00:01Both Sunrisers and RCB had playoff spots booked, but the goal rally was a top two finish for the coveted
00:07qualifier one spot.
00:09Sunrisers were forced to be the aggressors needing to post a score of at least 220.
00:14And Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head came out firing.
00:19But the league leaders struck their first blow on 45.
00:24And had Sharma as he was accelerating on 56.
00:34But Sunrisers will not slow down, as Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klarsen kept the runs flowing.
00:40He's clean as a whistle.
00:42The two raised half centuries as they powered past 200 inside 16 overs.
00:47And their 115-run stand made the difference, taking Sunrisers well past the required 220, closing on a strong 255
00:55for four.
00:56Much more than the pitch, that'll go away for four.
00:58The task for the league-leading Royal Challengers was to avoid defeat by 18 runs or more.
01:06And Venkatesh Ayer was going after almost everything.
01:12But he fell going for one big shot too many on 44.
01:15There's a man in the deep, an opportunity.
01:18Virat Kohli never looked himself and departed with RCB 74 for two.
01:23Come back to that.
01:24Kohli departs his...
01:25RCB were neither scoring as freely nor getting the partnerships as Sunrisers were.
01:30And he continues to have a brilliant season.
01:34But their most important partnership would come between skipper Rajat Patida and Kurnal Pandeya.
01:40Their 84-run stand failed to win them the match, but won them the war after getting past 167.
01:46RCB lost the encounter by 55 runs, closing on 200 for four, but secured top spot and two bites of
01:52the cherry to the final.
01:53While Sunrisers remained third and with a much tougher path to the final.
01:59Terence Clark, 56 Sport.
02:01To the playoffs.
02:02To the playoffs.
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