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Chandigarh: Shikhar Dhawan led from the front smashing an 71 as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kandurata Maroons by eight wickets in qualifying round match of the Champions League Twenty20 on Tuesday.
Chasing 169, Dhawan hit an 71 from just 43 balls studded with seven fours, besides sharing a 121-run stand for the first wicket with Parthiv Patel (52 in 42 balls).
Perera came in and blasted a quick 32 off 11 balls to take them home comfortably. The Kandurata bowlers did not have any answers to their batsmen and every bowler was taken to the cleaners.
Shikhar Dhawan is the Man of the match for his wonderful 71.
Earlier, Kumar Sangakkara smashed his way to an unbeaten 61 as Kandurata Maroons scored 168 for three.
The Sri Lankan side was struggling, having lost both the openers inside first five over, but Sangakkara and skipper Lahiru Thirimanne (54) joined forces to help the side a stiff target before the Indian outfit.
The two shared a 89-run stand for the third wicket and it was Hyderabad paceman Ishant Sharma, who broke the partnership when he clean bowled Thirimanne with a full length delivery.
Sharma was the best bowler to watch as he kept the Lankan batsmen under a leash, giving away just 20 runs and taking two crucial wickets.
Before being bowled by him, Thirimanne tormented the Indian side with his 39-ball innings, which had five fours and two sixes. Sangakkara's 46-ball knock was embellished with seven fours apart from impressive running between the wickets.
At the start, Tharanga (19) was in superb touch as he hit four sweetly-timed boundaries off Dale Steyn to give his side a quick start after being invited to bat. However, Sharma was troubling both the Lankan openers with the bounce.
One such delivery in the fourth over gave Hyderabad their first wicket as Tharanga's faint edge, while charging, was comfortably taken by wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel.
Opener Shehan Jayasuriya (4) did not get much of strike and opened his account in the fifth with a boundary off Darren Sammy but was caught behind two balls later.
Sharma was bowled a very miserly three-over spell as he gave away just six runs as Maroons could manage just 37 runs from the first six power-play overs.
Earlier, Hyderabad have won the toss and have opted to field.
Teams:
Kandurata: Shehan Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Lahiru Thirimanne (Capt.), Chamara Silva, Thilina Kandamby, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Dilhara Lokuhettige, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lahiru Jayaratne, Ajantha Mendis
Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan (Capt.), Parthiv Patel (wk), Jean-Paul Duminy, Biplab Samantray, Darren Sammy, Thisara Perera, Ashish Reddy, Karan Sharma, Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma
Brief scores
Kandurata Maroons 168/3 (Sangakkara 61*, Thirimanne 54, Sharma 2-20)
Sunrisers Hyderabad 174/2 (Dhawan 71, Patel 52)
Result Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 8 wickets
Points Sunrisers Hyderabad 4, Kandurata Maroons 0
MOM Shikhar Dhawan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
