Sunrisers Hyderabad played Rising Pune Supergiants today at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Sunrisers came into this match with three consecutive victories. A win would push Sunrisers Hyderabad into the top-three. Rising Pune Supergiants won only one match in IPL. They lost four of their previous games. Pune looked for a win. A win that would set their campaign rolling in the right direction.
Rising Pune Supergiants won the toss and elected to field first.
MS Dhoni said, "Looks like a good wicket. It will remain true for the entire course of the match. Important to bowl well and keep the opposition to a good score. Mustafiz is gifted with the slower ball and gets good purchase, important to play according to the merit of the ball. The dressing room atmosphere is good, have to lift our game according to situation. Dinda and M Marsh are in place of Ankit Sharma and Albie Morkel."
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI:
David Warner (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Aditya Tare, Naman Ojha (W), Deepak Hooda, Eoin Morgan, Bipul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Mustafizur Rahman
Rising Pune Supergiants Playing XI:
Francois du Plessis, Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith, Saurabh Tiwary, MS Dhoni (C) (W), Mitchell Marsh, Thisara Perera, Rajat Bhatia, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashok Dinda, Murugan Ashwin
Yuvraj was still out due to an injury. Ashish Nehra made a comeback today.
Also read: IPL 2016: Highest Run-Scorers, Wicket-Takers after Delhi Daredevils vs Gujarat Lions
It rained the moment players walked onto the ground. We had a delayed start. After some hide-and-seek with the rain gods, the match was underway at 9:00 PM.
David Warner was the man to watch today. He led from the front in the last game and guided Sunrisers Hyderabad towards victory. He has been in brilliant form lately. He scored four half-centuries already in IPL 2016. That was not the case today. He fell in the first over.
Eoin Morgan went for a duck as well. Shikhar Dhawan scored a half-century. Bhuvneshwar Kumar played a wonderful cameo at the end.
Rahane went for a duck. Faf du Plessis and Steve Smith held the innings together during the powerplay. Steve Smith took the game away from Sunrisers Hyderabad in the initial stages.
There was another twist in the tale. It rained again and the match was called off. Rising Pune Supergiants won the match by 34 runs, thank the DLS method. This is Pune’s second win of the tournament.
Virat Kohli has the Orange Cap. David Warner has the most number of sixes. While Krunal Pandya has the best strike rate of the tournament.
IPL 2016 Highest Run-Scorers | ||||||||
Positon | Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Average | SR |
1 | Virat Kohli | 5 | 5 | 1 | 367 | 100* | 91.75 | 143.92 |
2 | David Warner | 6 | 6 | 2 | 294 | 90* | 73.50 | 164.24 |
3 | AB de Villiers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 269 | 83 | 53.80 | 170.25 |
4 | Gautam Gambhir | 5 | 5 | 2 | 237 | 90* | 79.00 | 123.43 |
5 | Rohit Sharma | 7 | 7 | 1 | 230 | 84* | 38.33 | 135.29 |
6 | Ajinkya Rahane | 6 | 6 | 1 | 223 | 67 | 44.60 | 128.90 |
7 | Ambati Rayudu | 7 | 6 | 0 | 217 | 65 | 36.16 | 121.91 |
8 | Francois du Plessis | 6 | 6 | 0 | 206 | 69 | 34.33 | 127.16 |
9 | Quinton de Kock | 4 | 4 | 1 | 193 | 108 | 64.33 | 175.45 |
10 | Aaron Finch | 5 | 4 | 1 | 191 | 74 | 63.66 | 135.46 |
RPS had to pick up some early wickets today. David Warner being the key wicket of them all. Pune’s Ashok Dinda picked him up in the first over for a nought. Dinda had an excellent game today. He picked up three wickets. Mitchell Marsh had a great game. He picked up two wickets at an economy of 3.50 and has the best economy of the tournament.
Ashok Dinda and Mitchell Marsh destroyed SRH’s batsmen. Tishara Perera fired himself into the leading wicket-takers chart.
SRH’s bowlers were excellent in the previous game. Mustafizur Rahman had a great game against Kings XI Punjab. Sunrisers Hyderabad needed another extraordinary performance from their bowlers today.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled an excellent first over, a wicket maiden. He dismissed Rahane for a duck. He pushed himself to the second spot on the leading wicket-takers list.
MI’s Mitchell McClenaghan holds the Purple Cap with eleven wickets.
IPL 2016 Top Wicket-Takers | |||||||||
Position | Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy |
1 | Mitchell McClenaghan | 7 | 7 | 26.3 | 215 | 11 | 4/21 | 19.54 | 8.11 |
2 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 6 | 6 | 22.0 | 175 | 9 | 4/29 | 19.44 | 7.95 |
3 | Jasprit Bumrah | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 212 | 8 | 3/26 | 26.50 | 8.15 |
4 | Amit Mishra | 4 | 4 | 12.0 | 72 | 7 | 4/11 | 10.28 | 6.00 |
5 | Mustafizur Rahman | 6 | 6 | 22.0 | 136 | 7 | 2/9 | 19.42 | 6.18 |
6 | Mohit Sharma | 6 | 6 | 18.5 | 144 | 7 | 3/23 | 20.57 | 7.64 |
7 | Murugan Ashwin | 6 | 6 | 19.0 | 150 | 7 | 3/36 | 21.42 | 7.89 |
8 | Shane Watson | 5 | 5 | 19.3 | 157 | 7 | 2/25 | 22.42 | 8.05 |
9 | Sandeep Sharma | 6 | 6 | 19.0 | 121 | 6 | 2/23 | 20.16 | 6.36 |
10 | Thisara Perera | 4 | 4 | 14.1 | 124 | 6 | 3/34 | 20.66 | 8.75 |
Spectacular fielding will turn matches around in a fly. Fielding has become a key part of modern cricket. Any side with good fielders will always stand a chance to win the game in the final overs. Fielding in IPL 2016 has been nothing short of extraordinary. We have seen some brilliant individual effort and have seen some extraordinary relay catches. We have seen it all.
Rising Pune Supergiants were excellent in the field today.
AD de Villiers still has the most catches in IPL 9. While Parthiv Patel dismissed most players as a wicketkeeper. Watson-Weise relay catch is the best catch of the tournament so far.
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