Patidar, Green and Karn help Royal Challengers Bengaluru snap six-game losing run

IPL 2024’s laggards Royal Challengers Bangaluru  (RCB) snapped a six-game losing streak to clip the high-flying Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Hyderabad to register their second win of the season.

Exactly a month after their last win, RCB forced their hosts to veer away from their recent template by asking them to chase a strong total of 206 on a two-paced track courtesy blazing knocks from Rajat Patidar (50 off 20) and Cameron Green (37* off 20) before their spinners stepped up to take four crucial wickets in an eventual 35-run victory

Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 206/7 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 51, Faf du Plesis 25,  Rajat Patidar 50, Cameron Green 37; Pat Cummins 1-55, T Natarajan 2-39, Mayanak Markande 1-42,  Jaydev Unadkat 3-30) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 171/8 in 20 overs (Ahishek Sharma 31, Shahbaz Ahmed 40*, Pat Cummins 31; Will Jacks1-23, Yash Dayal 1-18, Swapnil Singh 2-40,  Karn Sharma 2-29, Cameron Green 2-12) by 35 runs