AGENCY
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad survived a sensational David Miller’s onslaught to manage a tense five-run win over Kings XI Punjab and keep themselves in the race for IPL Play-offs, here on Monday.
SRH skipper David Warner muscled his way to a blazing 81 from 52 balls as he yet again shouldered the responsibility of scoring runs, leading the hosts to a very challenging 185 for five after electing to bat.
David Miller played an breathtaking unbeaten 89-run knock off just 44 balls to bring Punjab agonisingly close to the win but fell short by just five runs.
Punjab needed 28 from the last over but Miller managed to score only 22 with three sixes and a four off Ishant Sharma. Miller hit nine sixes and two fours in his sensational knock.
The pitch was good for batting and Warner put on 56 runs for the first wicket with Shikhar Dhawan (24) and added 65 for the second with fellow Australian Moises Henriques (28).
Warner cleared the ropes five times and hit the boundary ropes six times before being dismissed in the 18th over. (PTI)
Score board
Sunrisers Hyderabad innings
David Warner c Mann Singh b Beuran Hendricks 81
Shikhar Dhawan st Wriddhiman Saha b Maxwell 24
Moises Henriques c Anureet Singh b Mann Singh 28
Eoin Morgan c Manan Vohra b Beuran Hendricks 17
Naman Ojha run out (George Bailey) 2
Lokesh Rahul not out 17
Karn Sharma not out 11
Extras 5
Total 185/5
Kings XI Punjab Innings
Murali Vijay c Shikhar Dhawan b Bipul Sharma 24
Manan Vohra c Bhuvneshwar Kumar b Bipul 20
Wriddhiman Saha c Lokesh Rahul b Henriques 5
Glenn Maxwell c Naman Ojha b Trent Boult 11
David Miller not out 89
George Bailey c David Warner b Moises Henriques 6
Mann Singh c Eoin Morgan b Moises Henriques 3
Axar Patel c Naman Ojha b Bhuvneshwar Kumar 15
Beuran Hendricks not out 0
Extras 7
Total 180/7
