Sunrisers edge Royals in high-scoring affair

Sunrisers edge Royals in high-scoring affair

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 01:56 AM IST
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Sunrisers Hyderabad players celebrate the fall of a Rajasthan Royals wicket during their IPL match at the Brabourne Stadium on Thursday. |

Hyderabad down Rajasthan by 7 runs to stay in hunt for play-offs

Mumbai : Sunrisers Hyderabad kept their play-off hopes alive by pulling off a well-deserved seven-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in a rousing IPL contest that went to the wire at the Brabourne Stadium on Thursday.

Riding on contrasting fifties from Shikhar Dhawan (54) and Eoin Morgan (68 off 28 balls), SRH posted a mammoth 201 for 4 in 20 overs.

Chasing the formidable target, Royals lost in-form batsman Ajinkya Rahane (8) cheaply but a superb innings of 68 from Steve Smith brought them back in contention. And then a late-order flourish from James Faulkner (30), Sanju Samson (21) and Chris Morris (34 not out) brought the hosts in touching distance of victory, which was not to be.

Morris threatened to take the game away with a flurry of three sixes in the 19th over bowled by Praveen Kumar (0-40) before Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (3-44) stopped Royals short in the last over, in which they needed 18 runs.

This was Sunrisers’ fifth victory in 10 games, which took them to ten points and kept their hopes alive while Royals’ suffering their fourth loss in 12 games and have not yet booked their final-four berth.

Put in to bat, Sunrisers were off to a fine start with Dhawan and captain David Warner (24) stitching together a 48-run stand. The partnership ended in the fifth over when Warner edged his compatriot and opposite number Shane Watson (2-36) to wicket-keeper Sanju Samson.

Another useful partnership of 41 followed between Dhawan, who made his third half century of the competition and second against SunRisers, and No.3 Moises Henriques (20).

It was nipped by leg spinner Pravin Tambe (1-32), who clean up the Australian all-rounder while he attempted a big heave. Morgan hit Watson for a huge six before Dhawan slog-swept off-spinner Deepak Hooda (0-34) over the ropes to raise his 50 in 33 balls, while the team total swelled by 14 runs in that over.

Hyderabad
S Dhawan b Faulkner………………..54
D Warner c Samson b Watson…….24
M Henriques b Tambe……………….20
E Morgan c Smith b Watson……….63
R Bopara not out………………………17
N Ojha not out…………………………..8
Extras: lb5, w10……………………..15
Total: For 4 wkts in 20 ovrs……..201
FoW: 1-48, 2-89, 3-127, 4-180
Bowling: Hooda 3-0-34-0, Morris 4-0-38-0, Kulkarni 2-0-19-0, Watson 3-0-36-2, Faulkner 4-0-37-1, Tambe 4-0-32-1.

Rajasthan
A Rahane c Ojha b Bhuvneshwar….8
S Watson c Praveen b Ishant………12
S Smith b Bopara……………………..68
K Nair c Ojha b Henriques……………4
D Hooda c Bhuvneshwar b Karn……7
Faulkner c Bopara b Bhuvneshwar30
S Samson b Bhuvneshwar………….21
S Binny not out………………………….3
C Morris not out……………………….34
Extras: lb6, w1 7
Total: For 7 wkts in 20 ovrs 194
FoW: 1-8, 2-30, 3-45, 4-7, 5-121, 6-145, 7-157
Bowling: Bhuvneshwar 4-0-44-3, Praveen 4-0-40-0, Ishant 3-0-25-1, Karn 3-0-28-1, Henriques 3-0-29-1, Bopara 3-0-22-1.

IPL 2015 POINTS TABLE
Teams Mat Won Lost Pts
Chennai 10 7 3 14
Rajasthan 12 6 4 14
Kolkata 11 6 4 13
Bangalore 10 5 4 11
Hyderabad 10 5 5 10
Mumbai 10 5 5 10
Delhi 11 4 7 8
Punjab 10 2 8 4

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