The conflict between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Wankhede witnessed two of the modern-day cricketing greats falling for geese. Interestingly, each the dismissals got here off the primary ball of every innings.

The face-off started with the wicket of Virat Kohli who fell prey to Jagadeesha Suchit f the very first ball of the sport. The former RCB captain, who’s already going via a tough patch this season, was caught by SRH skipper Kane           Williamson at deep mid-wicket. However, the likes of Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar and Dinesh Karthik showcased some outstanding stroke play to assist the group publish 192/3 in 20 overs.

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As the Sunrisers started the chase, captain Williamson succumbed to a weird dismissal on the very first ball. The New Zealand batter bagged a diamond duck, getting run out by Shahbaz Ahmed’s direct hit.

Opener Abhishek Sharma performed a shot in direction of covers and rushed for a fast single. With only one stump to goal at, Shahbaz did a wonderful work to disturb the woodwork. Though Williamson ran quick, he couldn’t beat the pace with which the ball hit the wickets.

Watch the video of Williamson’s dismissal:

This was the third time within the IPL historical past that each groups misplaced a wicket off the primary ball of their respective innings.

Both groups dropping a wicket off the primary ball in IPL:

Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors India – 2012

Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians – 2015

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – 2022

Earlier, Du Plessis anchored the innings with an unbeaten 73 whereas Dinesh Karthik supplied a grandstand end with a sensational eight-ball 30 to propel RCB to a frightening 192/3.

Du Plessis and Rajat Patidar took care of scoring in power-play after Kohli’s fall with boundaries coming constantly. The 105-run off 73 balls between Patidar and du Plessis ended when Suchith compelled the previous to gap out to deep mid-wicket.

But there was no respite for Hyderabad as Glenn Maxwell started with a bang, bringing out the change hit to whack Suchith for an enormous six over cowl. Maxwell and du Plessis continually discovered boundaries of their stand of 54 off 37 balls earlier than Tyagi took out the previous within the nineteenth over.

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