4) Pinpoint Death Bowling by RCB- Most Important Among 5 Takeaways
Navdeep Saini cleaned up the SRH tail with immaculate precision and eye for hitting the wickets. He came back in the 17th over and dismissed Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the same over, to take the sting out of the SRH chase. This happened after Chahal broke through the Sunrisers’ middle-order.
Saini led the pacers against David Warner’s men and his pinpoint death bowling is what will make the RCB management happy. However, the bigger need is to maintain the form and the momentum that RCB has gained through this big win in the upcoming matches. His spell is one among the 5 takeaways of the contest.
5) SRH’s Over-Reliance on David Warner – Jonny Bairstow
The Warner-Bairstow pair scored more than 70 percent of SRH’s run’s last year and the overdependence of the team on this pair was visible right from the first game. Warner was dismissed in a rather unfortunate manner, while Bairstow threw his wicket away when he looked set to take his team home. Manish Pandey, scored 33 off 34 balls and looked set as well before he too lost his patience.
They need Pandey to play with more responsibility in the middle-order. With Mitchell Marsh injured there becomes a case for Sunrisers to included Kane Williamson which will surely boost their batting lineup. Their bowlers did a good job to pull things back in the death overs. It is expected that they will be consistent in the upcoming matches.
Also Read: IPL 2020, Game 3 SRH vs RCB Match Report
The inclusion of Kane Williamson will be a subject of debate before SRH play their next game. Also, what they do to take off the load from Warner and Bairstow’s shoulders will be interesting to watch.
These are the 5 takeaways from Match 3 of IPL 2020 between RCB vs SRH.
