As it happened: Watson, RCB spinners breaks SRH spine

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  Shane Watson and Virat Kohli celebrate the wicket of David Warner during the IPL 2016 match Royal Challengers Bangalore's match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
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  AB de Villiers launches a cover drive during the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL match at Bengaluru on Tuesday. 
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  RCB captain Virat Kohli during a practice session at the Chinnaswany Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday. Photo: G P Sampath Kumar

 Indian Premier League — 2016

Brutal hitting from Kohli and de Villiers, followed by some cool-headed finishing from young Sarfaraz Khan, took Royal Challengers to an intimidating total of 227/4 at their home ground. Sunrisers began on target thanks to Warner and Dhawan, but a constant loss of wickets, courtesy tight spin and tight Shane Watson, led their chase astray. In the end, SRH were no match for RCB at home, and lost by 45 runs.

Sunrisers went into the game with a modest batting line-up and an overcompensating bowling attack. But the bowlers were unable to contain the likes of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers at their "home" turf. And then the inherent weakness in SRH's batting starred in their derailed chase. They were never really in the game after Warner fell and set off a domino collapse of wickets at regular intervals.

Ashish Reddy stood as a spark of spirit that usually lights up a dying cause and managed to tug the game back from the shadows for a short while. But in the end, Shane Watson's tight bowling — along with the RCB spin-twins Pervez Rasool's and Yuzvendra Chahal's canny and clever drift — made sure Sunrisers had no real chance to chase down a mammoth 228 in 20 overs.

AB de Villiers is Man of the Match: "I absolutely love playing here [in Bengaluru]. It was a nice and busy innings with Virat. I have been scratchy, even in the nets. The youngsters are feeding off of Watson's and Milne's experience."

RCB captain Virat Kohli credits Pervez Rasool ("stand-out bowler") and ABD ("He hits balls like only he can. He took some pressure off me.").

SRH captain Dave Warner says Ashish Nehra has been ruled out for two games at least with an injury to his groin. He says losing wickets in clumps cost the Hyderabad side fatally. 

RCB 227/4 (20.0 Ovs)

SRH 182/6 (20.0 Ovs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 45 runs

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
AB de Villiers