Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Pune Super Giants by 4 runs at Vizag, just a few moments ago. It was an excellent match with Sunrisers batsmen were able to score only 137 but their bowlers did a terrific job to restrict the Pune team and continued their impressive run in the tournament.
- Brilliant bowling by Pune bowlers in powerplay overs
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and choose to bat. Their openers Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner started slowly scoring only 11 in the first two overs. RP Singh and Dinda found the right line and length troubling both Dhawan and David Warner. In the 4th over RP Singh got the important wicket of David Warner which put Sunrisers team under pressure. Williamson came to the crease and was struggling to time the ball. In the first six overs, Sunrisers was able to score only 34 runs.
- Partnership between Dhawan and Willamson steadied the innings
After an early loss of their captain David Warner in the 4th over, both Willamson and Dhawan took the time to settle. Pune bowlers did an excellent job by restricting both of them. Dhawan and Willamson hit the bad ball away for boundaries. Both of them put on 45 for the second wicket before Dhawan tried to play a big stroke and was dismissed for 33. At that time, SRH was 63 for 2 in 11th over. Willamson who was playing at the other was struggling to time the ball.
- Brilliant bowling spells by Adam Zampa
Australian young spinner Adam Zampa was brought on by MS Dhoni in the 8th over and gave away only 5 runs. When Yuvraj Singh was looking to take the game away, Adam Zampa picked the important wicket. In his 3rd over he picked two back to back wickets of Williamson and He inquires. He was given the charge of the last over and picked 3 wickets giving away only 8 runs. He finished with figures of 6 for 19 in 4 overs which restricted Sunrisers to 137.
- Two wickets putting pressure on Pune batsmen
Chasing a target of 138, Pune got off to a worse start losing the wicket of inform batsmen Rahane in the first over itself. Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed him with a lovely ball. After the loss of Rahane wicket, Usman Khawaja and Bailey attacked the bowlers with some lovely strokes. Pune lost the wicket of Usman because of run out. Ashwin was sent to accompany Bailey. At the end of first six overs, Pune scored 25 for 2. Sunrisers bowlers did an excellent job by putting pressure on Pune top order batsmen.
- Dhoni ‘s innings in vain
Dhoni came to the crease when Pune Super Giants required 58 off 36 balls in the 15th over. Dhoni lost the wicket of Tiwary and the pressure was mounting on Super Giants batsmen. With Perera, he stitched an important partnership. In the 17th over Perera hit a massive six and Dhoni stroked an important boundary. In the last Perera was dismissed and Dhoni hit a pressure six which reduced down the situation from 6 off 2 balls. Dhoni was run out for 30 off 20 balls and Pune Super Giants lost the match.