| 5.0 : Brendon McCullum makes up for a poor 4th over by smashing Barinder Sran around in the fifth. Warner immediately decides Mustafizur is to be protected and goes to Deepak Hooda. He could be nice fodder for McCullum. |
| 5.1 : Deepak Hooda is being held up from bowling. Someone's complained that he's been banned from bowling for his action? There is a huge conference in the middle and then the umpires decide to let him continue. After which Suresh Raina hits him over extra cover for four. |
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Barinder Sran, hapless for the first two overs, gets a wicket. He bowls a slower short ball than Bravo tries to hit into next week. Horrible technique, ugly shot and caught at deep midwicket. GL sink further to 91/4. Their score is almost an artificial one constructed all around Raina. Someone needs to put their hand up. 15 now.
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Gujarat Lions continue to get singles and twos. 15 off 13 balls in this partnership. The pitch seems to be slowing up quite a lot. Even Raina has slowed down. Will the trend of victories for teams batting second continue?
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David Warner has reached his fifty, and he has now equalled Gautam Gambhir's record of 28 fifties in IPL. You never saw him coming did you?
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David Warner has reached his fifty, and he has now equalled Gautam Gambhir's record of 28 fifties in IPL. You never saw him coming did you?
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Dhawal Kulkarni to bowl his very first over, for some reason. In other trivia, RCB are the fairest team in the IPL so far despite not being able to win matches with the ball.
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| 1.2 : FOUR. Raina has begun with two boundaries in his first three balls. Barinder Sran is bowling on the legs and paying the price. If Brendon McCullum gets going now it will be terrible for SRH. |
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OUT. A struggling McCullum has finally holed out at deep midwicket. 18 off 17 balls, it's almost like he was playing test cricket by his standards. This is the biggest moment in Bipul Sharma's life. |
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OUT. Suresh Raina is gone going for glory in the last over. First ball went for four, second ball goes straight up in the air and is caught. Raina is gone after scoring 75 from 51 balls, but he got almost no support from the rest of the batting. The result of this game is already almost certain despite Raina's heroics.
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A totally out of touch Shikhar Dhawan now gets a gully cricket level full toss from Dwayne Bravo and smacks it away for four. How can a side bowl this badly? 53 in 27 balls for SRH.
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| 2.3 : Raina keeps hitting boundaries, two more in the 3rd over. McCullum has only played one ball yet.
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Lo and behold, Suresh Raina has decided to bring himself on. Times are desperate already. No turn for Raina though.
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David Warner is now the leading run scorer in IPL 9 with 227 runs. And....Shikhar Dhawan has crossed 30 with a paddle sweep four. |
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Shikhar Dhawan takes a couple to the on side and gets a laboured fifty. Nobody cheers. |
| 0.4 : Bhuvneshwar Kumar strikes in the first over. Loose shot from Aaron Finch who isn't 100% fit. Right through the gate as if he's a tailender. No runs on the board yet. |
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Mustafizur is bowling a fast and fiery over to Akashdeep Nath, a non-entity in international cricket. He has no idea where the next ball's gonna pitch, line or length. Nath has made four from 8 balls so far. Even 150 seems out of the question now. |
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Ball 3 saw the dismissal of the woeful Akshdeep Nath. Off Ball 4, the new batsman nearly hit the ball down the throat of long on. It could have been a hat trick for Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and a weird one - because all 3 would have been out caught trying to clear the fence. Sometimes, even hattricks can be undeserved. |
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Predictably, Gujarat Lions are conceding runs bowling up front, including four byes et all. It is said that history repeats the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce. This was part of the problem:
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Brendon McCullum is having a chat with the commentary team, and he says Bill Lawry's nose is slightly bigger than the microphone. Wait, what?? |
| 16.5 : Genius Mustafizur takes out another. Jadeja was out of his depths on this wicket and swung wildly across the line to a slower delivery. Gujarat Lions' innings has just failed to take off. 117 in the 17th over.
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Praveen Kumar has been smashed for 16 runs in 5 balls. David Warner is making a mincemeat of him. There are some grey hairs in his beard. He's been discarded by India long ago. The commentators are furious with his bowling. Enough said, because SRH are predictably racing away. |
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David Warner finishes off the game with 31 balls left and all 10 wickets to spare. A commanding performance from Sunrisers Hyderabad, but once again the team batting second has won easily, as if it was predestined. The only score that has been defended successfully at this IPL is 227 by the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Someone needs to sort out this puzzle. |
| 3.6 : Mustafizur Rahman was introduced into the attack in the 4th over. He kept McCullum really, really quiet, twice deceiving him with slower balls. Just 2 off the over.
