That's T20 entertainment for you! T&T were well in the driver's seat after taking Sunrisers down to 95 for 4 but Thisara Perera spoiled the party with his knock. Four sixes, four fours and he stayed till the end, even after Sammy was dismissed. Sunil Narine did bring T&T back with excellent bowling, but it wasn't enough.

A great day of T20 cricket comes to an end, that's all we have for you today. There are two matches tomorrow too, so see you all in about 15 hours. This is Vishal Dikshit signing off, along with scorer S Balasubramanian. Goodbye!

Denesh Ramdin: We were about 10 runs less, Bravo got out at the wrong time and we couldn't score off Steyn's last three balls, that's what went in their favour. We need to work on that. We tried to get Perera out and we knew his was the important wicket and Sammy also played a cameo.

Darren Sammy: It was one of the best innings I've seen in a while. It's one of the wins we need to get us going in the tournament. We bowled as a team right from the IPL, if somebody doesn't bowl that well, Perera and I just bowl straight and do the job. We work as a team just like Perera did today.

Time for the presentation:

Shikhar Dhawan: It was a great game of cricket form both the sides, heartbeats were up. We didn't field that well and dropped a couple of catches too. We should have restricted them to 150. But it was amazing batting from Perera, the way he was hitting sixes - clean and great timing. He bowled very well too, very accurate and that's how we kept T&T to a decent score.

Thisara Perera: I think a lot of Sri Lankans must be watching this match back at home. I'm proud of my achievements as an allrounder. After my side strain, this is my normal speed I'm bowling at. Every time I have a chance, like this pressure situation, I like to handle the situation, that's it.

19.3
6
Stewart to KV Sharma, SIX, BOOM! If the previous shot was not convincing, this one goes from the middle of the bat. Short ball and its crashed to the deep midwicket boundary for a massive six, Karn Sharma punches the air
19.2
4
Stewart to KV Sharma, FOUR, that's gone fine on the off side, not a convincing shot but they'll take it. Full outside off again and Karn's slog gets a thick outside edge to go wide of third man
19.1
0
Stewart to KV Sharma, no run, full and just outside off, Karn slogs and misses

Seven to win from the last over, Navin Stewart has the ball

END OF OVER:
19 | 12 Runs | SRH: 154/6 (7 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 8.10, RRR: 7.00)

  • Thisara Perera57 (32b)
  • Karn Sharma3 (2b)
  • Ravi Rampaul4-0-39-0
  • Sunil Narine4-1-9-4
18.6
2
Rampaul to Perera, 2 runs, full on the pads, swivelled to deep square leg for two, Karn Sharma will be on strike
18.5
4
Rampaul to Perera, FOUR, another fulls toss and Perera cashes in, slams it between long-on and deep midwicket for four, he's gonna take them all the way or what?
18.4
1
Rampaul to KV Sharma, 1 run, full on off, swivelled to sweeper cover for a single
18.3
2
Rampaul to KV Sharma, 2 runs, full outside off, the batsman slashes wildly and a leading edge goes high and fine on off, third man runs fast to cut it off and Perera calls for two
18.2
1
Rampaul to Perera, 1 run, attempted yorker, low full toss is driven down to long-on
18.1
2
Rampaul to Perera, 2 runs, short of length on middle, swinging away, thich leading edge goes to sweeper cover and the fielder doesn't collect cleancly which gives them easy two

19 from 12, Perera on strike

END OF OVER:
18 | 2 Runs 2 Wkts | SRH: 142/6 (19 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 7.88, RRR: 9.50)

  • Thisara Perera48 (28b)
  • Sunil Narine4-1-9-4
  • Rayad Emrit4-0-57-0
17.6
W
Narine to Ashish Reddy, OUT, two in two, Narine has pulled T&T back into the game! He pitched it full, was slightly slow and was going to spin away, Reddy shuffled across a bit and gave catching practice to Narine as parting gift

A Ashish Reddy c & b Narine 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

Ashish Reddy is the new batsman

17.5
W
Narine to Sammy, OUT, another twist, Narine strikes! Slightly short of length outside off, Sammy went back to run it fine on the off side and managed a thick edge straight to slip, where Badree falls on the ground but with the ball in his hands

DJG Sammy c Badree b Narine 15 (24m 15b 1x4 1x6) SR: 100.00

17.4
1
Narine to Perera, 1 run, short and flat on middle, punched down the ground to long-off. Perera slips a bit while running

Did the dew prove to be too costly for T&T?

17.3
1
Narine to Sammy, 1 run, on length outside off, comes forward to push it past cover
17.2
0
Narine to Sammy, no run, length delivery on off, Sammy defends with his head down
17.1
0
Narine to Sammy, no run, full outside off, pushed to cover

Sunil Narine will bowl his last over

END OF OVER:
17 | 23 Runs | SRH: 140/4 (21 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 8.23, RRR: 7.00)

  • Thisara Perera47 (27b)
  • Daren Sammy14 (11b)
  • Rayad Emrit4-0-57-0
  • Ravi Rampaul3-0-27-0

23 runs form that over, 21 required from 18.

16.6
4
Emrit to Perera, FOUR, beautiful drive down the ground. Full toss and Perera sends it straight down the ground past the bowler, quick enough to go for four

Another full toss like that and he'll have to be taken off

16.6
2nb
Emrit to Sammy, (no ball) 1 run, caught off a no ball, T&T are letting this slip away. It was a waist-high no ball and Sammy slammed it high in the air to be taken at long on, they take a single
16.5
4
Emrit to Sammy, FOUR, four more! Waist-high full toss on leg, Sammy sends it fine down leg while trying to take evasive action as it was quite high
16.4
2
Emrit to Sammy, 2 runs, dropped! Full delivery and Sammy slashed it towards sweeper cover where the fielder spills it in the deep
16.3
6
Emrit to Sammy, SIX, Sammy comes to the party! Fullish delivery angled into off and Sammy slams it over deepmidwicket for a big big six

Aditya M: "Players to retain for SRH in the coming major auctions - Steyn, Dhawan, Perera, Mishra. Period." I haven't heard of the last one which begins with 'P'

16.2
1
Emrit to Perera, 1 run, low full toss on middle and leg, turned to deepmidwicket

Over the wicket now

16.1
2
Emrit to Perera, 2 runs, full onthe stumps, punched down the ground and Bravo from long-off runs hard to his left and gets his foot to stop the ball and saves two

Faizan Siddiqui: "Where is Cameron White? He was the captain of SRH? isnt it?" Only for a few matches in the IPL, Dhawan is leading in the CLT20

16.1
1w
Emrit to Perera, 1 wide, down the leg side this time, this was far down leg
16.1
1w
Emrit to Perera, 1 wide, full and wide outside off, called a wide

Lucky: "Rampaul and Narine overs would be key for this match. If SRH plays without losing a wicket, then they might be win this match."

Srinivasan Ravichandran: "That one over of Narine is going to be the key to this match's outcome !!"

SRH 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st35PA PatelS Dhawan
2nd10S DhawanJP Duminy
3rd25JP DuminyGH Vihari
4th25NLTC PereraGH Vihari
5th47DJG SammyNLTC Perera
6th0NLTC PereraA Ashish Reddy
7th22KV SharmaNLTC Perera