David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan toyed with the bowling attack of Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad won the match easily for their team and make it three in a row. Now they are rolling in the right direction jelling together as a team.
Five to win in three overs. Naman Ojha is the new man. Axar Patel into the get. single and four to win. another single and three to win. a single and two to win. A good fightback from Kings XI Punjab. Henriques finishes the match in style Sunrisers Hyderabad wins by 5 wickets.
After 17 overs: Hyderabad 139 for 5
15 runs to win in 4 overs. Can Morgan finishes this match quickly? Mohit into the attack. Morgan takes a single off the first ball. Deepak Hooda on strike. wide ball from Mohit. Another wide from Mohit. 12 to win now. Beautiful shot and Hooda takes two runs. Another single. Nine to win. Morgan smashes it over mid-wicket for a boundary. Five to win. What a catch!! Morgan is out. Hyderabad 139 for 4. Henriques is the new man. It is two in two for Kings XI. It is run-out. Hyderabad 139 for 5. Deepak Hooda is run-out.
After 16 overs Hyderabad 129 for 3
25 runs to get in 5 overs. Rishi Dhawan continues. Kings XI bowlers apply pressure on the batsmen now. Excellent fielding from David Miller only a single. Excellent bowling from Rishi Dhawan. Morgan is beaten. Three good overs now so far from Kings XI. Morgan takes two runs. Morgan smashes the ball over long-off for a six. Morgan now moving on.
After 15 overs: Hyderabd 119 for 3
Axar Patel into the attack, Morgan takes a single. Hooda is the new man. Two runs in two balls. appeal for LBW and umpire says no. Two quick runs.
After 14 overs: Hyderabad 115 for 3
Seven overs to go, Sunrisers need 34 to win. Rishi Dhawan into the attack. Dhawan takes a single and Morgan on strike. This over, they are dealing in singles so far. Dhawan smashes this ball to the boundary. Rishi Dhawan is bowling short and Shikhar pounces on it. Dhawan scoops the ball and it is a wicket for Rishi Dhawan. Shikhar Dhawan is out for 45. Hyderabad 115 for 3.
After 13 overs: Hyderabad 109 for 2
Run-rate has slowed a little bit now after the dismissal of David Warner and Aditya Tare in quick succession. 46 runs to win in 8 overs. Can Kings XI make a match of this? Abott into the attack, Dhawan hits a boundary and it is 100 for Hyderabad. Dhawan takes a single and brings Morgan on strike. Morgan hits through the mid-wicket for another boundary from this over. SRH now moves on. After two tight overs, it is indeed a good over for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Two of the three fastest 50s in IPL 2016 have been by David Warner: >https://t.co/K4ZKSQUiBc>#SRHvKXIP>#IPL2016>#insights
— S Rajesh (@rajeshstats) >April 23, 2016
After 12 overs: Hyderabad 98 for 2
Nine overs to go, 49 runs to get. Sandeep into the attack. Dhawan wrapped on the pad. A fairly good over from Sandeep so far. Two quick runs.
After 11 overs: Hyderabad 95 for 2
54 runs to win. 10 more overs to go. Shikhar Dhawan should now play an anchor innings. Eoin Morgan is the new man. Maxwell into the attack. Dhawan takes a single. Morgan on strike. Morgan opens his account.
After 10 overs: Hyderabad 90 for 2
Aditya Tare is the new man. Tare is gone run-out. Hyderabad loses two wickets in quick succession.
Tare Zameen Par >#SRHvKXIP>#IPL2016>pic.twitter.com/klqlJN9Lws
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) >April 23, 2016
Will it be another 10-wicket victory for Sunrisers Hyderabad? David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan are playing smart cricket now. Warner smashing and Dhawan playing second fiddle to him. 57 to win Sandeep into the attack Dhawan takes a single and gives strike to Warner. Somewhat a good over from Rishi Dhawan. Sandeep strikes a crucial wicket by removing dangerous Warner. Hyderabad 90 for 1
After nine overs: Hyderbad 87 for no loss
Dhawan continues. David Warner smashes the first ball for another boundary. David Warner now wants to finish this match in a hurry. Warner takes two quick runs now. He is playing a captain's knock today. Warner tries to smash the ball falls short of the mid-on fielder and one run.
