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Patna : Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB( beat Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 6 runs in the 6th match of IPL 2021 at M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Tamilnadu, on April 14, 2021, late night, as spinner Shahbaz Ahmed turned he match on its head by taking 3 wickets in the 17th over including that of Jonny Bairstow and Manish Pandey on successive balls to finish with 3/7 in 2 overs. With it, RCB have won their second match in a row to top the points table with 4 points. SRH have lost both their matches so far having lost their first match to KKR.
SRH had won the toss and opted to bolw. Batting first, RCB scored a modest 149/8 in 20 overs with captain Virat Kohli (opener) scoring 33 in 29 balls with 4 fours and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell scoring 59 in 41 balls hitting 5 fours and 3 sixes. A B de Villiers fell to spinner Rashid Khand for 1.
Set a target of 150, SRH could score only 143/9 in 20 overs with opener David Warner (captain) scoring 54 in 37 balls with 7 fours and 1 six while Manish Pandey scored 38 in 39 balls hitting 2 fours and 2 sixes. They were 115/2 after 16 overs and needed 35 runs in last 24 balls. But, spinner Shahbaz Ahmed changed the game by taking 3 wickets in 17th over.