3115dThe Report by Abhishek Purohit

Boult leads Sunrisers' successful defence of 150

Sunrisers Hyderabad's all-international attack, led by Trent Boult, defended a total of 150 so well Kings XI Punjab fell short by 20 runs

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

DA Warner
DA Warner
58(41) 10x4 - 1x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 19 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
4 12 0 1 6 6 5 24
WP Saha
WP Saha
42(33) 2x4 - 1x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 12 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
2 4 6 1 10 2 0 17

Best performances - Bowlers

TA Boult
TA Boult
O4
M0
R19
W3
Eco4.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
B Kumar
B Kumar
O4
M0
R23
W2
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

END OF OVER:
20 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | PBKS: 130/9 (21 runs required, RR: 6.50)

  • Mitchell Johnson4 (6b)
  • Sandeep Sharma1 (1b)
  • Praveen Kumar4-0-34-1
  • Bhuvneshwar Kumar4-0-23-2

11.26pm Sunrisers have defended 150 successfully, what looked like a low score earlier and Warner leads the team off the ground. Leading them with a fifty, excellent fielding and a great catch! Kings XI started a bit too slow and lost early wickets before it looked like Bailey and Miller were going to take them home. But all the Sunrisers bowlers chipped in, broke partnerships and Boult and Bhuvi kept bowling yorker after yorker as if they are robots. Kings XI, with that loss, continue to struggle at the bottom of the table.

George Bailey: It was our batting, the top order again. I'll take responsibility again and we needed partnerships going but could not. It was a gettable target but top order couldn't do it. We're trying to find a combination that works. The worrying thing is the fear and restriction comes in. We're not trying any less than last year, things are not going our way. It was a great opportunity tonight to win. Davey pulled things back for them, Axar and Sandeep bowled very well and excellent bowling in the death.

David Warner: Fantastic effort, I thought 160 was par. Mine was a key dismissal and the boys bowled fantastic after that. The bowlers won us the match and today it was a fantastic effort. We face Jonhson a lot at home and my thinking was to make room and score runs. Today I got him but probably next match he'll get me. It's challenging to pick one out of Steyn and Boult, we try to get the balance right which we got right tonight.

Boult Man of the Match: It was quite a dry wicket, not much humidity. It was a good batting wicket, we bowled really well. I'm trying to come in and be as aggressive as I can. It's nice to get a reward today and see the result. The first thing here is to get the length right and I'm enjoying my time here.

That's all we have from this match, I'm Vishal D signing off and do join us tomorrow for CSK v KKR. Until then, goodbye and goodluck. Ciao!

Adarsh: "It's time for Vijay to sit out. Bring back Sehwag and Maxwell."

Ricky: "Sunrisers york Kings XI out of the match! Well done Bolt, Bhuvi & Praveen!"

Navin: "GEE! I wonder what happened to KXIP this year? From hero last year to zero this year. Saha really needs to bat higher."

Rocky: "What say for all those who say that such low scores cannot be defended without bowling the opposition out :)"

Siddharth: "Huge Johnson fan. But he has to sit out next game onwards. And Maxwell should come in. Vohra should remain. "

19.6
1
P Kumar to Johnson, 1 run, this has been a match of block holes, that's how it finishes as Johnson steers this one to long on and takes one to end the match
19.5
1
P Kumar to Sandeep Sharma, 1 run, on the off stump, in the block hole and Sandeep digs it out on off for one
19.4
1
P Kumar to Johnson, 1 run, creates some room and tonks the ball to wide long on for one
19.3
W
P Kumar to Anureet Singh, OUT, Warner can't let the ball go, he just can't! Anureet lofted the low full toss high in the air down the ground and Warner ran in to complete a very good low catch

Anureet Singh c Warner b P Kumar 0 (3m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

19.2
1
P Kumar to Johnson, 1 run, makes room again and connects this time to find a single to mid on
19.1
0
P Kumar to Johnson, no run, makes room for the big hit, PK chases him with a yorker and he's hit on the pads

Praveen has to defend 25 in the last over

Chaos in the middle

11

Number of times M Vijay has been run out in the IPL, the joint-most with Venugopal Rao and Gautam Gambhir.

tight

0

Wides and no-balls bowled by Kings XI, the first time for them in IPL history.

An Inspiring Number

42

Sunrisers' win percentage in the IPL when they bat first and score 150 or less, the best success rate for any team.

Rolling his arm

3

Overs bowled by M Vijay today. He had only bowled one over in 81 previous IPL games.

Racking them up

22

Number of 50+ scores for David Warner in the IPL, equal with Chris Gayle and 4th highest in the IPL.

Miserly Sandeep

12

Maidens bowled in this IPL, 4 of those by Sandeep Sharma, with no other bowler bowling more than 2.

0 0 0 0 0 0

3

Number of T20 innings where Warner has played 6 dot balls in the first over - second time for him in the IPL.

Isn't this a 'team' game?

51

Percentage of Sunrisers runs scored by Warner and Dhawan in the 2015 IPL.