- M.S. Dhoni stumps Deepak Hooda off Adam Zampa.
- The leg-spinner was the toast of his teammates as he finished with the second-best IPL figures of six for 19.
Supergiants fall short by four runs as the Sunrisers bowlers defend a modest total with aplomb
The stage was near-perfect for M.S. Dhoni’s famed
finishing blows. However, the Rising Pune Supergiants captain was denied
the freedom by the spirited and accurate Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling
attack as the latter recorded a creditable four-run win at the Dr. YSR
ACA-VDCA Stadium here on Tuesday.
Chasing a target of
138, useful contributions from George Bailey and R. Ashwin gave the
Pune outfit a clear chance after the early blows, but the Sunrisers
attack produced another standout performance.
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar lived up to his reputation as the breakthrough bowler and was
also miserly in his first spell (3-1-5-1). He bowled a beauty on
off-stump to force the in-form Ajinkya Rahane to snick the third ball of
the innings to wicketkeeper Naman Ojha.
Usman Khawaja was then run out by a brilliant throw by Deepak Hooda from the deep, reducing Supergiants to 19 for two.
Second-best
Earlier,
leg-spinner Adam Zampa’s dream spell of six for 19 restricted Sunrisers
to 137 for eight in its quota of overs. His was the best performance by
a bowler in this edition, and the second-best overall after Sohail
Tanvir’s six for 14 for Rajasthan Royals against Chennai Super Kings at
Jaipur in the 2008 edition.
Sunrisers did not get
the blazing start it was looking for as David Warner’s attempted big
drive off left-armer R.P. Singh ended in a catch to wicketkeeper M.S.
Dhoni.
After
the first five overs, Sunrisers was 21 for one, a phase when fast bowler
Ashoke Dinda bowled an impressive spell of 3-0-11-0.
In
the 11th over, off-spinner Ashwin induced a big hit from Dhawan with a
delivery that floated away, the ball finding long-on. In fact, Dhoni
solved the Ashwin ‘puzzle’ too, giving him four overs at a stretch and
the offie responded in style.
The 24-year-old Zampa then took over, finishing with a haul of six wickets, including that of the big-hitting Yuvraj.
In
fact, the Australian was on a hat-trick in his third over after sending
back Kane Williamson and Moises Henriques off successive deliveries.
Both fell to similar strokes — lofting straight to the deep fielder. The
former had laboured to 31 off 37 balls.
When given the chance to bowl the final over, Zampa picked up three more wickets to cap an incredible effort.
SRH 137/8 (20.0 Ovs)
RPS 133/8 (20.0 Ovs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 4 runs
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