Mishra hat-trick sinks Pune inches from shore
Kumar Sangakkara did it again, dropping himself from the XI after a poor run of scores in Sunrisers Hyderabad's first five matches
Kumar Sangakkara did it again, dropping himself from the XI after a poor run of scores in Sunrisers Hyderabad's first five matches
Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Suneer Chowdhary
That's it from me for this game, but hop over to the other game and I will be there for the second game!
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Hussain: "Its ironic....just before the Mishra over, you wrote "one last word on the hatrick question"..."
Srinivasa Raju: "Sunrisers is the only team in this IPL that never looked like winning a match ( ofcourse because of their batting) .But they have already won 4 ( which is the total wins after 16 matches last time). And all that changed was the name of the franchise"
and if Mathews himself calls the act today as a choke, then I guess it's only fair others can too: Rahat: "The name CHOKERS officially could be handed over to WARRIORS."
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Presentation time at Pune:
Angelo Mathews: I thought we had the game till the last five overs, got off to a brilliant start in the bowling but we choked up again. We got to be consistent to move on from here, it was disappointing to throw a game like this which was in our hand. Nine more games to turn things around.
Cameron White: Phew, I am not sure what happened there. Got wickets as and when we needed and then Mishy did his job. In small chases it was important to not leave Ishant and Steyn till the last.
Amit Mishra, man of the match: Cam said to me that I should go for the wickets and I got a hat-trick. Its a great feeling, working together, supporting each other. I am not trying for any more tricks, want to keep it simple.
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The Pune dugout is stunned. Absolutely stunned. It's taken more than a minute for anyone from that dugout to even stand up. Marsh, who's wicket started that collapse looks dead. If at all you wanted a definition of hara-kiri, you should watch the highlights of this game.
Mishra has come up with an all-round performance of a life-time, he came in to bat at 44/6 and scored 30 from 24 balls. Then followed it up with figures of 4/19 in four overs, all his wickets coming in his last over!
AB Dinda b Mishra 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Five wickets off the last 12 balls. Mishra is on a hat-trick, for his third hat-trick in IPL career.
R Sharma b Mishra 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
B Kumar lbw b Mishra 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
AD Mathews c Steyn b Mishra 20 (46m 24b 1x4 0x6) SR: 83.33
So 14 needed from 12 balls. One last word on the hat-trick question: Aaron: "William Clarke (1798-1856) is believed to be the only player ever to take a first-class hat-trick that included the same batsman twice (i.e., John Fagge, the hat-trick spanning both Kent innings).
Amit Mishra became the first bowler in the IPL to get three hat-tricks
Plays of the day from the IPL game between Pune Warriors and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Pune
Kumar Sangakkara did it again, dropping himself from the XI after a poor run of scores in Sunrisers Hyderabad's first five matches