Because of the IPL 2016 Champions are playing their first game of IPL 2017 at the home ground.
Shane Watson has already hinted that he might open the innings alongside Chris Gayle in Virat Kohli and KL Rahul's absence but that will lead to a very inexperienced middle-order with Kedar Jadhav being the only player with global runs in recent past.
The lefthander's dismissal brought no respite in the RCB camp as it came under Yuvraj's hammer.
But Ben Cutting's fine run-out of Jadhav off a direct hit turned the innings, and RCB lost their last eight wickets for 56 runs as they were bowled out for 172 with two balls of their innings to spare.
RCB, led by Shane Watson face defending champions, the David Warner-led SRh on Wednesday.
"It (IPL) breaks down those barriers and you get to know players off the field which is probably the most important piece to know", Henriques, who is a key all-rounder for Sunrisers Hyderabad, told reporters. The celebration was atypical Shahid Afridi just like his style of fastish leg-breaks.
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Canada scored two more tries to lead 19-0 before the US got on the board. The 22-year-old ran over two tries to lead his side to a 24-19 win.
Rashid also got Travis Head when the batsmen tried to play a slog sweep.
Gayle looked in ominous form, teeing off with three big sixes, but trying one shot too many, picked out Warner on the boundary off Deepak Hooda after Rashid had cleaned up Mandeep. Th wickets fell at regular intervals and there was no pressure on Sunrisers as they coasted to victory. Yuvraj was the beneficiary of a butter-fingered act, being dropped by Sreenath Aravind at deep square leg off Aniket Choudhary when he was on 26.
En route, Yuvraj struck his fastest fifty in the IPL, off just 23 balls.
Shikhar Dhawan, who managed to post 40 runs of his own after a 74-run partnership with Moises Henriques, posted a photo of himself with Yuvraj.
In his stormy innings, Yuvi had 3 massive sixes and 7 fours. We need to watch if Ashish Nehra take Gayle earlier today to help the team to control the chase. Stuart Binny provided Royal Challengers the breakthrough when he had Dhawan caught at long-on in the 11th over. It's a privilege to lead the team.
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