back to back fours to finish things off! Bhuvneshwar fails to get the yorker in yet again, this time it's a low full toss and the Australian makes room and places it down to the vacant deep point region
SRH vs RR, 4th match at Abu Dhabi, IPL, Apr 18 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RR won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Presentation:
Watson: "It was a slightly smaller score than we expected. But 134 was always going to be challenging against their bowling. The wicket played very nicely."
Rahane is the Man of the Match: "When three went down I wanted to bat as long as possible, we needed one big partnership. Me and Binny enjoy each other's company very well. I backed my instincts. Credit also goes to Sunrisers bowlers."
Looks like no separate interview with Dhawan at the presentation. He spoke immediately after the game, where he said that 150 was the par score.
That's it from us here. A high-scoring chase followed by a middle of the road one. It's on to Dubai tomorrow for the first time for two more double-headers. Thanks for your company tonight. Cheers!
End of match: No wild celebration from Faulkner. He's done this before hasn't he? Holds his nerve again in a chase. Credit though to Rahane and Binny or setting it up for Rajasthan. Always a good sign when the Indian players play bigger rolls.
Dhawan says on TV that Hyderabad should have at least made 150. Hyderabad showed good fight towards the end but they had too few to defend.
Surya: "Dhawan missed a point here. Bhuvi should have been bowled 19th and Steyn 20th. "
Faulkner doesn't need a sighter! This was too full and wide outside off, Faulkner made room and smashed it wide of cover, the sweeper can't cut it off
Fine leg is up, long-off and long-on are in place
starts off with a yorker and it's a single, he makes room and jams it out to deep cover
8 to defend and Bhuvneshwar's got to bowl a solid over here
that was a snorter from Steyn, quick one on the body and Binny swings and the ball hits his body and drops to the off side
Binny makes room and he makes too much of it, can't slap it away
Binny meanwhile relieves the pressure with a boundary, he makes room to a length ball and cuts him hard and fast past backward point, big gap there
Rajasthan are making it difficult for themselves with these wickets
another wicket goes and Hyderabad are still in it! Or wait... they are checking the catch at the deep, it was the off cutter from Steyn, Bhatia was aiming to clear long-on, the ball dips as it reaches Finch who was quite in front of the rope, he falls forward and takes it inches off the ground, replays confirm that the catch was clean
looked like the slower one and he made room and failed to get bat on ball
what a way to start the over! Bhatia whips a full delivery on middle and leg with such force that the ball blazes away wide of midwicket
17 off 12. More manageable for Rajasthan but Steyn has an over
turns it wide of midwicket and they hurry the second run, the fielders are not happy they conceded two
a pressure-relieving boundary for Binny, this was flighted on the pads, he was on his knee early and swept it firmly to fine leg
impatience gets the better off Hodge! Is there a twist? Determined to fetch a boundary he risks slogging against the turn, it was the leg break, fetches it from outside off, Sammy takes it well in front of the deep midwicket rope
the googly! This was bowled slower and it spun back in and kept low, Hodge nearly dragged it on
comes forward and drives back to the bowler
Binny went down the track and was foxed by Mishra's flight, ended up getting a leading edge
tries to work it to the legside but misses
Hodge goes for the slog but misses
flatter one and he turns it away to long leg
turns it against the turn to midwicket and he's off the mark
gets forward and drives to cover
drills it back to the bowler
Over 20 • RR 135/6
RR won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)