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 eliminat⭕or of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Abu𓆉 Dhabi on Friday.
In pursuit of a 132-run target, Williamson (50 not out) an𒉰d 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 Sun♎day at the same venue.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Nail biter tonight ! What a victory for , was the diff💝erence! Kudos to 🤡 for giving a fight to the end!
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth)
Well batted & @Jasonholder89 taking thꦫrou൲gh to semis of IPL2020. Gud luck to The team
— Naman Ojha (@namanojha35)
Kane Williamso𓆏n is so good! Any role, any format 🔥
— Sam Billings (@sambillings)
Told you all couldn’t win it this year … 👍
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
A step closer! 🧡
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)
Class🎉ic༒ 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 putting himself into the much desired class of seam bowling all-rounders in this T20 fran♌chise format format now.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
SUNRISERS!! Great win . Huge te✱am effort. Kane Wil꧋liamson absolutely clinical, outstanding!!
— Candice Warner (@CandiceWarner31)
RCB had a wonderful campaign. Unfortunately they lost their last 5 games but they’ve had a ꦕlot of positives. Padikkal performed well. Chahal had a wonderful season. Sundar was good in PP. Kohli-ABওD 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 super quality cricket.. although the target was quite low tried to defend it pretty well.. Hard luck guys.. well done & Good luck going forwar🍸d..
— 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)
