IPL 2013: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab - As it happened...

Sunrisers Hyderabad take on the Kings XI Punjab in a crucial match to be played at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh.

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==================================================================================== Updates by Suyash Srivastava Follow Suyash Srivastava here on twitter: @Syu4u» SCORECARD» | COMMENTARY» | REPORT» Meet the centurions of IPL» POINTS TABLE» I SCHEDULE» ==================================================================================== Punjab innings: Over 20 || Score 120/9 Sammy to bowl the final over. Pomersbach smashes the first ball straight down the ground and Harmeet Singh was run-out as he came for the second run. Awana is the new man in. Luke connected with the second ball which went straight down the ground and cleared long-on for a SIX! Luke took a single off the fourth ball. Awana launched the first ball he faced high in the air and Ishant at midwicket takes an easy catch! Pomersbach took a single off the fifth ball and Sammy bowled a dot ball to end his fantastic spell 4-0-22-4 Nine from the final over and Sunrisers Hyderabad have defeated Kings XI Punjab by 30 runs! Luke Pomersbach 33* (40b), Sandeep Sharma )* (1b) P Awana c I Sharma b Sammy 0 (1b) Harmeet Singh run out 3 (4b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 111/7 44 needed from 12, Steyn to bowl his final over. And he has bowled Praveen Kumar first ball! PK was beaten for pace, it was a quick delivery that went straight and hit the stumps. Harmeet Singh is the new man in. Harmeet misses the third ball from Steyn that hits the leg-stump but the bails aren’t dislodged! We wonder how is that possible? Four from the over. P Kumar b Steyn 1 (3b) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 107/6 49 needed from 18, Perera to bowl his final over. Perera gets his first wicket, Chawla is caught at midwicket! It was a slower one and Chawla didn’t read that at all and has hit it to Dhawan. Praveen Kumar comes to the crease. Five from the over. Pomersbach has played too many balls and is still struggling to time the ball. PP Chawla c Dhawan b Perera 0 (2b) ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 102/5 55 needed from 24, Sammy has been brought back into the attack. Five runs came off the first five balls and then Sathish smashed one towards long-on and ran for a suicidal second run and Sathish is run-out! Piyush Chawla comes to the crease. Six from the over. R Sathish run out 25 (18b) ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 96/4 Perera to bowl his third over. He bowled a bouncer and Pomersbach top edged that towards point, Karan Sharma had all the time in the world to get under that and take it comfortably but he has grassed it! Pomersbach is attempting a lot of big strokes but hasn’t managed to connect well so far. ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 93/4 Steyn brought back into the attack, Hyderabad need a wicket here. Just four from the over. So they have decided to target the spinners and not somebody like Steyn. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 89/4 Mishra to continue. And Sathish slog-sweeps the first ball over deep midwicket for a SIX! Top shot that! Sathish plays a similar shot off the second ball that produces similar result, another SIX! The third ball was short and Sathish cuts that between the fielder at point and gully for a boundary! This is brilliant stuff from Sathish. The crowd is alive again, so is the Punjab dugout. Three superb strokes from Sathish. 18 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 71/4 Perera brought back into the attack. The fifth ball was a slower delivery and the batsman missed it, Parthiv Patel missed it as the ball went for 4 byes. Pomersbach got some room off the last ball and he cleverly worked that past the keeper for a boundary! Nine from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 62/4 Amit Mishra comes into the attack. Just two from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 60/4 Karan Sharma comes into the attack. Six runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 54/4 Sammy to continue. And he strikes again, danger man Miller is Out! It was a soft dismissal as he offered some room to Miller who hit that straight to White at covers. That’s a massive blow for Punjab. Rajagopal Sathis is the new man in. Sammy is turning this game, Kings XI Punjab are wobbling. Three runs and a wicket from the over. DA Miller c White b Sammy 6 (7b) ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 51/3 Vihari to continue. Just one from the over. Two new batsmen at the crease and they will take some time to build a partnership from here onwards. