Sunrisers Hyderabad 201 for 9 (Kishan 80, Aniket 43, Duffy 3-22, Shepherd 3-54, Suyash 1-28) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Ishan Kishan marked his IPL captaincy debut with 80 off 38 balls, and Aniket Verma applied the finishing touches with an equally electric 43 off 17, as Sunrisers Hyderabad posted 201 for 9 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on the opening night of a new season.
Aniket faced 17 balls and sent seven of those disappearing to the boundary. As for Kishan, he crashed 13 boundaries off 38 balls, but there was precious little from everyone else after RCB had inserted SRH.
New Zealand seamer Jacob Duffy, who was on IPL debut, did his best Josh Hazlewood impersonation, taking out Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Kumar Reddy in his first three overs in the powerplay. He bowled four on the trot, coming away with 4-0-22-3, before he was replaced by Impact sub Devdutt Padikkal, who took three catches.
Phil Salt was even more spectacular on the field, claiming two catches, including a one-handed screamer that stopped Kishan on 80 in the 16th over. Aniket then took charge at the death, pushing SRH just past 200.
David Payne, who had replaced Head as SRH's Impact Sub, scored an unbeaten 6 off 5 balls. He will have a bigger role to play with the ball on IPL debut if SRH are to defend 201.