So, that pretty much wraps up proceedings at Rajkot with the home side going down for the first time in the series. The IPL caravan now moves to Pune where the Rising Pune Supergiants take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore tomorrow, with the match scheduled to begin at 20:00 hrs (IST). Sportskeeda's live coverage for that game begins at 18:30 hrs (IST). We hope to have your company for that as well!
"Finch was the one who was scoring the runs for them, so we wanted to get him early. I always look to swing the ball, that's my strength. Sran swings the ball early on and Mustafizur is an excellent death bowler. No one can bowl like him," says Bhuvaneshwar.
"Credit to the bowlers. Gives the the opportunity to go out there and bat freely. The ball kept a bit low, and it was a two paced wicket. Bhuvi bowled well. Mustafizur's change of pace has been amazing. He is a very fine young bowler. I'm proud of the way the bowlers are bowling," says David Warner.
"We didn't get enough runs on the board. We lost too many wickets in the middle overs. Credit to the Sunrisers. We thought that the wicket would slow down later on, and if we had 160 on the board, it would have been a close game. We have to do really well in the next game. I was hitting the ball well, it felt good to contribute, but we ended up on the losing side," says the Gujarat Lions skipper Suresh Raina.
What a dominating performance by the Sunrisers. They have strolled home by 10 wickets with more than 5 overs to spare. That is some statement being made by the men from Hyderabad.
14.5 Jadeja to Warner, FOUR! Full delivery and outside off, Warner opens his bat and guides it to the third man boundary, beating the race with the fielder at short third man. Game over. The Sunrisers win with 10 wickets and 31 balls to spare. Absolutely resounding.
14.1 Jadeja to Warner, 1 run, full and straight, huge heavy from Warner, gets the edge and on to the leg side. He was aiming for the wild slog over long on, but didn't get the timing on that!
13.4 Kulkarni to Dhawan, FOUR! Length delivery and room on offer, cut beyond backward point and beats third man to the boundary.Width outside off and Dhawan slaps that ball through the point region for four and moves to 45!
13.3 Kulkarni to Dhawan, 2 runs, length and on the pads, Dhawan guides it past short fine leg, but can't beat the fielder who comes around from deep backward square leg. He has been glancing everything on his pads behind his stumps. That's the shot he's played very well all nightlong!
