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IPL 2026 [WATCH]: Rasikh Salam dismissed Travis Head with a brilliant yorker in the SRH vs RCB match. Read

By Sandy Verma

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) And Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) high-energy competition between IPL 2026 It reached its peak in the 67th match of the 2016 Indian Premier League at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. With both teams battling for a playoff position at the end of the league stage, SRH won the toss and elected to bat first. What happened next was a masterclass of modern T20 batting, as well as a ball that will be featured again and again for the rest of this tournament. The exciting atmosphere set the perfect stage for a blockbuster showdown.

Rasikh Salam dismisses Travis Head with yorker in SRH vs RCB clash

The decisive moment of the opening exchange came in the final over of the powerplay. Travis Headwho looked dangerous and was scoring runs at a rapid pace, single-handedly threatening to take the game away from Bengaluru. Looking for breakthrough, RCB captain Rajat Patidar Young fast bowler for the fourth over Rasikh Salam Was handed the ball, and the bowler produced a moment of pure magic.

On the last ball of his first over (3.6), Rasikh bowled a brilliant, leg-crushing yorker at 134 km/h. Head, who was expecting another length ball, tried to take off his front foot and play the shot into the off-side. However, the Australian left-hander was completely caught off guard by the accuracy of the ball’s direction and was late for the shot. The ball passed under his bat, and took off the off stump brilliantly.

Rasikh celebrated this precious wicket with his signature hand-ear gesture, which sent a wave of joy in the RCB camp. Head’s dangerous performance ended with 26 runs from 16 balls, which included five brilliant fours, and SRH’s score reached 45/1. Rasikh’s first over gave figures of 1/12, which temporarily halted Hyderabad’s run-scoring momentum.

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SRH made a fast start against RCB

Despite losing Head in the fourth over, Sunrisers Hyderabad maintained their momentum. Abhishek Sharma Guided by a quick half-century, the home team made the most of the batting-friendly conditions, reaching a mammoth 116/2 by the end of the 10th over.

Abhishek was the chief architect of this disaster, playing a brilliant innings of 56 runs in just 22 balls, which included two fours and five lofted sixes, before he was eventually dismissed by the spinner. Suyash Sharma Got out at the hands of.

SRH’s powerplay ended at a strong score of 63/1, and the team crossed the 100-run mark in just 8.5 overs. After Abhishek’s departure, the wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan (27* off 19 balls) and devastating Heinrich Klaasen (23* in 6 balls) together maintained the current run rate at 11.60.

For RCB, the bowling unit was facing difficulty in the Hyderabad sun. Whereas Josh Hazlewood kept things relatively tight with an economy of 7.50, Romario Shepherd It proved costly by giving away 32 runs in two overs. With a projected score of over 220, RCB’s batting lineup will need a mammoth effort to chase down the target in this batting paradise.

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