casually done, but very effective. Chips down the track and flicks it with the angle over midwicket. Make that three in a row for the Orange Army. This has been a comprehensive win
Kings XI vs SRH, 18th match at Hyderabad, Apr 23 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary
SRH won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
Well, Warner is ecstatic. I'm just excited looking at tomorrow's match-ups. RCB against Gujarat Lions, followed by Pune Supergiants against Kolkata Knight Riders. Do join us for what we hope would be two cracking games. Cheers!
David Warner: I'm just ecstatic. The boys bowled superbly to restrict them to a small total which we chased it down. You have to give yourself time, but when it is in your area, you have to go after it. That's the way I play. It was good to see Shikhar get into his rhythm and have some time in the middle. One of us should have ideally batted till the end, that would have been a clinical finish. Mustafizur Rahman is a special talent, Bangladesh should be privileged to have him. His change of pace and execution is brilliant.
Mustafizur Rahman is the Player of the Match for his spell of 2 for 9 off four overs
David Miller: We didn't score enough runs, even though we ended really well. I don't think it's the lack of self-confidence which is an issue. The guys are in high spirits. We still believe we are in the competition. One or two wins can get us back into the mid-table. I'm confident that we can bounce back. For starters, I need to win tosses. Their start took the game away from us, credit to Warner, but we pulled it back well and showed a lot of heart. Every game becomes crucial from here on.
11:20pm The last two games were won by the side that batted first, but normalcy has been restored, it looks like. Sunrisers Hyderabad have made lightwork of Kings XI Punjab. If Mustafizur Rahman set up the game with the ball, David Warner's demolition job had a demoralising effect on Miller's men.
Four loss in five matches for them. This was the same core that made the final in 2014. Wonder what's gone wrong. They got a couple of wickets towards the end, but the bowling unit didn't have enough fire. Axar Patel's cameo towards the end was big positive for them. Nikhil Naik, on debut, didn't too badly either. But the failures of Maxwell and Miller continues to give them teething troubles.
gets to the pitch of the ball and drives it to deep cover
driven inside-out with the spin to long-off
this one's a slider on middle from round the stumps, tucked to midwicket
driven hard to wide long-off
spears in a yorker from wide of the crease, squeezed to short midwicket where Miller picks up the ball and throws the stumps down at the non-striker's end in one motion. Hooda was casually strolling down the pitch, and has paid for it. Even a lunge in the end couldn't get him back in. Unnecessary
it was nothing more than a short-arm jab, but Manan Vohra threw himself to his right to take a good low catch at midwicket. Morgan can't believe it, but has to go. Had it beat Vohra, that would have screamed into the midwicket boundary
can't get too predictable in this format, it doesn't matter how many runs are left. There was no one at deep midwicket, and Morgan picks that gap as he swings the slower ball into that direction. One bounce into the boundary
wrists it down the ground to long-on
Dinesh: "I do remember in 2009 when there was a match and rain interrupted play in the 9th over. They resumed play after rain (after 30 minutes) and as soon as the over was completed, the umpired called for strategic timeout. What did they do during the rain break for 30 minutes? BCCI shows this as some kind of benefit for the teams. Its all only for TV channels to earn money strategically, nothing else. We viewers have no choice but to accept whatever they say."
free flow of the bat to drive that towards deep cover, Hooda's bat swing has been impressive. He hasn't looked to play the big shots, sensible
this one's a ripper, the batsman had to sway out of the way or try to pull in less than a split-second. Umpire thinks it was way over the batsman's head
another attempted slower ball, this one slips down leg, goes on the bounce to the wicketkeeper
malli: "Sponsors are spending money so they have to get their time.. No matter if there is something to discuss.. I think they might be discussing what to have in the dinner post match!" Agree
slower delivery on middle stump, punched to long-off
Here's Mohit Sharma
Time-out. Wonder what's left to discuss, really
lands it short, he rolls his wrists over that one to pull it to deep midwicket
clean strike, and that has carried all the way. Unimaginative from Rishi Dhawan. Floats another length ball outside off, Morgan dances down the track, creates a bit of width and then swings through as the ball sails over long-off
slapped towards Vohra at sweeper cover
much better delivery. Lands it in that channel where the batsman isn't sure whether to play forward or back. Morgan looks to play a cute little dab, but is beaten as the ball skids off the deck
Manha: "17 dots out of 24 balls, no boundaries and 2/9, one catch, one pressure created run out in his maiden over: this was Fizz today- if SRH wins, who do you think will win MOM?"
driven on the up towards Miller at wide mid-off
floats it full on off, nips away off the seam, pushed to mid-off
Nagh: "@Juveria. I get the point but you never know. Everyone brushed off SRH and they were not given any importance. Who guessed that they would perform like this? I am a die hard Hyderabad fan living on the other side of planet. I guessed that they would finish at the bottom of table. But here it is. Anything can happen in this game. Afghanistan beat WT20 champions West Indies in the league stages. Team which performs good on that particular day will win and that momentum might help to win some more."
flicked into the gap at deep midwicket, the two boundary riders there thought the other one was going for it
Over 18 • SRH 146/5
SRH won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)