That ends the league stage in the IPL, but four very important games to go now, starting from Tuesday when Chennai take on Mumbai in Delhi in the first qualifier. This will be followed by the Hyderabad v Rajasthan match on Wednesday in the Eliminator. That's it, however, that we have for the night, this is Suneer Chowdhary signing off for now, ciao and have a good night ahead.

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Presentation:

Gambhir: Want to congratulate Hyderabad for the way they played and got to the playoffs. We didn't bowl too well in the first 7-8 overs, had we done that, things would have been different. We weren't consistent throughout the tournament.

White: Feeling bit better than what I was about 12 balls earlier. Dhawan and Parthiv set it up for us to scrape through to the win. The guys came together well and then the fans and the franchise supported us well. We have nothing to lose now, were underdogs but we will look to scrap and fight in the playoffs.

Parthiv Patel is the man of the match: We have seen teams getting choked low scores so went hard at the start. Yes there were nerves in the end but Sammy finished it off well. We have clicked well as a team and a lot of credit goes to the coaching staff.

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This has been an exciting game and that will be an understatement to make. Hyderabad looked comfortably placed to win it by aplenty and then from 89/0 they capitulated to 112/5. Narine bowled a superb maiden which brought the required-rate up to eight. Then Sammy hit two sixes and they were through!

Sammy's being interviewed by Alan Wilkins and I cannot be sure which of the two hit the winning runs tonight.

So the playoffs order has been decided. Mumbai play Chennai and Rajasthan take on Hyderabad. Bangalore get knocked out, as do Punjab, Kolkata, Pune and Delhi.

And to add to it, Sammy's gone dancing on and on, surrounded by his players, and surprise, surprise, there's no Gangnam there!

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shekhar: "What a celebration. Loved it. Everyone Smiling and Laughing. They are actually happy. No swear words, no tough faces Just Happy."

Shreya Tanzin: "The amount of respect I held for Sammy has multiplied itself by 6(!) now...this is the guy who got WI a world cup, and today proved that no gayle, no narine could have made that happen without him! #respect and #respect to Dale Steyn! The men who made it happen...because, sometimes you don't need is a winning team, but a winner, SRH had 2!"

Indraneel: "Congratulations SRH! You deserve to be in the playoffs, much more than RCB, who made a great start to the season, but allowed their game to fall apart at a crucial time. Just get the feeling that SRH could go all the way (That last sentence in a Ravi Shastri voice)."

Jake: "Calm down SRH. You have a long way to go still. No premature celebrations please! You have just qualified, not won the IPL."

Punya: "Did I just see 0.00 run rate for our team Hyderabad after playing 16 matches? lol" Here's the points table

Raj: "RCB will be lamenting that last ball loss against CSK courtesy RP singh!!"

Praveen: "They give the Nayi Soch award to Sunil Narine. I think it should have been given to Darren Sammy to play out a maiden of Narine so as to not lose any wickets."

18.5
6
Iqbal Abdulla to Sammy, SIX, and again, six more to finish it off, two sixes off successive deliveries and Sammy's sealed the deal, Hyderabad is through to the playoffs!
18.4
6
Iqbal Abdulla to Sammy, SIX, whoa, mis-hit for a six! it was not off the middle of the bat, was tossed up outside the off stump, Sammy gave it his all and for that second it looked it could have been caught, instead...!
18.3
2
Iqbal Abdulla to Sammy, 2 runs, on a length this time he gets bit of a bat on it, hits it wide long-on for a couple of runs
18.2
1
Iqbal Abdulla to Samantray, 1 run, and now wants to go inside out, gets only an outside edge to the short third-man fielder
18.1
1
Iqbal Abdulla to Sammy, 1 run, shortens the length and he was looking unwind there, gets his bat down and pushes it to long-on for a single

15 off 12 needed. Abdulla with the ball.

END OF OVER:
18 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | SRH: 116/5 (15 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.44, RRR: 7.50)

  • Biplab Samantray4 (1b)
  • Daren Sammy2 (8b)
  • Mohammed Shami4-0-32-1
  • Sunil Narine4-1-11-0
17.6
4
Mohammed Shami to Samantray, FOUR, aww, that's not the best ball there, attempts a yorker and it was swinging in too, gets some bat on it and it rushes away for a four, cannot fault the effort of the bowler there, just the execution goes a tad awry

Ruchit V: "Dear RCB fans, dont be excited... It's not SA, it is SRH! they are going to make it!"

17.5
W
Mohammed Shami to Perera, OUT, what a ball, bowled! no-one saw that till very late, neither the bowler, nor the commentator, and I think the batsman was the only guy who knew something was amiss, looks back and sees the bails on the floor! Was a yorker length ball and it's sneaked through his defences!

NLTC Perera b Mohammed Shami 4 (17m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 40.00

17.4
1
Mohammed Shami to Sammy, 1 run, what a yorker, almost unplayable, in-swiging too and right up to the block-hole, somehow he gets some bat on it to the leg side
17.3
1
Mohammed Shami to Perera, 1 run, full-toss but just not able to get it off the middle of the bat, hit it straight to long-on
17.2
1
Mohammed Shami to Sammy, 1 run, fuller outside the off stump and he tries to throw his bat at it, gets some bat on it for a single at long last!

Kaushik: "Virat must have finished of his nails, biting."

VASANT SINHA: "Dont want any excitement now ! this ipl has already been so exciting to decide the final team for playoff upto this match. C'mon finish the match SRH easily"

17.1
1
Mohammed Shami to Perera, 1 run, full-toss on the leg stump and flicked away to deep mid-wicket for a single, Sammy wanted the second but is sent back on time

Suddenly the rate's up to almost eight! 23 needed off three.

Rohit: "SRH better not choke here. Singles every ball and the odd boundary will win them this match easy."

END OF OVER:
17 | (maiden) | SRH: 108/4 (23 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.35, RRR: 7.66)

  • Daren Sammy0 (6b)
  • Thisara Perera2 (7b)
  • Sunil Narine4-1-11-0
  • Iqbal Abdulla3-0-13-3
16.6
0
Narine to Sammy, no run, maiden from Narine at such a crucial stage, he defends it back to play out a runless over!
16.5
0
Narine to Sammy, no run, whoa, beaten! that was outside the off and turning back, beats the outside edge, what a delivery
16.4
0
Narine to Sammy, no run, and now he's defended it off the back foot yet again, off the middle of the bat this time
16.3
0
Narine to Sammy, no run, shorter but it's really quick and bit of turn away, defended it to the off side
16.2
0
Narine to Sammy, no run, and now he gets some bat on it, defends it back to the bowler, interesting
16.1
0
Narine to Sammy, no run, big big appeal for a caught behind, went away from the bat who was looking to defend at it, hits the thigh through to the keeper

Sammy to face Sunil.

SRH 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st89PA PatelS Dhawan
2nd11PA PatelGH Vihari
3rd3CL WhiteGH Vihari
4th5NLTC PereraGH Vihari
5th4DJG SammyNLTC Perera
6th20DJG SammyBB Samantray