Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kings XI Punjab by five runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International cricket stadium here on Monday. David Warner scored a 51-ball 81 to guide the hosts to a respectable 185 at the end of 20 overs. For Kings XI, David Miller stood out with a 44-ball 89.
SRH XI: S Dhawan, D Warner, L Rahul, N Ojha, M Henriques, E Morgan, K Sharma, B Sharma, B Kumar, T Boult, I Sharma
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 11, 2015Live score: KXIP 176/7 (19.5)
SRH 185/5 (20)
KXIP XI: M Vijay, M Vohra, W Saha, G Maxwell, D Miller, G Bailey, GM Singh, A Patel, B Hendricks, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 11, 2015 Murali Vijay greets Trent Boult with a SIX off a flick and a FOUR in the next ball.
Murali Vijay is on 24 off 17, Vohra on 16 off 10.
WICKET! Change of pace from Bipul Sharma, Vijay (24) finds Dhawan.
WICKET! Sharma strikes again, this time, it's Vohra (20). Kumar takes the catch.
WICKET! Maxwell (11) out. Ojha catches him off Boult.
WICKET! KL Rahul plucks a stunner, Kings XI lose half the side. Wriddhiman Saha (5) has to go.
WICKET! Henriques sends Bailey (6) back, Warner takes the catch.
WICKET! Henriques picks his third, Gurkeerat gone. Morgan takes the catch.
In the meanwhile, Miller making things difficult for Sunrisers. He has raced away to 66 off 37 balls.
CHEEKY! Axar Patel (15) tries a scoop off Kumar, finds the edge. Ojha makes no mistake.
SIX! That's what you call power hitting.
SIX! Miller goes for another one now. Ishant Sharma feeling the heat now.
FOUR! Miller beats the third man for a boundary now.
SIX! Miller almost did it. Three sixes off the last over and a four. He remains unbeaten on 89 of 44 balls.
Sunrisers
Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner out in the middle. Sandeep Sharma with the new ball.
Anureet Singh starts the second over. He picked up two wickets the other day against Kolkata Knight Riders but was expensive.
MUSCLED! Four runs. Warner starts fireworks.
Anureet fails to get the better of Warner. Hit for a maximum.
FOUR! Splendid cover drive from the Aussie.
That’s a good second over for Sunrisers. Fourteen runs.
Dhawan starts the attack now. Sandeep getting the treatment. Sunrisers - keeping the run rate in mind - will look to score at a faster pace.
Reigning FOURS! Two in a row for Dhawan, Hendricks on the receiving end.
That's 50 runs for Sunrisers.
WICKET! Glenn Maxwell picks Dhawan (24), good work by Wriddhiman Saha behind the stumps.
WICKET! Moises Henriques was looking good. He was providing the much needed support to Warner from the other end.
Anureet catches him off Gurkeerat.
Eoin Morgan, the new man, is punishing Maxwell. He has raced to 18 off four balls already.
WICKET! Hendricks gets Morgan (17), well caught by Manan Vohra.
BIG WICKET! Warner (81) caught by Gurkeerat off Hendricks.
RUN OUT! Naman Ojha fails to make ground.
STUPENDOUS! KL Rahul doing the late damage now. What a SIX!
Meanwhile, Manan Vohra pulled off a stunner. What a save.
Does Manan Vohra have jet packs under his shoes ? #SRHvKXIP #IPL https://t.co/mFoyCdMW7i
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