Match 9 IPL 2013 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Date – Tue Apr 9
Time – 4:00 pm i.e 10:30 GMT | 16:00 IST
Venue – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Toss – Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bat
Result – Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 7 wickets

Today in the 9th match, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first. Akshath Reddy got out in the third over when the team score was just 12. But Parthiv Patel and Kumar Sangakkara then steadied the innings and took the score past 50. Beaming with confidence, Sunrisers batmen scored some easy runs. Last match hero, Cameron White scored 52 off 34 balls (3×4,3×6) and was brilliantly supported by Thisara Perera who scored 40 off just 24 balls(1×4,4×6). They helped Sunrisers post a decent total of 161/6 in 20 overs.

Chasing 162 to win and avenge their super over defeat in the last match, RCB got off to a flying start as Gayle and Mayank Agarwal added 39 runs in 5.1 overs before Mayank Agarwal got out. Sunrisers got a major breakthrough in the 7th over when they got they got the wicket of Chris Gayle. But captain Virat Kohli lead from front and kept the hopes alive. AB de Villiers wicket brought Hyderabad back in the game and the match was poised for an interesting finish. Needing 45 to win off last 5 overs, Kohli slammed every bowler out of ground and and scored 93 runs off 47 balls which included 11 fours and 4 sixes. A superb knock by Kohli ensured 7 wicket win for RCB over Sunrisers Hyderabad

Match 9 IPL 2013 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Scorecard