Sunrisers
Hyderabad wiped out Royal Challenger Bangalore in a close encounter
Sunriser Hyderabad once
again proven that they are not playing the game as a underdog team. Their wins
over Royal Challenge Bangalore clearly indicated their intention and enthusiasm.
Despite of not having big names in the team, they settled down with two
consecutive wins. Yesterday’s game had gone into Twenty20 cricket’s sudden
death – the Super Over. Steyn had to defend 20 runs, thanks to Cameron White’s
bolstering knock and phenomenal hits off Vinay Kumar and came out on top as
Royal Challengers fell five runs short.
It was a dog eat dog
contest throughout the forty overs in the electrifying atmosphere of Hyderabad.
Defending seven at last over was not a cup of tea for Royal Challenger
Bangalore, Vinay bowled an impressive 20th over for the second game
in a row conceding only 6 runs, but could not continue the momentum in the
tiebreaker. He was Virat Kohli’s go – to man after he had defended 10 runs off
the last over against Mumbai Indians.
The seasaw battle began
with Sunriser got big fish Gayle to part timer Hanuma
Vihari's first ball in IPL cricket and Dilshan was bowled by Ishan Sharma,
Kohli and Henriques had to resurrect the innings and added 43 runs for the fouth wicket. Henriques’ calibrated
innings 44 came off 40 balls with five boundaries finished when Ishant
perplexed him by a slower delivery.
The Sunriser
chase held together by newcomer Vihari’s unbeaten 44 off 46 balls but he never
took the game away from Royal Challenger Bangalore albeit he ensured to keep
scoreboard ticking inspite of losing wickets at a regular intervals. He would
have expected someone to leading from the front like his captain Sangakkara and
Perera unlike couldn’t happended in line with his expectations. The game boiled
down to such a finish because of the 23 runs stand for the seventh wicket
between Vihari and Reddy. Vinay who had merely invincible run out Amit Mishra,
was smashed for 14 runs in 18th over. Murali Kartik had to keep
Royal Challenge Bangalore in the game and he conceded only 7 runs in the
penultimate over before Vinay propeled to tie.
White and
Perera were Sunriser’s preference for the Super over, and they outdid Royal
Challengers’ Gayle and Kohli.
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