IPL: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by six runs in Chennai

Shahbaz Ahmed celebrates

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Shahbaz Ahmed finished with figures of 3-7 from two overs
Indian Premier League
Royal Challengers Bangalore 149-8 (20 overs): Maxwell 59, Kohli 33; Holder 3-30
Sunrisers Hyderabad 143-9 (20 overs): Warner 54, Shahbaz 3-7
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by six runs
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Spinner Shahbaz Ahmed took three wickets in an over to inspire a dramatic six-run win for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.

Chasing 150 to win, Sunrisers were on course at 96-1 from 13 overs when David Warner holed out to long on for 54.

They then lost seven for 43, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey and Abdul Samad all falling to Ahmed in the 17th over.

Earlier RCB scored 149-8 with Glenn Maxwell making 59 and Virat Kohli 33.

Maxwell, who joined RCB from Kings XI Punjab for the third-highest fee in this season’s auction, scored his first half-century in the competition since 2016 and he built on a slow start that saw him score nine off 16 balls, before he and Kohli…

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