Gujarat Lions’ bad run of form continued as they lost their third consecutive match in the IPL after having won six of their first seven. Sunrisers Hyderabad put in a comprehensive performance to notch up a five-wicket win over the Lions at Hyderabad.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashish Nehra bowled two maiden overs right at the start of the innings to put the Lions on the backfoot. Kumar picked up two wickets while Mustafizur Rahman also scalped two from the game as they restricted the Lions to a below par score.
In reply, Shikhar Dhawan regained some form as he brought up another responsible performance with the bat to guide his side over the finishing line and move the Sunrisers into the top four of the IPL table.
Here are the major stats from the game:
1 – Mustafizur Rahman became the first bowler to pick up ten or more wickets in the IPL without taking a single three-wicket haul.
1 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the first player to pick up the two man-of-the-match awards this IPL.
3 – Dhawal Kulkarni is the only bowler to have three wicket-maidens in this IPL. No other bowler has more than one wicket-maiden.
11 – Gujarat Lions hit only 11 boundaries in their batting innings. This is the second least for any team in this IPL.
14 – The number of balls that Gujarat Lions took to open their scoring. This is the highest for any team in the IPL.
111 – The total number of runs scored by the two teams in the first ten overs. This is the least that has been scored in a match in this IPL.
150 – Aaron Finch played his 150th T20 match.
175 – Ravindra Jadeja played his 175th T20 match.
212 – Shikhar Dhawan has scored 212 runs in his last five innings.
300 – Dwayne Bravo played his 300th T20 match. It was also his 100th IPL match. This is the third highest for any overseas player.
