Top 5 most exciting, nail biting matches in IPL

4. Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore (7TH Match, IPL 6, 2013)

Sunrisers, batting second, couldn’t have asked for a smaller total in an encounter with the formidable Royal Challengers back in the year 2013. Batting first RCB scored a total of 130 for 8 and the Hyderabad team in reply toiled hard to make the same score after getting through the quality bowling attack that Bangalore possesses. The match was a tie and the audiences in the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium had witnessed a thriller of a game were now on the edge of their seats to see the winner of the game in the super over. The Orange Army batting first scored a quick-fire 20, thanks to some fireworks produced by Cameroon White, who blasted two sixes of Vinay Kumar in the super over. The Challenger’s had the likes of Gayle and Virat, who are capable of hitting the big sixes and get the team over the line. But, what followed was entirely different the two star batsmen only managed to score 15 runs in the ultimate over.

Hanuman Vihari was awarded the player of the match for a steady 44 runs between when he was running out of partners.