Mohali: Sunrisers Hyderabad came back to winning track on Friday when beating Kings XI Punjab by twenty six runs in an exceedingly 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Mohali.
Chasing a mammoth total of 208 runs, the house team may manage solely 181 runs in twenty overs. The loss meant that Punjab currently have six points when eight matches as they stand at variety 5 on the points table.
Australian batter Shaun Marsh, however, scored eighty four off fifty balls however couldn't rescue his team from another loss as veteran pacer Ashish Nehra took 3 wickets and Bhuvneshwar Kumar broken in with 2 scalps.
The hosts were off to a flying begin however intermittent wickets didn't facilitate their cause. All they might manage was 181 for 9, permitting Hyderabad consolidate their third position within the table.
Australian left-hander Shaun Marsh created smart use of 2 lives to stay the defensive champions nervous however once his windstorm knock eighty four runs was complete by pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the win was a mere formality for Hyderabad.
At the beginning conjointly once Martin Guptill (23) was going hammer and pair of tongs, it absolutely was Bhuvneshwar WHO had dismissed the Kiwi cricketer to bring relief to his aspect.
Bhuvneshwar, WHO has been the foremost spectacular bowler this IPL season, continuing to dominate the batsmen and his impeccable line and length at crucial juncture all over again tried a boon for his aspect.
Afghan spinner Rashid Khan was exceptional within the middle overs. He obstructed the Punjab batsmen along with his excellent management over line and length. He conceded solely 2 runs in his 1st twelve balls that meant that the specified run-rate mounted to thirteen.20 when ten overs.
Overall, he gave away solely sixteen runs in his four-over quota and conjointly dismissed dangerous Eoin Morgan. Siddarth Kaul accounted for 3 batsmen -- Maxwell (0), Wriddhiman Saha (2) and Axar Patel (16).
Earlier, home skipper Glenn Maxwell invited Hyderabad to bat however may hardly bother the guests who negotiated the attack with exceptional ease.
The platform for Sunrisers Hyderabad's second 200-plus score was set by the 107-runs partnership between Dhawan and Warner.
After Dhawan and Warner did the task with their half- centuries, Kiwi batsman Williamson provided the finishing touches to Hyderabad innings together with his fiery knock that came off simply twenty seven balls.
Dhawan and Warner smitten the ball arduous and clean, causation the fielders on a leather hunt whilst the ball swung slightly ab initio, suggesting that pacers might dictate the terms.
However, none of the bowlers may create a sway with the 2 left-handers finding boundaries at can. The runs came at a decent pace and Hyderabad had placed on board a hundred runs before the half-way mark.
Skipper Maxwell (2/29) introduced himself to the attack and succeeded in causation back his counterpart, WHO sweptback and lost solely to visualize his stumps hot and bothered. Warner's fifty one came off simply twenty seven balls with four sixes and as several fours.
By that point the injury was already done and Hyderabad were set for an enormous total. Kane Williamson joined with Dhawan at the crease and there was a quantity of eighteen balls once no boundary was scored.
Williamson poor the shackles as he opened his arms to smack Axar Patel for a vast six over mid-wicket region. Mohit Sharma dismissed Dhawan, WHO holed dead set Maxwell within the mid-wicket region. Dhawan took forty eight balls for his knock that had 9 shots to the fence and one over the ropes.
His fall brought Yuvraj (15) to the crease and also the worry to take advantage of the great work done by the openers was on him and his Kiwi partner. However, the left-hander couldn't contribute abundant, changing into the second victim of Maxwell.
Williamson tho' ensured that Sunrisers Hyderabad's cross the 200-plus run mark together with his innings that was laced with six boundaries, together with 2 sixes.