RESULT
6th match (D/N), Hyderabad, April 09, 2017, Indian Premier League
(15.3/20 ov, T:136) 140/1

SRH won by 9 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
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Quite articulate for an 18-year old. Can't imagine what the scenes would be like in Afghanistan. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. Quick turnaround before we're back for the second game of the evening between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. Cheers

Rashid Khan is the Player of the Match. He has a big smile on his face as he walks in with the purple cap. "It's a positive message back home in Afghanistan. Their players have helped me. The crowd here have given me a lot of support and love. Happy to be a part of the Sunrisers. The coach and the captain asked me to bowl whenever I'm comfortable. I told them I'm happy to bowl at any stage. I thought batsmen weren't going to read my googlies and tried it, and it worked."

"Fantastic effort by the bowlers, credit to Rash," says David Warner. "I wanted to try him in the first six, and he said 'give me the ball.' He's a superstar in the making, adds great dynamics to our team. With Fizz unavailable, he's stepped up and filled the gap. One of our key strengths isn't just keeping teams to low totals but also take wickets. The one thing we try and do well is to try and chase it down early if it's a low total."

Rashid Khan dismissed Raina, McCullum and Finch in this match - a total of 7954 IPL runs between the batsmen before today. This is the second-highest such aggregate in the IPL. Dhawal Kulkarni had dismissed batsmen worth batsmen worth 8215 IPL runs in a match against RCB last season (Gayle+Kohli+Rahul+Baby), which is the highest

"We haven't put enough runs on the board," says Suresh Raina. "The Afghan legspinner bowled really well. We haven't seen much for him. This wicket was slow, we started well but then Rashid struck. Dinesh and Smith did well, but 135 wasn't going to be enough. We need to raise our bowling. If we can't do that, I don't think we deserve to finish in the top four."

SD: "Two matches, two 100+ run partnerships conceded. One lost by 10 wickets, and this one by 9 wickets. That's the sorry state of affairs with GL's bowling "attack" without Jadeja and Bravo."

This sadly has been one-way traffic. The man chiefly responsible for that is Afghanistan's Rashid Khan, who foxed Lions with the googlies and legbreaks alike to pick three wickets. Defending a modest total, Lions needed wickets, but the inexperience of their slower men cost them. David Warner and Henriques have strolled home without breaking into a sweat.

15.3
6
Tejas Baroka to Warner, SIX runs

in his arc and he's finished off in style. Swung away over long-on to bring up their second win in as many games. Make that 4-0 in terms of head-to-head . Warner's back in form

15.2
1
Tejas Baroka to Henriques, 1 run

drifting into the pads, eased to long-on

15.1
2
Tejas Baroka to Henriques, 2 runs

muscles the pull all along the ground to PK at deep midwicket, laboured effort. Back for the second without much fuss. Second successive fifty

end of over 155 runs
SRH: 131/1CRR: 8.73 RRR: 1.00
Moises Henriques49 (37b 6x4)
David Warner70 (44b 6x4 3x6)
Shivil Kaushik 4-0-29-0
Dhawal Kulkarni 2-0-17-0
14.6
1
Kaushik to Henriques, 1 run

chops an attempted cut to point

14.5
Kaushik to Henriques, no run

sharp turn from off stump, keeps a touch low, pushed back to the bowler

14.4
1
Kaushik to Warner, 1 run

muscled into the long-on region, a single is all they'll get

14.3
1
Kaushik to Henriques, 1 run

rocks back and cuts the short delivery straight to deep point

14.2
1
Kaushik to Warner, 1 run

plays the short-arm jab behind square, on the bounce to deep fine leg

14.1
1
Kaushik to Henriques, 1 run

too short, cut away to deep point

Fazalrabi : "After Warner's excellence, is there any chance Rashid Khan will get player of the match award?" That's a no-brainer. Surely has to be Rashid

end of over 146 runs
SRH: 126/1CRR: 9.00 RRR: 1.66
Moises Henriques46 (33b 6x4)
David Warner68 (42b 6x4 3x6)
Dhawal Kulkarni 2-0-17-0
Tejas Baroka 3-0-24-0
13.6
1
Kulkarni to Henriques, 1 run

length ball outside off, punched to deep point

13.5
1
Kulkarni to Warner, 1 run

off-cutter on middle, worked across the line to square leg

Cow Corner: "The difference between Rashid and Baroka is that Rashid was bowling at around 95 kmh which really fizzed through the surface while Baroka is bowling at under 85 which is picked easily by the batters." Trajectories, yes

13.4
2
Kulkarni to Warner, 2 runs

width on offer this time, punched into the gap at deep point

13.3
Kulkarni to Warner, no run

closer to the stumps, floated a touch ahead of length on off stump, solid defence

13.2
1
Kulkarni to Henriques, 1 run

too full but he still manages to run it down to third man through a dab

7000 runs in T20s for Warner

13.1
1
Kulkarni to Warner, 1 run

looks to pull over deep midwicket but toe-ends it and it falls in between the infielder and the boundary rider

Before today, Warner had hit fifty-plus scores in 16 of SRH's 25 wins in the IPL. This one is likely to be 17th in 26 wins

end of over 1311 runs
SRH: 120/1CRR: 9.23 RRR: 2.28
David Warner64 (38b 6x4 3x6)
Moises Henriques44 (31b 6x4)
Tejas Baroka 3-0-24-0
Basil Thampi 2-0-21-0
12.6
1
Tejas Baroka to Warner, 1 run

shapes to sweep but realises he wasn't quite to the pitch of the googly, whips it instead to deep square leg

12.5
1
Tejas Baroka to Henriques, 1 run

another googly, Henriques whips it with the spin to deep square leg

12.4
1
Tejas Baroka to Warner, 1 run

gets this to deviate off the deck from outside off, eased wide of point

Rak: "GL's NRR is really poor and this match will push it further to abysmal depths. They will surely lament their first two losses if they lose out on playoff berth due to NRR."

12.3
1
Tejas Baroka to Henriques, 1 run

slow turn from outside off, worked across the line to midwicket

12.2
1
Tejas Baroka to Warner, 1 run

punches a shortish delivery to deep point

12.1
6
Tejas Baroka to Warner, SIX runs

swung over the long-on boundary. Too easy. This is too full, he picks the wrong un, gets underneath the flight and boom

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SRH won by 9 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)
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