short of length outside the off and he looks to poke at it, beaten, Hyderabad have won it comfortably in the end
SRH vs RR, 68th match at Hyderabad, IPL, May 17 2013 - Match Result
That ends Rajasthan's league engagements and they now have a bit of a break before they play their playoffs game. Should do them good, as they now await one of Bangalore or Hyderabad. That also ends my stint at the commentary tonight, hope you had a decent time. Thanks for all your comments too, have a very good night!
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Hyderabad win by 23 runs in the end, with Rajasthan almost never looking like they were in the game chasing that score of 136. The required-rate kept creeping up all the time and the loss of wickets made it even more difficult for them.
With this win, Hyderabad now have 18 points (check points table here) and they go two clear of Bangalore. This not only means that Punjab have now been knocked out, but also that Bangalore needs to win their last game against Chennai in order to remain in the tournament.
mik: "Surprise to see no appreciation for Biplab Samantray. The lad has top scored and won two matches for Sunrisers. Proud of our this Oriya lad :)"
vikram: "This results means that CSK and MI are the top two teams this ipl...so they will play the qualifier 1 and also are into the champions league...."
Ravi Varma: "What if hyderabad is in 4th position after all the matches and wins their next three matches(Qualifier 1,Qualifier2 and final) ? they still not eligible for champions league?" The winner of the Eliminator match will go through to the main draw of the Champions League along with Chennai and Mumbai. The losing team in that Eliminator will qualify for the Champions League qualifiers.
Hari: "You didn't mention this. This RR's loss made sure CSK and MI will end up in top two and will play the first qualifier." Yep, that too, thanks!
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Presentation:
Dravid: Showed some good intensity on the field, probably were a spinner light for this pitch. Credit to them for scoring those many, Mishra bowled very too well too and we got bogged down in the middle. Have struggled on wickets like these, slower and lower ones. Hopefully will have better wickets in the playoffs.
White: Never smooth sailing against Rajasthan but we fought hard here. We knew we were not too far away from a defendable target, bowled and fielded well here. Credit to the guys for keeping their calm.
Amit Mishra, man of the match: I want to thank the crowd at Hyderabad, getting a lot of support. Not only me, the entire team is doing well, getting confidence by their encouragement, I thank god, for allowing me come back from injury and working hard.
fuller on the middle and it's tapped to the deep mid-wicket area for a single
Hasan: "@Suneer: Just want to know the rules about player retention in next years auction....how many players can a team retain???" The retention-rules are yet to be released.
and again, he throws his bat at it and gets the toe of the bat through to the deep point fielder, who takes a straight-forward catch
gives himself and absolutely tonks it through wide long-off, Sammy rushes across to stop it and it's gone through him here, poor effort from the fielder
and four more for Cooper, fuller outside the off stump and slices it over point for a four
yorker length, a tad too full and he takes it as a full-toss and drills it through the covers
a slower ball and that's clubbed to long-on for a single
and now he's hit over the in-field behind square for a four, it was fuller and gets some width again, the thick edge takes it to the vacant deep third-man area
quicker and yorker length, he manages to get some bat on it and rolls across to the deep mid-wicket region for a couple
and swings across the line this time, is a very slow ball and that's beaten him, through to the keeper
tonked it away and for a six! it was a very full ball and he's give it his all, the width of the delivery allows him to swing it away and gets it over deep cover
on the off stump and he's merely pushed it to White at short cover and gone for a quick one, bit of a fumble by the fielder allows them to go through
Perera to bowl this.
on his pads and flicked away to fine-leg for a single
outside the off stump and on a length, it's defended to the covers
was shorter in length and the batsman was looking to fend away, gets some bat on it to the point fielder
outside the off stump and pushed to the point fielder
it's full, it's fast and it's swinging in, just gets his bat down in time and lobs up in front of the short mid-wicket fielder
bowled him, that's sent the off stump on a cart-wheel, it was outside the off and on a length, he had no option but to cut it, wasn't that quick and it sneaks through and hits the off, another down
52 needed from 18. Three a ball almost. Up to Hodge and Cooper now. Against Steyn.
shortens his length and that's tapped to long-on for a couple of runs, the fielder had to run wide and into it
fuller and on the middle, driven back to the bowler
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | |
Toss | Sunrisers Hyderabad, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2013 |
Player Of The Match | |
Hours of play (local time) | 20.00 start, First Session 20.00-21.25, Interval 21.25-21.45, Second Session 21.45-23.05 |
Match days | 17 May 2013 - night (20-over match) |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Sunrisers Hyderabad 2, Rajasthan Royals 0 |
Over 20 • RR 113/9