IPL 2013: Pune Warriors vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – As it happened...

Live Updates from Match 3 of the Indian Premier League betweetn Pune Warriors and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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SCORECARD» | COMMENTARY» | MATCH REPORT» Meet the 24 centurions of IPL» ==================================================================================== Pune Innings: Over 18.5 || Score 104/10 Steyn to bowl the penultimate over. A single taken off the first ball. And Dale Steyn finally picks a wicket, Bhuvan was beaten for pace and his leg-stump was knocked off the ground, Steyn is delighted! Rahul Sharma comes to the crease. And a similar dismissal off the next ball, Sharma’s stump goes for a ride! Steyn on a hat-trick. Dinda is the new man. And Dinda almost nicked that to the keeper. And guess what? Dinda is out, caught at first slip! Steyn who was wicket less before this over has claimed all the remaining three wickets within the span off five balls. What a match this has been. Excellent bowling from all the Hyderabad bowlers, they have defended 126 runs, the lowest score on this ground, in an emphatic style! AB Dinda c White b Steyn 0 (2b) R Sharma b Steyn 0 (0b) Bhuvneshwar b Steyn 3 (3b) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 103/7 Perera to bowl his final over. And Mitchell Marsh is run-out off the first ball in the most unlucky manner. Mathews smashed a full toss straight to Perera who got a hand to it and the deflection hit the stumps! Bhuvaneshwar Kumar comes to the crease. Nine runs from the over. MR Marsh run out 7 (3b) ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 94/6 Ashish Reddy into his second over. And Taylor is bowled off an excellent Yorker! Mitchell Marsh is the new batsman. Four runs came off the first five balls and then Marsh clobbered the last ball straight down the ground for a Six! Ten runs from the over. LRPL Taylor b Ashish Reddy 19 (35m) ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 84/5 Mishra to bowl his final over. And he gets another wicket for his side, Nayar is caught at extra cover! The run rate was increasing and Nayar charged down to reduce some pressure and perished. Six runs from the over. Mathews is the new batsman. Excellent spell from Mishra 4-0-19-3 after the pace bowlers disappointed. AM Nayar c Sharma b Mishra 19 (14b) ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 78/4 Steyn is back. Six runs from the over. Steyn is bowling well but Pune are still not taking any chances against him as the required run-rate is increasing. ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 72/4 Ishant Sharma to bowl his final over. Four runs from the over. Sharma has been wicket less ends his spell where he gave 22 runs from four overs. ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 68/4 Ashish Reddy is brought into the attack. Nayar flicked the third ball for a one-bounce boundary at deep square leg. Eleven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 57/4 Amit Mishra to continue. He began with a beautiful googly which almost hit the stumps as Pandey was clueless. Pandey attempted a slog sweep off the next ball, it got a leading edge and White took another easy catch. Abhishek Nayar is the new man. Mishra was unlucky as his last ball of the over, a googly, deceived Nayar, Parthiv and went for a boundary. Seven runs from the over. MK Pandey c White b Mishra 15 (29b) ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 50/3 Cameron White is brought into the attack. Excellent over from the Australian, just two runs from it. Fifty up for Pune Warriors. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 48/3 Mishra to continue. And Mishra is rewarded for some good bowling. His flight made Yuvraj charge, the ball pitched on middle-stump and then spun away from Yuvraj and Pathiv dislodged the stumps! Yuvi is gone, massive blow for Pune! Ross Taylor is the new batsman. Four runs and a big wicket for Mishra from the over. Yuvraj Singh st Patel b Mishra 2 (5b) ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 44/2 Perera to bowl his third over. Samuels played the first ball towards third man where a diving Ishant couldn’t stop a boundary! After a dot ball, Samuels once again tried to play the ball towards third man, didnt connect well and Cameron White took an easy catch to dismiss Samuels! That’s a soft dismissal and an extremely poor shot from Samuels. Yuvraj Singh is the new batsman in. Six runs from the over. MN Samuels c White b Perera 5 (9b) ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 38/1 Amit Mishra comes into the attack. He finished the over within no time, two runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 36/1 Thisara to continue. Uthappa charged down the wicket off the second ball and slammed the ball towards long off for a boundary! The next ball took a leading edge and stormed past third man for Uthappa’s consecutive boundary! But Thisara had the last laugh as Uthappa was out as he nicked one to the keeper. There was no need for that shot as he had already scored two boundaries. Marlon Samuels comes to the crease. Nine runs from the over. RV Uthappa c Patel b Perera 24 (22b) ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 27/0 Ishant to bowl his third over. Robin Uthappa had seen enough. He clobbered the third ball straight down the ground for a Six! Nine runs from the over. Hyderabad still searching for their first breakthrough as the openers are going easy. ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 18/0 Steyn has been removed after two overs. Thisara brought into the attack. Five runs from the over. You rarely see no boundaries in the first five overs of an IPL match. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 13/0 Ishant to continue. Both Pandey and Uthappa looked to score some runs in this over, eight runs from it. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 5/0 Steyn to continue. Another economical over by the South African. Pune might have decided to have a defensive approach against him. Two runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 3/0 Ishant to bowl the second over. Good over, just one run from it. It has been a very slow start by Pune as they know they aren’t chasing a huge total. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 2/0 Manish Pandey and Robin Uthappa to open for Pune, Dale Steyn will bowl the first over. Uthappa flicks the first ball towards leg side for no run. The second balls takes an edge and travels towards third man for a boundary. Pandey works the next ball towards Steyn for no run. Pandey gets off the mark with a single off the next ball. Steyn ends the over with two dot balls, both swinging away from Uthappa. Two runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Hyderabad innings: Over 20 || Score 126/6 Dinda to bowl the final over. Two singles came from the first two balls and then Ashish Reddy made some room and played a cracking boundary through covers for a boundary! Nine runs from the over and now Pune need 127 runs to win the match! It looks like an ordinary score, but when you think of Dale Steyn, you are forced to change your prediction. Ravi Teja 4*(4b), Ashish Reddy 7*(4b) ==================================================================================== Over 19 || Score 117/6 Bhuvan to bowl the penultimate over. Two runs came from the first four balls and then Vijari failed to clear Dinda at short fine leg as he jumped to take an excellent catch! Four runs from the over and an excellent spell from Bhuvan comes to an end. 4-0-17-1 GH Vihari c Dinda b Kumar 11 (12b) ==================================================================================== Over 18 || Score 113/5 Dinda to bowl his third over. And he gets rid of the danger man Perera who hit a full-toss towards long on where Manish Pandey took an easy catch. There was some bad luck for Dinda as Vihari was dropped by Pandey at long on and the ball went for a boundary. That would hurt. Six runs from the over. NLTC Perera c Pandey b Dinda 30 (18b) ==================================================================================== Over 17 || Score 107/4 Samuels to bowl his final over. And Perera launched him for a boundary at deep midwicket off the second ball for a boundary! One ball later, Samuels bowled a length ball and this time Perera smoked that over long on for a Massive Six! Fifteen runs from the over and Samuels’ figures have been spoiled as well! Great batting by Perera. Samuels 4-0-34-1 ==================================================================================== Over 16 || Score 92/4 Bhuvan to bowl his third over. Excellent over from Kumar, bowled the Yorkers, much needed during this phase of the game. Five runs from the over and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar has given just 13 runs from his three overs so far. ==================================================================================== Over 15 || Score 87/4 Samuels brought into the attack to bowl his third over. And now White perishes! It was length ball and White smashed that straight to Marsh at deep midwicket. Debutant Hanuma Vihari comes to the crease. Good over from Samuels, four runs and a wicket! CL White c Marsh b Samuels 10 (18b) ==================================================================================== Over 14 || Score 83/3 Rahul Sharma to bowl his final over. And Perera has spoiled his figures to some extent. Perera scored the first boundary through extra-cover and then smashed the next ball straight down the ground for his consecutive boundary! Eleven runs from the over. Rahul Sharma 4-0-21-1 ==================================================================================== Over 13 || Score 72/3 Yuvraj to continue. And he picks his first wicket of the match as Reddy charged down the wicket off the last ball, missed the line and the stumps were knocked. And the spinners have dried up the runs. Mathews has been cleverly rotating his bowlers. Just one runs and a wicket from the over. Thisara Perera comes to the crease. PA Reddy b Yuvraj Singh 27 (30b) ==================================================================================== Over 12 || Score 71/2 Sharma to continue. And he has bowled exceptionally well so far. Lots of dot balls and he has so far given just ten runs in this three overs. Four runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 11 || Score 67/2 Yuvraj Singh comes into the attack. White played two good strokes which produced four runs for him. Seven runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 