Hyderabad down Delhi to inch closer to playoffs
Raipur : Moises Henriques’ gritty fifty and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar’s crafty bowling helped Sunrisers Hyderabad stay in the hunt for the playoffs as they beat Delhi Daredevils by 6 runs in a hard-fought IPL cricket match on Saturday.
SRH jumped to the fourth spot with their sixth win in 11 games, while seventh-placed DD suffered their eight loss in 12 matches to end their hopes of a final-four spot. Electing to bat at the Shaheed Veer Narayan International Stadium – DD’s second home, SRH rode on an unbeaten 74 from man-of-the-match Henriques to post 163 for four in 20 overs.The David Warner-led side then defended its target after restricting DD to 157 for four as Kedar Jadhav (63 not out) and Saurabh Tiwary (26 not out) stood disappointed with a 91-run unbeaten stand.
Bhuvneshwar (1-20) struck early as the medium-pacer got Shreyas Iyer caught and bowled for a naught in the third over of the innings.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock (50) then stitched a 47-run partnership with skipper Jean-Paul Duminy (12) to give the side some stability. But in came leg-spinner Karn Sharma (2-12)got dangerman De Kock stumped on a delivery that tossed and turned to draw the South African out of his crease.
Off-spinner Parvez Rasool (1-20) got Yuvraj Singh (2) caught at long on in the very next over and Karn was the catcher. Jadhav, his 34-ball knock laced with 8 fours and 2 sixes, and Tiwary again raised hopes of a successful chase. Bhuvneshwar bowled the penultimate over giving away just 6 runs. Ishant then did the job as he never allowed DD to get 16 runs off the final six deliveries. —PTI
Hyderabad
S Dhawan c Morkel b Zaheer………13
D Warner c Tiwary b Coulter-Nile..17
M Henriques not out…………………74
E Morgan c Coulter-Nile b Yadav….22
Karn c Yadav b Coulter-Nile………..16
R Bopara not out………………………17
Extras: lb1, wd3……………………….4
Total: For 4 wkts in 20 ovrs 163
FoW: 1-29, 2-31, 3-64, 4-99.
Bowling: J Yadav 4-0-19-1, Z Khan 4-0-33-1, Coulter-Nile 4-0-25-2, Duminy 2-0-16-0, Mishra 3-0-34-0, Morkel 3-0-35-0.
Delhi
Q de Kock st Ojha b Karn……………50
S Iyer c&b B Kumar……………………..0
JP Duminy b Karn……………………..12
Yuvraj c Karn b Rasool…………………2
K Jadhav not out………………………63
S Tiwary not out……………………….26
Extras: lb3, w1…………………………4
Total: For 4 wkts in 20 ovrs 157
FoW: 1-13, 2-60, 3-65, 4-66
Bowling: B Kumar 4-0-20-1, Ishant 4-0-39-0, Rasool 4-0-20-1, Praveen 2-0-34-0, Henriques 2-0-14-0,
Karn 3-0-12-2, Bopara 1-0-15-0.
IPL 2015 POINTS TABLE
Teams Mat Won Lost Pts
Kolkata 12 7 4 15
Chennai 11 7 4 14
Rajasthan 12 6 4 14
Hyderabad 11 6 5 12
Mumbai 11 6 5 12
Bangalore 10 5 4 11
Delhi 12 4 8 8
Punjab 11 2 9 4
