In the sixth match of the 14th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 6 runs. The victories of RCB were the heroes of Glenn Maxwell and Shahbaz Ahmed.
In the sixth match of the 14th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 6 runs. The victories of RCB were the heroes of Glenn Maxwell and Shahbaz Ahmed. Due to Glenn Maxwell, RCB scored 149 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. Maxwell scored an innings of 59 runs off 41 balls. Apart from Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed did the ball with the ball. This young player turned the match’s approach to RCB.
The 26-year-old Shahbaz took 3 crucial wickets for 7 runs in 2 overs. He took these three wickets in the same over. RCB captain Virat Kohli gave the left-arm spinner the 17th over of the innings. Shahbaz did not disappoint his captain. His over was the turning point of the match. Shahbaz dismissed Johnny Bairstow, Manish Pandey and Abdul Samad in this over. He took wickets on the first, second and last ball of the over.
Shahbaz Ahmed's triple strikes https://t.co/Keq7isFRv2
— Bishwa Mohan Mishra (@mohanbishwa) April 15, 2021
Shahbaz was added by RCB in the IPL 2020 auction. He made his debut this season. RCB bought Shahbaz for 30 lakh rupees. He played 2 matches in the 2020 season. Shahbaz took 2 wickets in that season and scored 1 run. In this season (2021) of IPL, Shahbaz has played 2 matches so far and has taken 3 wickets. He also batted at number three in this match against Sunrisers. He scored 14 runs off 10 balls.
WHAT. AN. OVER. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 14, 2021
Born in Mewat (Haryana), Shahbaz Ahmed plays for Bengal in domestic cricket. Shahbaz Ahmed has played 13 first class matches so far. Apart from scoring 559 runs at an average of 32.88, he has also taken 37 wickets. At the same time, in 21 List A matches, he has 435 runs and 18 wickets at an average of 39.54. Shahbaz has scored 195 runs in 25 T20 matches, while taking 24 wickets.