10 || Score 60/2 Rahul Sharma to bowl his second over. He was giving no room to any of the batsmen and Sanga tried to charge down the wicket to disturb his rhythm and was bowled! A big blow for Hyderabad! Cameron White comes to the crease. KC Sangakkara b Sharma 15 (16b) ==================================================================================== Over 9 || Score 58/1 Mathews into his second over. Reddy who has spent some time at the crease pulled a short ball towards deep midwicket for a boundary! Eight runs from the over and it’s time for a time out. ==================================================================================== Over 8 || Score 50/1 Rahul Sharma comes into the attack. As expected, he continues to impress with his accurate line and length. Four runs from the over, 50 up for Hyderabad. ==================================================================================== Over 7 || Score 46/1 Pune skipper Angelo Mathews comes into the attack. It was proving to be a decent over before Sanga pulled a short ball towards deep square leg for a boundary! Eight runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 6 || Score 38/1 Dinda to bowl his second over. And he gets the first breakthough! It was a length delivery at good pace and Parthiv failed to connect it with the bat as it hit the stumps! The wicket brings skipper Kumar Sangakkara to the crease. Sanga scored a boundary off the last ball of the over. Six runs from the over. PA Patel b Dinda 19 (18b) ==================================================================================== Over 5 || Score 32/0 Samuels to bowl his second over. Parthiv was lucky in that over as he got an edge off the second ball that rushed past the first slip for a boundary! But then he cleverly guided the last ball towards third man for another boundary! Eleven runs from the over, good one for the Sunrisers. ==================================================================================== Over 4 || Score 21/0 Kumar to continue. There was a tough chance for Abhishek Nayar at mid on who dived to his front of an excellent effort, but couldn’t take the catch. It was an excellent over from Bhuvaneshwar Kumar who was right on the money. Three singles from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 3 || Score 18/0 Ashok Dinda comes into the attack. And Parthiv Patel welcomes him with a boundary as he clears the fielder at cover. Patel further scored two couples off the third and the fourth delivery. Eight runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 2 || Score 10/0 India’s latest sensation Bhuvaneshwar Kumar comes into the attack. Reddy scored a boundary off the last ball. There was some room outside the off-stump and Reddy played that through covers for an elegant boundary. Six runs from the over. ==================================================================================== Over 1 || Score 4/0 Akshath Reddy and Parthiv Patel to open for Hyderabad, and Marlon Samuels will bowl the first over for Pune. Both the openers got off the mark with singles off the first two balls. Samuels bowled a wide and followed it with a dot ball. Reddy took a single off the fourth ball. Parthiv played the next ball to mid off for no run. And Samuels finished the over with another dot ball. ==================================================================================== Toss: Sangakkara spins and Mathews wins it and he decides to bowl first. Overseas players for Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kumar Sangakkara, Dale Steyn, Thisara Perera, Cameron White. Overseas players for Pune Warriors: Angelo Mathews, Marlon Samuels, Mitchell Marsh and Ross Taylor. ==================================================================================== The Hyderabad team is back with a new name and they are up against a weaker side Pune Warriors who had a disappointing season last year. They have retained Kumar Sangakkara as their skipper and apart from that they have some promising players who can help them put a good show in the sixth edition. Amit Mishra is among the top four highest wicket takers in IPL history and Ishant Dale Steyn is currently the no. 1 bowler in the ICC rankings. Pune Warriors will be led by Angelo Mathews who was selected as the skipper after Michael Clarke was ruled out of the tournament due to an injury. The Warriors who ended up being at the bottom under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly last year will be keen to hit the fit and silence their critics. Mathews is an all-rounder and is a force to reckon with and with Indian players like Yuvraj Singh and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar in their side, the team can hope for a better show this year. Players to watch out for: Sunrisers Hyderabad: They might have a new name, but once again, there will a huge responsibility on the shoulders of Sri Lankan veteran Kumar Sangakkara who has been retained as the skipper of the team. Sanga has some in-form Indian bowlers in his squad but he for sure will have to lead from the front. Pune Warriors: There are very few players who are as dangerous as Yuvraj Singh in the shorter version of the game. Yuvi has been in some fine touch in ODIs and T20’s for Team India and Pune would want to rock in the sixth edition with bat as well as the ball.