Hyderabad, May 22 -- Half-centuries from Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen and Abhishek Sharma helped Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to reach 255/4 in 20 overs against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Hyderabad on Friday.

RCB need to chase down 256 runs to end with 20 points at the top of the table, while SRH will need to seal a massive win to boost their net-run-rate to get a top-two finish and a Qualifier One match.

After SRH won the toss and opted to bat first, openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma started off by punishing Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the Orange Cap holder, with Head hitting a four and Abhishek smashing him for a maximum over long-off. The opening over yielded 13 runs.

Abhishek, who had scored just 14 runs off 11 balls against ...