Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Indian Premier League 2020 Eliminator: In Pics

David Warner-led Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bowl first against Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Eliminator of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday.

The winner of this match will head into the Qualifier 2, where they will meet Delhi Capitals (the loser of Qualifier 1) for a place in the summit showdown of the lucrative T20 tournament.

Meanwhile, the losing side of the clash will bow outof the lucrative T20 tournament. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) made a couple of changes in their Playing XI for the Eliminator against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).

 

Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Navdeep Saini and Adam Zampa have all come in , while Josh Philippe, Isuru Udana, Shahbaz Ahmed and Chris Morris are out of the all-important clash.

 

Skipper Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal opened the innings for the Bangalore franchise after being asked to bat first. (Pic Courtesy: Twitter/@RCBTweets)

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad have made just one change in their Playing XI for the crucial tie.Shreevats Goswami have been called up in place of injured wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha.

 

David Warner, Kane Williamson, Jason Holder and Rashid Khan are the four overseas players in the Hyderabad team for the Eliminator against RCB. 

RCB skipper Virat Kohli, who came to open the batting for his side today alongside Devdutt Padikkal, fell cheaply for six runs after being caught behind the wicket by Shreevats Goswami on the second delivery of the second over by Jason Holder.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

After Virat Kohli, opener Devdutt Padikkal too departed cheaply. The RCB batsman departed for one after being taken by Priyam Garg at midwicket on the third delivery of the fourth over by Jason Holder.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

AB de Villiers brought up a calm and composed half-century off 39 deliveries. He reached the mark by flicking the sixth ball of the 16th over by Holder to long-on's right for four runs. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Soon after bringing up his fifty, AB de Villiers (56) departed after being bowled by T Natarajan with a yorker on the fifth ball of the 18th over.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Sunrisers Hyderabad displayed a classic bowling performance to restrict Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a total of 131/7 in the Eliminator of the IPL 2020. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

The RCB bowlers celebrate after removing Manish Pandey for 24. Pandey was caught behind the wicket by AB de Villiers on the third delivery of the ninth over by Adam Zampa. (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

Kane Williamson brought up an IPL fifty off 44 deliveries during SRH's chase of 132 runs. He achieved the mark by picking up a single on the first ball of the last over by Navdeep Saini.  (Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)

After bowlers restricted Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) to a lowly total, Kane Williamson smashed a half-century to help Sunrisers Hyderabad beat the Virat Kohli-led side by six wickets in the Eliminator of the IPL 2020 in Abu Dhabi.

With the win, Sunisers have set up a clash against Delhi Capitals in the Qualifier 2, while the Bangalore franchise has  knocked out of the tournament.(Image Credits: Twitter/@IPL)