Warner’s 92 steers SRH to win
Indian Premier League, 27th match: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad (Deccan), Apr 30, 2016
Sunrisers Hyderabad 194/5 (20/20 ov) David Warner 92 off 50, 9 fours, 5 sixes, Kane Williamson 50 off 38, 7 fours, Kane Richardson 45-2, SR Watson 33-1, Shamsi 39-1
RCB 179/6 (20/20 ov) KL Rahul 51 off 28, 6 fours, 1 sixes, AB de Villiers 47 off 32, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Sachin Baby 27 off 16, 3 fours, 1 six, KM Jadhav 24 off 14, 2 six, Mustafizur Rahman 34-1, Moises Henriques 40-1, A Nehra 32-1, Barinder Sran 36-1, B Kumar 36-1
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 15 runs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field. Captain David Warner’s 24th fifty in the IPL, next to Gambhir’s 27. At 92, warner looked to clear the ropes but didn’t quite get the elevation as de Villiers standing a good 100 yards in form the ropes, took a good catch. Excellent performance by SRH.to post 194/5. Rahul 51 and AB de Villiers 47 kept RCB in the hunt in the first 10 overs. Once Watson was run out cheaply, and AB de Villiers out for 47, the game was closed out. SRH now have moved to No 4.
Virat Kohli said “ We were not good enough on the night. Sunriser’s recovered fast after Shikhar’s loss, with both Warner and Williamson firing.”