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- Updated: May 20, 2016
Delhi Daredevils 161 for 4 (Nair 83*, Pant 32, Sran 2-34) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 158 for 7 (Warner 73, Brathwaite 2-27) by six wickets Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Karun Nair showed there was place for finesse and street-smart cricket amid the big-hitting in T20s. His unbeaten 59-ball 83 single-handedly helped Delhi Daredevils beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets in a last-ball thriller in Raipur to keep their playoff ambitions burning bright.
With Daredevils needing 6 off two deliveries, Nair, who had walked in to bat at No. 3, muscled successive boundaries off Bhuvneshwar Kumar to pull off a win that may have not been possible had Sunrisers fielded a tad better than they did. Nair, who was sedate initially, was lucky to survive a caught-behind appeal on 23 in the ninth over, with Daredevils needing 105 off 69. David Warner then put down a sitter when the batsman was on 51. As it turned out, those two moments had a significant bearing on the outcome as Sunrisers, with 16 points, may yet have to win their final league game against Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata to control their fate.
While Rishabh Pant was the aggressor in the 73-run, second-wicket stand, Nair was happy to farm strike and play himself in before the stroke of luck with the caught-behind appeal brought about a change in mindset. By the time Pant was run out, courtesy Bhuvneshwar’s direct hit from deep cover for 32, Nair had switched gears. It meant Warner’s wonderfully crafted 56-ball 73 was consigned to being second-best.
The game started off as a battle of wits. Sunrisers were watchful upfront against …
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