Rising Pune Supergiants played Sunrisers Hyderabad on 10 May 2016 at Vishakhapatnam. Sunrisers Hyderabad was upbeat after that thumping win against Mumbai Indians. The came into this game second in the points table. They needed a win tonight to top the table. While Rising Pune Supergiants had a mediocre campaign. They lost several players due to injuries and was looking to grab a few wins in the bag. A win was essential for RPS’s playoff qualification.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bat first. This surprised us all.
David Warner said, "Runs on the board is critical. It is about keeping or momentum, a couple of guys have peaked at the right time."
MS Dhoni added, "Would have bowled first anyway, have to keep things simple, another 5-10 per cents more and we will start winning. Playing with the same squad."
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI:
David Warner(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Yuvraj Singh, Moises Henriques, Deepak Hooda, Naman Ojha(wk), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Barinder Sran, Ashish Nehra, Mustafizur Rahman.
Rising Pune Supergiants Playing XI:
Ajinkya Rahane, Usman Khawaja, Saurabh Tiwary, MS Dhoni(wk/c), Thisara Perera, George Bailey, Rajat Bhatia, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Ashok Dinda, RP Singh.
Sunrises Hyderabad lost David Warner early. Shikhar Dhawan couldn’t build on his start. Yuvraj Singh came in next and looked to build the innings with Kane Williamson. SRH lost wickets at regular intervals. SRH put 137 runs on the board.
Rising Pune Supergiants lost both the openers early. Shakey start for Rising Pune Supergiants.
Ashwin was promoted up the order to steady the innings with George Bailey. These both held their ground for a while but SRH struck again. The game rocked back and forth continuously.
Virat Kohli leads the run-scorers chart. David Warner follows him at number two.
IPL 2016 Highest Run-Scorers | |||||||||
Positon | Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | High score | Average | Balls faced | Strike rate |
1 | Virat Kohli | 9 | 9 | 2 | 561 | 108* | 80.14 | 395 | 142.02 |
2 | David Warner | 10 | 10 | 2 | 469 | 92 | 58.62 | 293 | 160.06 |
3 | Ajinkya Rahane | 11 | 11 | 2 | 417 | 74 | 46.33 | 322 | 129.50 |
4 | Gautam Gambhir | 10 | 10 | 2 | 398 | 90* | 49.75 | 325 | 122.46 |
5 | Rohit Sharma | 10 | 10 | 3 | 388 | 85* | 55.42 | 282 | 137.58 |
6 | AB de Villiers | 9 | 9 | 0 | 385 | 83 | 42.77 | 234 | 164.52 |
7 | Shikhar Dhawan | 10 | 10 | 4 | 343 | 82* | 57.16 | 293 | 117.06 |
8 | Robin Uthappa | 10 | 10 | 0 | 327 | 72 | 32.70 | 241 | 135.68 |
9 | Murali Vijay | 10 | 10 | 0 | 318 | 89 | 31.80 | 251 | 126.69 |
10 | Quinton de Kock | 8 | 8 | 1 | 297 | 108 | 42.42 | 199 | 149.24 |
After that early wicket of David Warner, RPS had to until the eleventh over for the second wicket. Guess what, Ravi Ashwin dismissed Shikhar Dhawan.
Adam picked up six wickets in this match. Extraordinary figures for him.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar removed Rahane for a nought. Brilliant start for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Rahman bowled a brilliant nineteenth over. Ashish Nehra bowled a cracking last over to win it for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He picked up three wickets today.
Andre Russell, Shane Watson, Mitchell McClenaghan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar have fourteen wickets each. Bhuvneshwar Kumar leads the wicket-takers chart. Remarkably, no player from Rising Pune Supergiants makes the wicket-takers chart.
IPL 2016 Top Wicket-Takers | |||||||||
Position | Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy |
1 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 10 | 10 | 38.0 | 291 | 14 | 4/29 | 20.78 | 7.65 |
2 | Andre Russell | 10 | 10 | 32.0 | 248 | 14 | 4/20 | 17.71 | 7.75 |
3 | Shane Watson | 9 | 9 | 34.3 | 274 | 14 | 3/24 | 19.57 | 7.94 |
4 | Mitchell McClenaghan | 10 | 10 | 38.3 | 313 | 14 | 4/21 | 22.35 | 8.12 |
5 | Mustafizur Rahman | 10 | 10 | 37.0 | 229 | 13 | 3/16 | 17.61 | 6.18 |
6 | Dwayne Bravo | 10 | 10 | 38.0 | 339 | 12 | 4/22 | 28.25 | 8.92 |
7 | Jasprit Bumrah | 10 | 10 | 38.0 | 310 | 11 | 3/26 | 28.18 | 8.15 |
8 | Dhawal Kulkarni | 9 | 9 | 30.0 | 210 | 10 | 3/19 | 21.00 | 7.00 |
9 | Amit Mishra | 9 | 9 | 30.0 | 219 | 10 | 4/11 | 21.90 | 7.30 |
10 | Sandeep Sharma | 10 | 10 | 35.0 | 262 | 10 | 2/23 | 26.20 | 7.48 |
SRH’s Naman Ojha has the most dismissals as a wicketkeeper in IPL 2016. While RCB’s AB de Villiers took the most catches in the tournament so far.
Overall, fielding in IPL 2016 has been fantastic. Suresh Raina’s catch against Kolkata Knight Riders was wonderful. However, Watson-Wiese relay catch was spectacular and is the best catch of the tournament so far.
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