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In the first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 6 wickets. Jacob Duffy, who was debuting for RCB in this match, was chosen as ‘Player of the Match’ for his lethal bowling. Apart from Duffy, Romario Shepherd also took 3 wickets for RCB. RCB had bought the New Zealand fast bowler in the auction for Rs 2 crore.
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Duffy’s bowling was like this
Duffy took 3 wickets for 22 runs. His economy was 5.50. This player made Travis Head (11), Abhishek Sharma (7) and Nitish Reddy (1) his victims. Due to Duffy’s brilliant bowling, at one time SRH’s 3 batsmen were in the pavilion for just 29 runs in 4.2 overs. In T-20, Duffy has taken 192 wickets in 169 matches at an average of 24.85. He has taken 4 wickets 7 times and 5 wickets 2 times.
This is how RCB won
Batting first in this match held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, SRH scored 201/9. In reply, RCB achieved the target in 15.4 overs by losing 4 wickets. Devdutt Padikkal (61), Virat Kohli (69*) and captain Rajat Patidar (31) played brilliant innings for RCB. Captain Ishan Kishan had scored 80 runs for SRH, but his team could not win the match.
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