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 50/3 Darren Sammy comes into the attack. And he strikes first ball, Marsh is OUT! The first ball was a short one, probably it bounced more than what Marsh had expected and he hit that straight to Perera at long-on. The pacifier has come out yet once again! Luke Pomersbach is the new man in. And guess what! Gilchrist is bowled off the next ball! The length was good, there was some width and Gilly dragged that onto the stumps. And now Sammy shows his version of the Gangnam style. The Sunrisers Hyderabad are jubilant and Sammy is on a hat-trick! Two wickets in two balls, huge moment for Hyderabad. David Miller comes to the crease. The third ball was a full one and Miller drives that through covers, White at short cover couldn’t catch it, a boundary scored. Five from the over and two big wickets! AC Gilchrist b Sammy 26 (22b) SE Marsh c Perera b Sammy 18 (20b) ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 45/1 Hanuma Vihari comes into the attack. Gilchrist survives a stumping chance! The second ball was a wide one and Gilly came out of his crease but Patel wasn’t quick enough to dislodge the bails. Just four from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 41/1 Ishant into his third over. Gilly made some room for himself off the second ball and worked that past the fielder at point for a boundary! The last ball was full again and Gilly once again powerfully drove that for another boundary! 12 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 29/1 Perera comes into the attack. He begins with a loosener outside the off-stump and Gilly drives that through extra cover for a boundary! Seven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 22/1 Sharma to continue. The second ball was hit straight to Ishant by Gilly and it missed his right hand, went straight down the ground and as a result of a collision between the fielders at mid of and mid-on, Gilly gets another boundary to his name! Five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 17/1 Steyn to continue. The first ball was short and wide and Marsh smashes that past the fielder at covers for a boundary! Steyn bowled another short ball to end the over and Marsh this time cleared the fielder at point to score another boundary! Ten from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 7/1 Ishant Sharma to bowl from the other end. The fifth ball was a straight delivery and Marsh worked that straight down the ground for a boundary! Five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 2/1 Steyn to bowl the first over, Mandeep Singh and Gilchrist to open for Punjab. The fourth ball was pitched on a good length and it moved away and Mandeep played it towards coveras where White takes a good catch diving to his front! Two from the first over. Mandeep Singh c White b Steyn 0 (2b) ==================================================================================== Hyderabad innings: Over 20 || Score 150/7 PK to bowl the last over, Steyn is at the strike. The first ball was outside the off-stump and Steyn couldn’t connect with that. Steyn takes a single off the second ball. The third ball is a slightly full and Perera bisects the gap between midwicket and long-on for a boundary! Perera manages a single off the fourth ball. The fifth ball was an outswinger and Steyn once again failed to make a contact with the bat but they run a bye. PK ends the over with an excellent Yorker, Gilly’s throw misses the stumps and a fumble by PK at the non-striker’s end makes sure that Sunrisers Hyderabad have exactly scored 150 runs! So Hyderabad dugout would be extremely happy with that effort. That looked impossible at one stage and Patel, Sharma and Perera made sure they reach a respectable score. And we all know, Hyderabad have one of the best bowling attack in the tournament. Thisara Perera 32* (19b) Dale Steyn 1* (3b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 142/6 Harmeet to bowl the penultimate over. The first ball is full and Patel launches that to midwicket for a boundary! Harmeet follows it with a short ball and Patel pulls that to deep square leg for another boundary! Perera smashed the last ball towards long-off and a misfield tempted them to go for the second run and Parthiv Patel is run-out! Good innings from Patel comes to an end. 14 from the over. PA Patel run out 61 (47b) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 128/6 PK to bowl his third over. The first ball is full, Perera clobbers that over long-on for a SIX! PK attempted a Yorker off the third ball and Perera guided that to deep square leg for a boundary! Perera is once again looking extremely dangerous. 14 from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 114/6 Awana to bowl his final over. The fifth ball was full and wide and Perera slams that over deep midwicket for a SIX! Ten from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 104/6 Chawla to bowl his final over. Mandeep Singh dropped Perera off the last ball. This can prove to be a very costly for Punjab. Six from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 98/6 Awana brought back into the attack. Sharma got an edge off the second ball that ran past third-man for a boundary! The fourth ball was banged short and Sharma gets a top-edge that goes high in the air and Gilchrist takes an easy catch! Thisara Perera comes into the attack. Perera gets a bottom edge that runs past fine leg for a boundary! Nine from the over. KV Sharma c Gilchrist b Awana 22 (18b) ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 89/5 Harmeet Singh into his third over. The fifth ball was a slower one and Karan Sharma clobbers that high over long-on for a SIX! Harmeet ends the over with a dot ball and Sharma handsomely pulls that for a boundary at deep square leg. Thirteen from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 76/5 Chawla into his third over. Five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 71/5 Sharma to bowl his final over. He pitches the third ball slightly short and Patel launches that towards wide of long-on for a boundary! Seven from the over. Sandeep Sharma ends his excellent spell and it has been a significant debut. 