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Mr Suspect Action Deepak Hooda gets Dinesh Karthik caught in the deep. Wickets continue to tumble at the other end even as Suresh Raina nears 50 from the other end. Dwayne Bravo now comes in. SRH desperately need someone to stay with Raina and rotate the strike. |
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Suresh Raina gets to his 50 off 34 balls. It has been a very fluent innings. Now he needs to stay there till the end. He could score a century yet, and Gujarat need at least 80 runs off the last 8 overs to put up a competitive score. |
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OUT. 3 wickets in the over, Gujarat Lions finish on 135/8 as Steyn fails to clear the fence off the last ball. Lions have made just 61 runs in the last 10 overs and lost 7 wickets. Once again, the team batting first only manages a paltry score. Is there something wrong with the pitches this season? Nevertheless, 136 seems to be a stroll in the park for SRH. |
| 0.0 : Hello and welcome to the live coverage of match 15 of IPL 2016. |
| The two teams battling it out tonight are Gujarat and Hyderabad and the venue for the game is Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot |
| Gujarat have played 3 matches so far and won all three. They are the only unbeaten team in the tournament this year now. Hyderabad on the other hand have lost 2 out of their 3 matches |
| Will Gujarat be able to continue their winning streak and make it 4 out of 4 Or will it be Hyderabad handing Gujarat their first defeat in IPL? Stay tuned to find out. |
| Toss and Team updates will be on your way shortly. |
| Toss: Raina to spin the coin. "Tails " is the call from Warner and the coin spins down as " Tails". Hyderabad have won the toss and elected to bowl first. |
| Gujarat wanted to bat first. Jadeja is back in the Gujarat team after his wedding |
| Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Eoin Morgan, Deepak Hooda, Naman Ojha(w k), Aditya Tare, Bipul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mustafizur Rahman, Barinder Sran |
| Gujarat (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina(c), Dinesh Karthik(w k), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshdeep Nath, Dale Steyn, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pravin Tambe |
| The umpires walks out in the middle and the players follows them |
| Finch to take strike. McCullum is at the bowler's end |
| B Kumar to bowl from the Pavilion End |
| 0.1 : B Kumar to Finch, APPEAL, no run, looks to drive but misses and gets hit high on the pad. The ball was missing leg stump too and LBW appeal is turned down |
| 0.2 : B Kumar to Finch, no run, drives it to the mid on fielder. |
| 0.3 : B Kumar to Finch, no run, defends it back to the bowler |
| 0.4 : B Kumar to Finch, OUT, no run, fuller length ball on the off stump and coming back in, Finch looks to drive but misses. The ball crashes into the middle and leg stump |
| After 3 consecutive fifties, Finch goes for a duck |
| 0.5 : B Kumar to Raina, FOUR, comes on the front foot and drives it through wide mid off for a boundary |
| 0.6 : B Kumar to Raina, one run, flicks it through backward square leg. End of over: GUJ 5/1 (McCullum 0, Raina 5) |
| 1.1 : Sran to Raina, FOUR, flicks it nicely through backward square leg for a boundary |
| 1.2 : Sran to Raina, two runs, flicks it through backward square leg for a couple of runs this time |
| 1.3 : Sran to Raina, one run, turns it towards mid wicket for a quick single |
| 1.4 : Sran to McCullum, one run, works it through square leg for a single |
| 1.5 : Sran to Raina, no run, comes forward and pushes it towards mid off |
| 1.6 : Sran to Raina, one run, works it through square leg for a single. End of over: GUJ 14/1 (McCullum 1, Raina 13) |
| 2.1 : B Kumar to Raina, FOUR, comes on the front foot and drives it to the right of the bowler. The ball races into the boundary |
| 2.2 : B Kumar to Raina, no run, comes forward and defends it back to the bowler |
| 2.3 : B Kumar to Raina, FOUR, flicks it off his pads through backward square leg for a boundary |
| 2.4 : B Kumar to Raina, leg bye, misses the leg glance this time and off the pad the ball goes towards short fine leg |
| 2.5 : B Kumar to McCullum, no run, drives it towards short mid wicket |
| 2.6 : B Kumar to McCullum, one run, flicks it towards short fine leg for a quick single. End of over: GUJ 24/1 (McCullum 2, Raina 21) |
| 3.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to McCullum, no run, looks to drive but gets beaten by the slowness of the ball |
| 3.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to McCullum, no run, goes on the back foot and punches it to the point fielder |
| 3.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to McCullum, one run, drives it towards extra cover for a single |
| 3.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Raina, one run, pushes it towards wide mid on for a quick single |
| 3.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to McCullum, APPEAL, no run, looks to defend it from the crease but misses and gets beaten |
| 3.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to McCullum, no run, opens the face of the bat and steers it towards short third man. End of over: GUJ 26/1 (McCullum 3, Raina 22) |
| 4.1 : Sran to Raina, two runs, lofts it over extra cover. The ball gains more height than the distance. Warner gives the chase and stops it |
| 4.2 : Sran to Raina, one run, turns it towards short fine leg |
| 4.3 : Sran to McCullum, SIX, clears the front leg and swings it over deep backward square leg for SIX |
| 4.4 : Sran to McCullum, no run, comes down the track and swings but misses |
| 4.5 : Sran to McCullum, FOUR, swings it through backward square leg for a boundary |
| 4.6 : Sran to McCullum, two runs, drives it through mid wicket for a couple of runs. |
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Hooda replaces Mustafizur End of over: GUJ 41/1 (McCullum 15, Raina 25)
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| 5.1 : Hooda to Raina, FOUR, comes on the front foot and lofts it over extra cover for a boundary |
| 5.2 : Hooda to Raina, one run, drives it towards wide long off |
| 5.3 : Hooda to McCullum, one run, flicks it through mid wicket for a single |
| 5.4 : Hooda to Raina, two runs, pulls it through mid wicket for a couple of runs |
| 5.5 : 50 comes up for Gujarat |
| Hooda to Raina, one run, drives it towards long off |
| 5.6 : Hooda to McCullum, no run, looks to work it towards the leg side but gets a leading edge that drops short of the bowler. End of over: GUJ 50/1 (McCullum 16, Raina 33) |
| 6.1 : Henriques to Raina, one run, turns it towards mid wicket for a single |
| 6.2 : Henriques to McCullum, one run, looks to cut but gets an inside edge towards square leg |
| 6.3 : Henriques to Raina, one run, pushes it towards backward point |
| 6.4 : Henriques to McCullum, one run, drives it towards mid on for a single |
| 6.5 : Henriques to Raina, no run, punches it towards cover |
| 6.6 : Henriques to Raina, one run, drives it down towards long off for a single. End of over: GUJ 55/1 (McCullum 18, Raina 36) |
| 7.1 : Bipul Sharma to Raina, one run, turns it towards square leg |
| 7.2 : Bipul Sharma to McCullum, OUT, no run, bends down and slogs it towards deep mid wicket. Hooda takes the catch well inside the boundary |
| 7.3 : Bipul Sharma to Raina, one run, turns it towards short fine leg for a quick single |
| 7.4 : Bipul Sharma to Karthik, no run, defends it towards short point |
| 7.5 : Bipul Sharma to Karthik, one run, tucks it towards mid wicket for a single this time |
| 7.6 : Bipul Sharma to Raina, FOUR, gives the charge and swings it towards wide long on for a one bounce FOUR. End of over: GUJ 62/2 (Raina 42, Karthik 1) |
| 8.1 : Henriques to Karthik, no run, drives it towards short cover |
| 8.2 : Henriques to Karthik, one run, drives it down towards long on |
| 8.3 : Henriques to Raina, one run, pushes it towards point for a quick single. A direct hit and Karthik might have gone |
| Henriques to Karthik, wide, fires this one down the leg side |
| 8.4 : Henriques to Karthik, no run, looks to drive but misses and gets hit high on the pad |
| 8.5 : Henriques to Karthik, one run, turns it towards fine leg for a single |
| 8.6 : Henriques to Raina, one run, drives it down towards long off. |
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Match State: Time Out End of over: GUJ 67/2 (Raina 44, Karthik 3)
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| 9.1 : Hooda to Raina, no run, drives it towards cover |
| 9.2 : Hooda to Raina, one run, cuts it towards deep cover |
| 9.3 : Hooda to Karthik, one run, cuts it through backward point for a single |
| 9.4 : Hooda to Raina, one run, punches it down towards long on |
