15/05Result
46th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Mohali, May 15 2016
SRH won by 7 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Hashim Amla
Hashim AmlaPunjab Kings
15/05Result
46th match (D/N), Indian Premier League at Mohali, May 15 2016
SRH won by 7 wkts (2b rem)
Player of the Match
Hashim Amla
Hashim AmlaPunjab Kings

Match Day

Report
3677dThe Report by Sirish Raghavan

Sunrisers all but through to playoffs

Yuvraj Singh and Ben Cutting unleashed some brutal end-overs hitting to nail a chase of 180 in Mohali and all but seal a berth in the playoffs of IPL 2016

2652dESPNcricinfo staff

Ashish Nehra out of IPL with hamstring injury

Ashish Nehra has been ruled out of the rest of the IPL with a hamstring injury. A press release from the franchise said he sustained it while playing against Kings XI Punjab last Sunday

2652dSidharth Monga in Mohali

When Mohit got his bluff wrong at the death

Mohit's poor execution may have cost Kings XI the game, but to say that he did so without any reason wouldn't be giving him credit for his otherwise pin-point execution all season

3679dSirish Raghavan

Vijay's dual opening roles

Plays of the day from the IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mohali

Preview

Top chase

1

No. of higher targets successfully chased by SRH than the 180 in this match. They had chased 186 vs CSK in Ranchi in 2014.

First time

0

No. of IPL seasons where 3 batsmen made 6 or more 50+ scores, before this. In this IPL Kohli (7), Rahane (6) and Warner (6) have done it.

Solid opening pair

1400+

Partnership runs between Warner and Dhawan - most by an opening pair in IPL. Gambhir-Uthappa come next with 1393 runs.

Strong finish

58

No. of runs scored by KXIP in the last 5 overs - their second-most in this IPL. 58 is also the second-most runs conceded by SRH in last five overs this IPL.

Misses a ton again

2

No. of scores in 90s for Amla in T20s this year. He remained not out on 97 vs Aus before getting out for 96 in this match.

Openers doing it

5

No. of times in KXIP's last 6 matches one of their openers has scored 50+, including Amla today. In their first 6 matches, there was just one such occasion.

Good year for Amla

5

No. of half-centuries for Amla in 11 T20 innings in 2016, including today. 4 of those 50+ scores have come at SR of 150+.

Lack of wickets at start

2

No. of wickets SRH bowlers have taken in the Powerplays in last 2 games, including this match. In their previous 3 matches they took 10 wickets in the Powerplays.

Change of trend

4

No. of times in last 7 matches in this IPL that the teams have elected to bat first, including KXIP in this match. There was no such instance in 20 games before that.