Captain Kane Williamson’s match winning knock of 57 and Cameo of Nicholas Pooran took SRH past the finish line as they beat Gujarat Titans by 8 wickets.
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Match Overview
Ist Inning
SRH won the toss and elected to bowl. GT openers Matthew Wade and Shubman Gill opened the innings. The welcome wicket for SunRisers came in the third over as Rahul tripathi grabbed a one handed flier to dismiss Gill for 8 over Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s length ball. Natrajan dismissed Sai Sudharsan in the sixth over. Umran Malik cleaned up Wade in the eighth over as GI struggled at 64/3. Then Gujarat Skipper Hardik Pandya playing a Captain’s knock made an unbeatable half century hitting 4 boundaries and a six. The Skipper was supported by the newbie Abhinav Manohar who played a balancing act of 35 in just 21 deliveries. GT scored 162/7 in 20 overs.
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IInd inning
With 163 to chase SRH openers Abhishek Sharma and Kane Williamson played a phenomenal opening partnership of over 60 runs. Finally Rashid Khan gave SRH their first breakthrough in the 9th over dismissing Sharma for 42. Then Williamson and Tripathi kept SRH’s scoreboard ticking and Hyderabad crossed the 100 run mark in the 14th over with a six. But Tripathi got retired hurt over a muscle cramp and sadly had to take a long walk to the pavilion. Williamson played a captain’s knock of 57 but departed soon in the 17th over. Late night cameo of Nicholas Pooran with support of Markram took SRH past the finish line.
Who won the Man of the Match?
SRH Skipper Kane Williamson won the Man of the Match award for his scintillating batting performance of 57 runs in 46 balls. He hit 2 fours and 4 sixes.
Playing Squad
SunRisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson(c), Rahul Tripathi, Nicholas Pooran(w), Aiden Markram, Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Matthew Wade(w), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya(c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande
