RCB beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL

The Royal Challengers Bangalore started off their IPL 2020 campaign with a 10-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Dubai on Monday.It was also their first win in an opening match of the Indian Premier League since 2016, ending a 3-year jinx. That was also the year when RCB had their best performance in the Indian Premier League and went on to be the finalists, losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad.

 AB de Villiers (51 off 30) led the charge for RCB with a fluid knock as they finished 163/5. He took his time in the beginning but as the death overs commenced, De Villiers unleashed his full fury smashing Sandeep Sharma for back-to-back sixes in the 19th over and hitting Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a boundary over the bowler's head.RCB were given a great start by Devdutt Padikkal (56) and Aaron Finch (29) as the openers added 90 runs in 11 overs for the first wicket. Captain Kohli (14) didn't last long as he failed to clear the midwicket boundary off a slower delivery by T Natarajan and holed out to Rashid Khan.