Throughout the current IPL 2024, the Indian spin tandem of Karn Sharma and Swapnil Singh contributed four wickets between them to assist Royal Challengers Bengaluru break their winning streak of six games. They won at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday, defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by a margin of 35 runs. While RCB secured their second win of the current season, this marked Rummy first setback in five games. March 25 at home against Punjab Kings was their previous victory.

The visiting team captained by Faf du Plessis, who had previously won the toss and scored a par 206 for 7, set a target of 207 runs for Hyderabad’s powerful batting line, which has already destroyed numerous IPL batting records this season. However, only 171 for eight could be mustered by the hosts.

Plessis was dismissed after hitting 12 balls in a partnership with Indian batting superstar Virat Kohli, who currently holds the Orange Cap. Kohli opened with a sluggish 43 balls in a partnership of 48 runs. Rajat Patidar’s brilliant 20-ball 50 helped Bengaluru attain the substantial total despite all. In response, dafabet openers, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, failed to build a favorable rapport.

The Australian was removed by spinner Will Jacks after scoring only one run in the first over. Sharma hit 31 balls from 13 balls before he was removed in the fourth over, leaving Sunrisers at 2-37. Karn and Swapnil left Hyderabad at 5-69 having taken three vital middle-order wickets in the eighth over of the chase: Nitesh Kumar Reddy (13), Heinrich Klaasen (7), and Aiden Markram (7).

With four points, RCB is tied with Punjab Kings in 10th place despite having halted their losing skid, although their net run rates are different by less, at -0.721. After collecting ten points from five games, Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the other hand, continue to occupy third spot. Though they are both in fourth place, they are definitely facing pressure from clubs like the Lucknow Super Giants (10 points) and the Chennai Super Kings (8 points), who are both in fifth place.