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Hyderabad: KL Rahul played a superb innings but for once the big guns failed for Royal Challengers Bangalore as Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 15 runs in Match 27 of Indian Premier League 2016 at Hyderabad.
Virat Kohli got a start but failed to convert it, but while AB de Villiers scored a good 47, he was unable to see things through.
Shane Watson was done in by a superb piece of fielding to get run out taking what looked like a straightforward run. With all three of RCB’s main batsmen having failed, the chase was always going to be out of RCB’s grasp. To their credit, the SRH bowlers did a commendable job of keeping the pressure on.
Sachin Baby and Kedar Jadhav kept the chase alive, but by then RCB needed someone of the class of Kohli or de Villiers. Baby hit Ashish Nehra to Shikhar Dhawan for 27 off 16 with 3 fours and 1 six, while Kedar Jadhav scored an unbeaten 25 runs at the end as well, but in the end SRH cantered to an 15-run easy win.
Earlier, David Warner scored a scintillating 92 and Kane Williamson made a disciplined 50 to launch SRH to a massive 194 for 5.
Warner showed his intent early by hitting a boundary off only the second ball of the innings, bowled by Kane Williamson.
Shikhar Dhawan looked in decent nick as well, hitting Shane Watson for a boundary in the next over. Parvez Rasool was hit over mid on as well by Dhawan.
Warner pulled Richardson for another four in the following over, but Richardson managed to get Dhawan out caught and bowled to give RCB their first wicket. It would be the only cause for celebration for more than 10 overs.
However, SRH still had one ace up their sleeve. Moises Henriques, who had done little of note till this point in the tournament, finally showed why he was preferred over Eoin Morgan in the team. The all-rounder smashed 1 four and 3 sixes in an innings of 31 not out off just 14 balls. It was not enough to get 200, but it still gave SRH a huge total to defend.
Brief scores:
Sunrisers Hyderabad - 194 for 5 (Warner 92, Williamson 50, Richardson 2-45)
Royal Challengers Bangalore - 179 for 6 (Rahul 51, de Villiers 47)
Result - Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 15 runs
