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
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

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

HM Amla
HM Amla
96(56) 14x4 - 2x6
Control %73%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 26 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
4 14 4 11 28 14 0 21
DA Warner
DA Warner
52(41) 5x4 - 1x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 15 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 0 3 2 3 6 15 23

Best performances - Bowlers

B Kumar
B Kumar
O4
M0
R32
W2
Eco8
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
AR Patel
AR Patel
O4
M0
R26
W1
Eco6.5
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

I.S. Bindra Punjab Cricket Association Stadium

Series

Indian Premier League 2016

Toss

Kings XI Punjab , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Punjab KingsHashim Amla

Season

2016

Hours of play (local time)

16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-17.50, Second Session 17.50-19.20

Match days

15 May 2016 - day/night match (20-over match)

Umpires

IndiaKN AnanthapadmanabhanSouth AfricaMarais Erasmus

TV Umpires

IndiaKrishnamachari Bharatan

Reserve Umpire

IndiaAbhijit Deshmukh

Match Referee

IndiaManu Nayar

Points

Sunrisers Hyderabad 2, Kings XI Punjab 0

Commentator: Shashank Kishore

Thanks for you company, folks. Do hop over to the other tab for Mumbai Indians' vital clash against Delhi Daredevils, where Zaheer Khan has won the toss and elected to bowl first. Cheers!

Hashim Amla is the Player of the Match for his 56-ball 96. "It was nice to get some runs, but I'm disappointed we lost. Yuvraj played an exceptional knock to get his side over the line. I came from not hitting too many balls back home to the IPL, so it was good to get some runs. Happy to get this award, but hopefully we can get some wins in our remaining games. You have to play differently in T20s, there's no doubt about it. You have to be prepared to take risks. Sometimes it works for you, at other times it doesn't.

David Warner: I was a bit worried after the bowling display. We thought 16-165 was par, credit to Hashim Amla, it was a fantastic knock. The surface wasn't bad, it was just slow, so it was hard as a bowling unit to adapt to those conditions. It was fantastic for youngster Deepak Hooda to come out and play the way he did, and then Yuvraj Singh, who has won so many matches for India.

Here's a look at the points table

Mounika: "Wow! Who would have thought SRH would be the first team into the playoffs? Surely not even SRH fans would have thought that. The underdogs did it!" Well, there could be a scenario where five teams finish on 16. So let's just say all but through for now.

7:35pm Sunrisers Hyderabad are all but through to the knockouts with that win. And it's local boy Yuvraj Singh who has done it for the visitors in his hometown. The loss means Kings XI Punjab become the second team after Rising Pune Supergiants to be eliminated.

Mayank Aggarwal: "This match shows how consistency and adaptability is the key. Mohit kept bowling slower balls which, batsmen, eventually started picking. Once hit for runs off slower balls, Mohit panicked and we all know what happened next."

David Warner set the tone, Deepak Hooda consolidated, and Yuvraj then teed off in the end. Kings XI were briefly in it, but the Sharmas, who they have relied so heavily on, had an off day and that had a bearing on the end result. What that also means is a Hashim Amla special has been consigned to being second best.

19.4
1
Sharma to Cutting, 1 run, can you ask for a better delivery than a high full toss on middle when the entire field is in? No, you can't. This one is a juicy one, Cutting swipes that across the line towards deep midwicket boundary.
19.3
1
Sharma to Yuvraj Singh, 1 run, full toss on middle, he walks across the stumps and flicks it straight to fine leg, squeezes a single. A direct hit from Miller at the bowler's end and Yuvraj was gone
19.2
0
Sharma to Yuvraj Singh, no run, angles it full and back into the stumps, Yuvraj looks to jam his bat down to keep that out, but is late on the stroke

Can he finish this off Dhoni style, with a six? Mohit to bowl from around the stumps

19.1
6
Sharma to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, bye bye ball. He's hit that into neighboring Chandigarh. Length ball, right in the slot for Yuvraj's trademark swing that sends the ball soaring over deep midwicket. Generates tremendous power off the bottom hand, and this was another example of that. What a knock he's played here tonight.
19.1
1w
Sharma to Yuvraj Singh, 1 wide, will have to rebowl that one, full but down leg, Yuvraj misses the faint tickle. Scoring opportunity missed

Mohit with the final over

END OF OVER:
19 | 11 Runs | SRH: 171/3 (9 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.00, RRR: 9.00)

  • Ben Cutting17 (10b)
  • Yuvraj Singh35 (21b)
  • Sandeep Sharma4-0-35-1
  • Mohit Sharma3-0-31-0
18.6
2
Sandeep Sharma to Cutting, 2 runs, was it the helicopter shot? Drilled to wide long-off, where Maxwell is patrolling the boundary

Match Coverage

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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.