May 19, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Sunrisers Hyderabad 132 for 5 (Parthiv 47, Dhawan 42, Abdulla 3-29) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 130 for 7 (Yusuf 49*, Steyn 2-24) by five wickets
Darren Sammy finished the game off with two consecutive sixes, but there was much tension before that
May 19, 2013
Brief Scorecard: Sunrisers Hyderabad 132 for 5 (Parthiv 47, Dhawan 42, Abdulla 3-29) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 130 for 7 (Yusuf 49*, Steyn 2-24) by five wickets
Darren Sammy finished the game off with two consecutive sixes, but there was much tension before that
NEW DELHI: Parthiv Patel (47) and Shikhar Dhawan (42) helped Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets as the hosts booked the last available play-off spot of the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League on Sunday.
Sunrisers were in a spot of bother losing five wickets in quick succession in the middle overs but they came out triumphant in the end to finish fourth in the IPL standings with 20 points.
Sunrisers' victory left Royal Challengers Bangalore out of the playoffs stage as the Virat Kohli-led side could manage only 18 points in the league.
Chasing 131-run target to qualify for the playoffs, Sunrisers lost wickets at regular intervals after a solid start to their run chase.
Darren Sammy smacked two huge sixes in the penultimate over to end the run chase jitter for the hosts as they chased down the target 1.1 overs to go.
Spinner Iqbal Abdulla struck again in the sixteenth over to dismiss Hanuma Vihari (6) and reduced the hosts to 108/4 in 15.3 overs.
Hyderabad lost Cameron White soon after Abdulla magic as a confusion with Vihari left the skipper stranded in the pitch to be run out for just 2 runs.
Hyderabad lost Parthiv Patel (47) and Shikhar Dhawan (42) after a solid start.
Abdulla struck twice in quick succession to halt the Sunrisers run chase as he dismissed Patel in the fourteenth over soon after removing Dhawan in his previous over.
Patel played an aggressive 37-ball knock, which included seven hits to the fence. More importantly the opening duo leaves Hyderabad closer to their playoffs spot.
Dhawan smacked two maximums and three boundaries in his quick-fire 35 balls innings before Iqbal Abdulla trapped him leg before in the twelfth over.
Dhawan added crucial 89-run opening stand with Patel.
Hyderabad raced to fifty in just 7.2 overs without losing a wicket.
Asked to field first, disciplined Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers restricted Kolkata to a moderate 130/7 in the last league clash of IPL at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium on Sunday.
Yusuf Pathan remained the top scorer for Kolkata making an unbeaten 49 in just 29 balls.
Electing to bat, Kolkata Knight Riders lost opener Manvinder Bisla (15) after a slow start.
Thisara Perera provided the first breakthrough for the hosts in the fifth over as he dismissed Bisla to reduce KKR to 25/1 in 4.3 overs. Bisla hit three boundaries in his patient 18-ball innings.
Sunrisers Hyderabad claimed second success in the eighth over by getting skipper Gautam Gambhir run out after his 10-run knock. Gambhir's dismissal came at the score of 42.
Karan Sharma inflicted third blow on Kolkata Knight Riders just after they crossed 50-mark by trapping Eoin Morgan leg before wickets in the 11th over.
Morgan scored just nine and got out at the score of 59.
Dale Steyn ended Jacques Kallis's challenge in 16th over by getting him caught by Shikhar Dhawan after his struggling knock of 24 off 29 balls, reducing Kolkata to 89/4.
Amit Mishra gave visitors fifth blow by trapping RN ten Doeschate leg before on the first delivery of the 17th over.
Hyderabad will need to beat the beleaguered Kolkata to finish among the top four.
Sunrisers have 18 points from 15 matches and they need to win the match on Sunday to enter the play-offs.
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Cameron White (c), Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Dale Steyn, Darren Sammy, Hanuma Vihari, Karan Sharma, Pathiv Patel (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Thisara Perera and Biplab Samantray.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Manvinder Bisla (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Iqbal Abdulla, Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, Pradeep Sangwan, Shami Ahmed, Ryan ten Doeschate and Paras Dogra.
Courtesy: PTI
