RCB is virtually out of the race to the playoffs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketer Yusuf Pathan. (Photo: AFP)
It seems Kane Williamson-led SunRisers Hyderabad is setting a new trend of defending low totals in the 11th season of Indian Premier League (IPL).
On Monday, Hyderabad once again defended a low score and sealed Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore’s fate. With this defeat, Virat Kohli’s sixth-placed RCB is virtually out of the race to the playoffs.
Batting first, SunRisers put a mediocre target of 146 runs in front of Bangalore but Kane Williamson’s side produced a sublime bowling performance and defeated RCB by 5 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
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At the beginning of the second innings, everything was going well for Virat’s side. But the game took a U-turn after explosive SRH batsman Yusuf Pathan pulled off a stunning one-handed catch and sent RCB skipper Virat Kohli packing.
Here is the video:
— Faizal Khan (@faizalkhanm9) May 7, 2018
Yusuf Pathan’s catch left his elder brother Irfan in disbelief. Irfan took to the micro-blogging site, Twitter to express his surprise and wrote, ” Ye catch tha ya Aam todaa hay?? @iamyusufpathan.”
Ye catch tha ya Aam todaa hay?? @iamyusufpathan
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) May 7, 2018
Here is how Twitterati reacted to Yusuf’s stunner:
Haha. I can’t decide what I enjoyed watched more, Yusuf’s catch or his expression after it 😄 Super stuff Yusuf Bhai 👏👏👏
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) May 7, 2018
That catch by Yusuf Pathan was. So. Brilliant. #SRHvRCB #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/4buO9DEG7I
— t a p a s y a ⚡ (@forgodsakeTaps) May 7, 2018
Catch kaise pakda ??**
Yusuf Pathan : pic.twitter.com/xFcDzOrfdS
— Kuptaan🇮🇳 (@Kuptaan) May 7, 2018
My reaction after yusuf’ catch woww👏🏻👏🏻 #SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/l5qvTRSb6S
— Harshit (@iamharshitt) May 7, 2018
Yusuf Bhai , what a catch 😱👏👏#SRHvRCB pic.twitter.com/4Rjj6bXRlx
— Bowya Madhi ✨ (@bowya8) May 7, 2018
Wow, what a catch that by Yusuf Pathan who was as surprised by the catch as we are 😂 #SRHvRCB #IPL2018 So, Virat Kohli falls again to a brilliant catch after looking unstoppable!
— PremKumar CG 🎺🚲 (@premkumarcg) May 7, 2018
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