After eight overs: Hyderabad 78 for no loss
69 runs to win from 13 overs. It will certainly be a cake-walk for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mohit Sharma continues, Dhawan on strike. Starts with a wide ball. IT is not Kings XI day today. Excellent over so far from Mohit. Only three runs from this over
After seven overs: Hyderabad 75 for no loss . It is strategic time-out
Rishi Dhawan into the attack. Dhawan takes a single off the first ball. Shikhar now plays second fiddle to Warner. Warner smashes straight past the bowler for a boundary. Dhawan now deals only in singles and twos. It is half-century for David Warner from 23 balls.
Dhawan calling Dhawan >#SRHvKXIP>#IPL2016>pic.twitter.com/8YEDrB1ENE
— Atul Kumar Singh (@atulsinghpm) >April 23, 2016
After six overs: Hyderabad 65 for no loss
Mohit Sharma into the attack. Dhawan takes a single and gives strike to Warner. Warner tries to smash the ball but only for a single. Dhawan takes a quick single. Last over of the powerplay. Warner cuts the ball past point for another boundary. Warner is now toying with the bowlers.
David Warner is now the leading run-scorer in >#IPL2016 . He went past the >#RCB duo of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers >#SRHvKXIP
— KKR Subha (@Iamsubha27) >April 23, 2016
After five overs: Hyderabad 58 for no loss
Maxwell into the attack. Dhawan takes a single and gives strike to Warner. Warner smashes Maxwell for a six. Warner now becomes the orange cap owner. Excellent shot. Warner smashes the next ball for a boundary. He is in booming form. What a shot!!! Rare play and miss from Warner.Appeal for stumping and he is not out. Another shout for caught behind. Umpire says a firm no.
Pocket size dynamite exploding on all cylinders in Hyderabad right now >@davidwarner31 you little beauty >#SRHvKXIP>#IPL2016>#VIVOIPL
— Saad Aurangzeb (@smk_60) >April 23, 2016
After four overs: Hyderabad 47 for no loss
Abbott continues. Takes two runs quickly. Dhawan takes single and gives strike to Warner. Smashes the ball for another boundary. Warner starts to pound on the bowlers. Warner displaying his skills against the Punjab bowlers. He is toying with the bowlers now. quick run and overthrow for four. IT is five runs. Warner smashes the last ball for another boundary. 17 from this over
After three overs: Hyderabad 30 for no loss
Sandeep continues Warner smashes the first ball for a six. Excellent reply from Sandeep after the first ball six. Another smashing hit from Warner for another six. Indeed beautiful batting from Warner. Two sixes from this over. Warner takes two runs. Good over for Hyderabad.Finishes the over with a boundary
After two overs: Hyderabad 12 for no loss
Kyle Abbott into the attack. Dhawan takes a single. Warner on strike. Another single. A good over so far from Abbott. Dhawan finishes the over with a boundary.
After first over: Hyderbad 6 for no loss
Now the chase begins. Sandeep Sharma opens the attack. Warner is off the mark. Excellent shot from Dhawan and off the mark with a boundary.
Can David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan continue their form from their previous match or Kings XI Punjab bowlers will make a match of it? Let us wait and watch
Put into bat, Kings XI Punjab scored a reasonable 143 for 6 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad on Saturday.
Mustafizur Rahman bowled brilliantly. For Kings XI Punjab, Shaun Marsh and Axar Patel saved the blushes for their team.
Last over will be bowled by Rahman. Can Punjab reach 150? Naik takes two runs from the first ball. Naik lifts the ball and taken beautifully by Henriques. Punjab 139 for 6. Rahman is bowling brilliantly. Rishi Dhawan is the new man. Rahman finishes with 2 for 9 in four overs. Excellent bowling.
