Heinrich Klaasen struck a magnificent century to steer Sunrisers Hyderabad to 186 for 5 in their Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bangalore here on Thursday.
Klaasen’s 104 came from just 51 balls while Harry Brook (27 not out) was the next best batter for SRH who were invited to bat.
For RCB, Michael Bracewell took two wickets for 13 runs to be the pick of the bowlers.
Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in a crucial IPL match here on Thursday.
Harry Brook and Kartik Tyagi came back in the XI for SRH, who also handed a debut to batting all-rounder Nitish Reddy.
RCB are fielded an unchanged XI.
Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad: 186 for 5 in 20 overs (Heinrich Klaasen 104; Michael Bracewell 2/13).
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Kartik Tyagi, Mayank Dagar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nitish Reddy
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj.
