Brendon McCullum's sluggish start typified Gujarat Lions' early struggle as Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashish Nehra began with maidens BCCI
Dwayne Smith fell in the third over, before Shikhar Dhawan made a mess of a chance offered by McCullum. McCullum was on 3 then and Lions were 12 for 1 BCCI
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Suresh Raina played a brief cameo before popping a return catch to Bhuvneshwar AFP
Soon after Kane Williamson's sharp catch got rid of Dinesh Karthik, an air-borne David Warner plucked a stunner at long-off to see the back of McCullum. Lions were 34 for 4 BCCI
Sunrisers had several moments of brilliance on the field. Substitute fielder Vijay Shankar's stunning boundary catch sent back Dwayne Bravo who had helped rebuild through a 45-run fifth-wicket stand with Aaron Finch BCCI
Ravindra Jadeja chipped in with 18 and added 27 for the sixth wicket with Finch BCCI
Finch stayed not out on 51 to steer Lions to 126 for 6 BCCI
Mustafizur Rahman and Bhuvneshwar starred with the ball for Sunrisers. Bhuvneshwar took 2 for 28, while Mustafizur ended with 2 for 17 BCCI
David Warner scored a typically quick 24 before he mistimed a pull shot and picked mid-on AFP
Lions' bowlers continued to make inroads. When Moises Henriques was caught behind for 14, Sunrisers were 55 for 3 BCCI
But Dhawan played a watchful innings to keep Sunrisers afloat BCCI
Yuvraj Singh could not make an impact on his Sunrisers debut and managed just 5 off 14 balls BCCI
When Bravo had Deepak Hooda caught behind in the 18th over, the equation narrowed down to 19 from 16 balls BCCI
While Bravo took 2 for 14 in three, Dhawal Kulkarni finished with 2 for 17 in four overs BCCI
But their efforts went in vain as Dhawan smacked back-to-back fours to help the hosts reach the target with an over to spare BCCI