Amazing stats from >@Mustafiz90>#SRHvKXIP>#IPL2016
— Vîpúl Ràj Sîngh (@vipulrajsingh91) >April 23, 2016
After 19 overs: Punjab 137 for 5
Two overs to go. Bhuvi continues. Naik takes a single. Axar smashes another six. Axar takes another two runs. Axar plays a little cameo here. Axar smashes the last ball for a boundary
After 18 overs: Punjab 122 for 5
Three overs to go. Sran into the attack. Naik takes a single. Axar takes a single this time. Sran is mixing his deliveries in this over so far. No boundaries so far from this over.
After 17 overs: Punjab 116 for 5
Four over to go. Bhuvi into the attack. Bhuvneshwar backing Rahman's excellent stuff with some good bowling. Axar smashes the next ball for another six. What a shot from Axar!!
After 16 overs: Punjab 105 for 5
Five overs to go. Rahman continues. Excellent bowling from Rahman. A wild swish and miss. Oh God! Some excellent bowling from Mustafizur Rahman. Second run from Rahman over. Axar takes a single.
After 15 overs: Punjab 103 for 5
Six overs to go. Henriques into the attack. quick running between the wickets. Axar takes two runs. wide delivery. Naik takes quick single. Axar smahes it over midwicket for a single. Axar smashes straight down the ground for six. It is 100 for Punjab
After 14 overs: Punjab 90 for 5
7 overs to go. Mustafizur into the attack. Rahman is bowling beautifully. Rahman strikes by removing the biggie Shaun Marsh. Punjab 89 for 5. Axar Patel is the new man. First run of Mustafizur Rahman over. Axar is off the mark.
Mustafizur Rahman has bowled 7 maiden overs at >#IPL2016 so far - >#Bangladesh>#IPL>pic.twitter.com/lNGlbveL0D
— #Bangladesh News 24 (@bdnews24) >April 23, 2016
After 13 overs: Punjab 89 for 4
8 overs to go. Hooda into the attack. Marsh smashes it over long on for a six, an excellent shot. Bhuvi drops the catch at point. Will it be crucial for SRH? Two wides. Marsh takes two runs.
After 12 overs: Punjab 77 for 4
NIne overs to go. Henriques continues. Naik takes a single. Marsh smashes the next ball but for a single. Naik cuts the ball through point for a boundary.
After 11 overs: Punjab 71 for 4
Nikhil Naik is the new man. Sran into the attack. Naik is off the mark with two runs. quick single off the next ball. six runs from this over.
After 10 overs: Punjab 65 for 4
Henriques continues. Henriques strikes removing Miller, excellent catch by Naman Ojha. Miller is out. Punjab 63 for 3. Glenn Maxwell is the new man. Maxwell is off the mark. Marsh and Maxwell now holds key for Punjab. Henriques strikes second wicket removing dangerous Maxwell. Mustafizur Rahman takes a beautiful catch Punjab 65 for 4.
>#IPL2016 Maxwell has been out of form for a long time now.
— NookanCranny (@NookanCranny1) >April 23, 2016
After nine overs: Punjab 63 for 2. It is strategic time-out
Hooda continues. Hooda is bowling brilliantly now. Marsh smashes over the long-on for a maximum. A beautiful shot. Marsh smashes this ball through the point for a boundary. expensive over for Hooda.
After eight overs: Punjab 51 for 2
Henriques into the attack. MIller smashes through the midwicket for his first boundary. Marsh smashes the ball over point for another boundary for this over. Fifty for Punjab.
After seven overs: Punjab 39 for 2.
Hooda into the attack Marsh takes a single. Miller to face the off-spinner. Takes a quick single. only four singles. The youngster is bowling beautifully.
>@Mustafiz90 creates the pressure, >@BhuviOfficial gets the wickets.. Not fair >#IPL2016>#T20
— saidul hoque (@iammrhoque) >April 23, 2016
After six overs: Punjab 35 for 2
Mustafizur Rahman into the attack. Vohra plays and misses. Once again play and miss. Excellent bowling from Rahman. Wow! what a delivery from Rahman, he is putting pressure on Manan Vohra. Appeal for run-out. Vohra is out. Another strike from SRH. KXIP 35 for 2. Excellent over from Rahman, no run so far and a run-out. David Miller is the new man. A wicket-maiden.