4-0-21-3 ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 64/5 Chawla to continue. Eight from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 56/5 Sharma to continue, on a hat-trick. No hat-trick for him as Patel defends the first ball on the leg side. Four from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 52/5 Piyush Chawla comes into the attack, Darren Sammy is the new batsman in. And his stay at the crease lasts for three balls as Sammy is out lbw! Karan Sharma is the new man in, for some reasons, Hyderabad are trying to save Perera for the death overs. Just one from the over. DJG Sammy lbw b Chawla 0 (3b) ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 51/4 Sandeep to bowl his second over. And Sharma strikes again, White is OUT! It was pitched on middle stump and curled into the batsman and struck him on the pads. Biplab Samantry is the new man in. And he is bowled first ball! Sandeep Sharma you beauty, gets his length right on this occasion and the off-stump was uprooted! Sandeep Sharma IS ON A HAT-TRICK! Three runs from the over and two wickets. BB Samantray b Sandeep Sharma 0 (1b) CL White lbw b Sandeep Sharma 10 (8b) ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 48/2 Harmeet Singh to continue. Patel works the first ball on the off-side and runs for a suicidal single, Miller’s throw misses the stumps and Patel survives the run-out chance. The third ball was pitched full, Patel went straight down the ground and it went over the bowler’s head, almost third wicket for Punjab! The fifth ball was a straight one and White went over the bowler’s head for a boundary! Eleven from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 37/2 Sandeep Sharma to make his IPL debut. The first ball was short and wide and Vihari guides that through covers for a boundary! The third ball once again had width on offer and Vihari hits that straight to Miller at point! Hyderabad skipper Cameron White comes to the crease. The fourth ball is once again a half-volley and White punches that through covers for another boundary! Eight from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 29/1 Harmeet Singh comes into the attack. And he strikes first ball, Dhawan is OUT! Big big wicket for Punjab. On such a beautiful batting track, Dhawan could have made the difference. Hanuma Vihari is the new man in. Just one from the over. S Dhawan c & b Harmeet Singh 15 (14b) ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 28/0 Awana to continue. Awana ended the over with a length ball and Patel handsomely played that through covers for a boundary! Five from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 23/0 PK to continue. Dhawan shimmied down the wicket of the second ball and was lucky as the ball fell behind the fielder at third man. The fourth ball was bowled at the pads and Dhawan flicked that through midwicket for a boundary! Eight from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 15/0 Awana to bowl from the other end. The fourth ball was full and wide and Patel slashed hard at it, the ball went to third man where PK jumped but the ball pipped from his right hand behind the ropes, SIX! Fifteen from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 5/0 Parthiv Patel and Shikhar Dhawan to open for Hyderabad, Praveen Kumar to bowl the first over. Five from the over. Two lbw appeals made by PK, but the umpire wasn’t convinced. ==================================================================================== TOSS: Gilchrist has won the toss and Kings XI Punjab will bowl first. Adam Gilchrist made a comeback into the squad in the previous match and played some good strokes before falling short of his half-century. David Miller and Shaun Marsh have proved themselves with some good knocks and they would once again have huge responsibility to score big knocks. Ever since he scored that incredible century against RCB, all eyes are on Miller who has turned out to be one of the big-hitters of the tournament. Their bowling department has been very weak and Praveen Kumar in spite of being impressive hasn’t managed to pick wickets. On the other hand, the match has become crucial for the Sunrisers after Royal Challengers Bangalore won their eighth match to move up in the points table. Bowling has always been a force to reckon with for the Sanga-led side and they will once again depend on Dale Steyn to get them initial breakthroughs. Their star batsman Dhawan was unfortunately run-out in the previous match and he would be looking to score another big knock. Amit Mishra has failed to weave his magic in the last couple of matches and he too would be keen to move up in the highest-wicket takers list.