dawn. Next over, Nadeem bowled a lot slower and teased the Aussie with deliveries outside the off stump. Finch aimed for the long boundary on the off-side, but ended up hitting one to Abdul Samad at sweeper cover. A direct hit from Rashid Khan sent Moeen Ali packing for a duck - but much to RCB's annoyance, it was a wicket off a free-hit ball, for the first time this season.

What about the death overs? AB was still there...

When he got his half-century in the 16th over, he'd accounted for half of RCB's tally. But it wasn't a typically breezy and table-turning AB knock. He navigated past his own share of struggles in the middle overs and got to this point. De Villiers came into this game with a strike-rate of 226.6 in the last four overs this season, but T Natarajan ensured there was no continuation to that form - with a full, straight ball in the blockhole that knocked the South African's middle-stump out of the ground. Saini and Siraj then dragged RCB to 131/7, which wasn't enough eventually.

What next?

Sunrisers Hyderabad have a day to recover from this big win before going up against Delhi Capitals in the second Qualifier at the same venue. For Royal Challengers Bangalore, it's pack-up time.

Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 131/7 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 56, Aaron Finch 32; Jason Holder 3-25, T Natarajan 2-33) lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad 132/4 in 20 overs (Kane Williamson 50*, Jason Holder 24*; Mohammed Siraj 2-28) by 6 wickets

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