Another chief architect of the win was the fast bowler Navdeep Saini. Saini, who was hitting speeds of 140 km/hr consistently, came on to bowl the 18th over when Sunrisers needed 29 off 18 balls. He took wickets of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan by disturbing their timbers and gave away just 7 runs in the over, finishing with the figures of 4-025-2. He was particularly content with the fact that it was a team performance and getting a win in the first game itself was a great feeling.
On the other hand, it wasn’t a great evening as far as Sunrisers were concerned as it was a series of unfortunate events for them, dictating the course of the match. They lost Mitchell Marsh due to an injury in the first over of his bowling (fifth over of RCB’s innings) and limped off the field after bowling just four balls.
When Sunrisers’ batting started, skipper David Warner was run-out after a…