| 9.5 : Hooda to Karthik, FOUR, bends down on his knee and sweeps it towards fine leg for a boundary |
| 9.6 : Hooda to Karthik, OUT, no run, bends down on his knee and tries to sweep the low full toss but gets a top edge towards deep backward square leg. B Kumar takes it in the 2nd attempt. End of over: GUJ 74/3 (Raina 46, Karthik 8) |
| 10.1 : Bipul Sharma to Bravo, no run, drives it towards cover |
| 10.2 : Bipul Sharma to Bravo, no run, defends it towards short cover |
| 10.3 : Bipul Sharma to Bravo, one run, turns it towards square leg |
| 10.4 : Bipul Sharma to Raina, one run, flicks it through backward square leg |
| 10.5 : Bipul Sharma to Bravo, no run, defends it towards point |
| 10.6 : Bipul Sharma to Bravo, one run, chips it through cover for a single. End of over: GUJ 77/3 (Raina 47, Bravo 2) |
| 11.1 : Hooda to Bravo, one run, pushes it towards short cover for a quick single |
| 11.2 : Hooda to Raina, one run, pushes it towards cover point |
| 11.3 : Hooda to Bravo, one run, turns it towards backward square leg |
| 11.4 : Hooda to Raina, one run, punches it down towards long on |
| 11.5 : Hooda to Bravo, one run, drives it through mid wicket |
| 11.6 : Hooda to Raina, one run, punches it towards long off. End of over: GUJ 83/3 (Raina 50, Bravo 5) |
| Raina reaches his fifty from 34 balls with 6 FOURS |
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Hooda to Raina, one run, punches it towards long off. End of over: GUJ 83/3 (Raina 50, Bravo 5)
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| 12.1 : Henriques to Raina, two runs, goes on the back foot and cuts it through backward point for a couple of runs |
| 12.2 : Henriques to Raina, one run, flicks it through backward square leg |
| 12.3 : Henriques to Bravo, two runs, flicks it through backward square leg for a couple of runs |
| 12.4 : Henriques to Bravo, one run, looks to work it towards the leg side but gets a leading edge straight down the ground |
| 12.5 : Henriques to Raina, one run, works it through backward square leg |
| 12.6 : Henriques to Bravo, APPEAL, leg bye, looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad. LBW appeal is turned down and a quick run is taken. End of over: GUJ 91/3 (Raina 54, Bravo 8) |
| 13.1 : Sran to Bravo, OUT, no run, Bravo swings it towards deep backward square leg but fails to clear the man in the deep. B Kumar takes the catch |
| 13.2 : Sran to Raina, no run, comes forward and drives it towards cover |
| 13.3 : Sran to Raina, one run, turns it towards square leg |
| 13.4 : Sran to Jadeja, one run, swings it towards long on for a single |
| 13.5 : Sran to Raina, one run, drives it towards deep cover for a single |
| 13.6 : Sran to Jadeja, one run, drives it down towards long off for a single. |
| Match State: Time Out |
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Mustafizur is back End of over: GUJ 95/4 (Raina 56, Jadeja 2)
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| 14.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to Jadeja, two runs, drives it through mid wicket and comes back for the second run |
| 14.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to Jadeja, one run, drives it towards cover and takes a single |
| 14.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to Raina, FOUR |
| 100 comes up for Gujarat |
| Mustafizur Rahman to Raina, FOUR, clears the front leg and swings it straight down the ground towards long on. Warner comes across and dives but fails to stop the ball |
| 14.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Raina, one run, drives it through backward square leg |
| 14.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to Jadeja, no run, drives it towards cover |
| 14.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to Jadeja, one run, drives it through mid wicket for a single. End of over: GUJ 104/4 (Raina 61, Jadeja 6) |
| 15.1 : B Kumar to Jadeja, one run, opens the face of the bat and runs it down towards third man |
| 15.2 : B Kumar to Raina, one run, makes room and cuts it through point for a single |
| 15.3 : B Kumar to Jadeja, no run, defends it back to the bowler |
| B Kumar to Jadeja, wide, a high bouncer and called a wide |
| 15.4 : B Kumar to Jadeja, two runs, slices it over backward point. A fumble from the fielder allows the 2nd run |
| 15.5 : B Kumar to Jadeja, two runs, drives it through point for a couple of runs |
| 29 dot balls in the inning so far |
| B Kumar to Jadeja, wide, fuller and well outside off stump |