After five overs: Punjab 35 for 1
Sran hcanges ends and into the attack. Vohra smashes over covers and take two runs. Vohra tries to break the shackles. Two quick runs and excellent running between the wickets. Vohra smashes over fine leg for another boundary. Vohra literally takes on Barinder Sran. Vohra smashes the ball over mid-on and another boundary. Excellent over for Punjab
May be >#DravidFactor is helping DD! Hat-trick of Wins! >@DelhiDaredevils>@ImZaheer>#DDvMI>#IPL2016>#IPL>pic.twitter.com/5ehWjVXC08
— Ajith P (@I_AmAjith) >April 23, 2016
After four overs: Punjab 21 for 1
Hooda into the attack. Excellent bowling from the young off-spinner. Top stuff from Deepak Hooda. Two runs from this over.
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>@DelhiDaredevils congrats fr win 3 matches in a row >#DDvMI>@ImZaheer u proved ur worth of being captain >#RahulDravid sir u beauty >#IPL2016
— bikash mishra (@bikash86) >April 23, 2016
After three overs: Punjab 19 for 1
Bhuvi strikes taking the wicket of Murali Vijay. Vijay playing outside his body and nicks the ball to Naman Ojha . Wicket No. 1 for SRH. Shaun Marsh is the new man. Some excellent bowling from Bhuvi. Marsh starts with a boundary.
Bhuvneshwar scalpes first one. Vijay departs. Gooood news for Indian team. Bhuvi is back. Show is on. >#KXIPvSH>#SHvKXIP>#IPL2016
— Krishna Pandey (@pridekrishna) >April 23, 2016
After two overs: Punjab 14 for no loss
Barinder Sran into the attack. Excellent delivery to start with. Excellent shot over extra covers for a beautiful six. Vohra begins to push the scoring rate.
That ball sails over ....good shot by >@MananVohraMania over extra cover!! >#SRHvKXIP>#KXIPvSRH>#IPL>#IPL2016>#IPLT20
— Vrushabh Rathod (@VRUSHABH_IAS) >April 23, 2016
After first over: Punjab 8 for no loss
Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts the proceedings. Vijay takes a single off the first ball. Excellent bowling from Bhuvi, Manan plays the ball and it falls short of Dhawan in the first slip. Vohra smashes the next ball over sauare-lef for the first boundary. Vohra takes a single.
So Kings XI Punjab openers Murali Vijay and Manan Vohra should give their team a flying team.
In today's earlier match, Delhi Daredevils emerged victorious against the defending champions Mumbai Indians by 10 runs.
"We played well but failed to cross the line in couple of games. It's a long tournament. We will bounce back." - Krunal >#DilSeIndian
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) >April 23, 2016
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner won the toss and elected to bowl first.
The playing XI
Sunrisers Hyderabad
DA Warner, S Dhawan, MC Henriques, DJ Hooda, AP Tare, EJG Morgan, NV Ojha†, Bipul Sharma, B Kumar, BB Sran, Mustafizur Rahman
Kings XI Punjab
M Vijay, M Vohra, GJ Maxwell, DA Miller*, SE Marsh, AR Patel, NS Naik†, R Dhawan, MM Sharma, KJ Abbott, Sandeep Sharma
David Miller said "We're positive. We aren't too far away from clicking together. We've got two changes. Nikhil Naik and Rishi Dhawan are in for Pardeep Sahu and Wriddhiman Saha."
David Warner said "Our bowlers are in red-hot form. The way we've played here at home in the last two games has been fantastic. We want to make this our fortress. The way the guys are gelling together off the field has made it a fun environment to be in."
Sunrisers Hyderabad will be a confident lot when facing Kings XI having won the match against Gujarat Lions.