| 15.6 : B Kumar to Jadeja, one run, runs it down towards third man for a single. End of over: GUJ 113/4 (Raina 62, Jadeja 12) |
| 16.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to Jadeja, one run, drives it towards point for a quick single |
| 16.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to Raina, one run, flicks it through mid wicket for a single |
| 16.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to Jadeja, one run, drives it past the bowler towards long off |
| 16.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Raina, one run, swings it through mid wicket for a single |
| 16.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to Jadeja, OUT, no run, looks to swing it across the line but misses. The off stump goes for a walk |
| 16.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to Nath, no run, plays and misses outside off stump. |
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4 runs and the wicket of Jadeja from the 17th Over End of over: GUJ 117/5 (Raina 64, Nath 0)
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| 17.1 : Sran to Raina, one run, drives it towards deep cover |
| 17.2 : Sran to Nath, no run, looks to drive but misses |
| 17.3 : Sran to Nath, one run, cuts it towards deep point |
| 17.4 : Sran to Raina, FOUR, swings this slower ball towards deep mid wicket for a boundary |
| 17.5 : Sran to Raina, one run, makes room and drives it towards deep cover |
| 17.6 : Sran to Nath, one run, drives it towards cover. End of over: GUJ 125/5 (Raina 70, Nath 2) |
| 18.1 : Mustafizur Rahman to Nath, no run, looks to drive but misses |
| 18.2 : Mustafizur Rahman to Nath, two runs, gives the charge and swings but gets a leading edge that falls safely at deep extra cover |
| 18.3 : Mustafizur Rahman to Nath, no run, bends down and tries to scoop but misses. The full toss almost took his head off |
| 18.4 : Mustafizur Rahman to Nath, no run, makes room and looks to drive but misses |
| 18.5 : Mustafizur Rahman to Nath, one run, drives it towards long off |
| 18.6 : Mustafizur Rahman to Raina, one run, swings it towards long on. |
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Mustafizur finishes with 19/1 from his 4 overs. Another wonderful spell in IPL End of over: GUJ 129/5 (Raina 71, Nath 5)
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| 19.1 : B Kumar to Raina, FOUR, drives it towards backward point. A poor effort from Mustafizur and the ball goes through to the boundary |
| 19.2 : B Kumar to Raina, OUT, no run, swings it towards long on but fails to get the timing right. Henriques takes the catch well inside the boundary |
| 19.3 : B Kumar to Nath, OUT, no run, swings and gets a leading edge towards cover. Bipul Sharma takes the catch |
| 19.4 : B Kumar to Steyn, one run, swings it towards long on for a single |
| 19.5 : B Kumar to P Kumar, one run, drives it towards long on for another single |
| 19.6 : B Kumar to Steyn, OUT, no run, swings it towards long on. Morgan takes the catch. |
| Gujarat finishes with 135/8 from their 20 overs thanks to a wonderful 75 runs inning from Raina. He consumed 51 balls to score those 75 runs. McCullum ( 18) and Jadeja (14) were the only other batsmen from Gujarat to reach a two digit score |
| B Kumar to Steyn, OUT, no run, swings it towards long on. Morgan takes the catch. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the pick of Hyderabad bowlers. He took 4 wickets for 29 runs. Mustafizur also bowled brilliantly. He finished with 19/1 from his 4 overs |
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Join us back for the coverage of Hyderabad run chase in 10 minutes time. End of over: GUJ 135/8 (Steyn 1, P Kumar 1)
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Gujarat Lions Squad:
Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshdeep Nath, Dale Steyn, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pravin Tambe
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad:
David Warner (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Eoin Morgan, Deepak Hooda, Naman Ojha (wk), Aditya Tare, Bipul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mustafizur Rahman, Barinder Sran
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The SRH score is 96 after 10 overs. They would score the required runs now even if they were magically transported back into the 1970s. Another farcical IPL 9 match coming to an end.