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- Updated: May 25, 2016
Sunrisers Hyderabad 162 for 8 (Yuvraj 44, Kuldeep 3-35) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 140 for 8 (Pandey 36, Bhuvneshwar 3-19) beat by 22 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Three teams had defended successfully in five games on slow Feroz Shah Kotla surfaces this season. There was no reason why Sunrisers Hyderabad, with one of the best bowling attacks in the competition despite Ashish Nehra’s absence, couldn’t defend 163 in a knockout game. Kolkata Knight Riders, meanwhile, had won six out of their eight games chasing. This was therefore an even contest on a surface of the kind Knight Riders have thrived on back home in Kolkata. But the loss of early wickets on the face of some disciplined bowling and outstanding fielding by Surisers derailed the two-time champions. Sunrisers, by virtue of a 22-run win, setup a clash with Gujarat Lions in Qualifier-2 at the same venue on Friday.
It wasn’t a night of manic six-hitting or breathtaking batting by any stretch, but Yuvraj Singh’s 30-ball 44 had all the elements that made him a feared limited-overs batsman once upon a time. Yet the effort that underlined his importance on Wednesday was a direct hit from backward point to send back Colin Munro early in Knight Riders’ chase to induce a hint of panic. An effort of that kind automatically lifted a unit that applied pressure courtesy David Warner’s tactful bowling changes to escalate the asking rate. Bhuvneshwar Kumar then pulled off a stunner at deep midwicket to dismiss the in-form Yusuf Pathan to further dent Knight Riders. At 69 for 4 in the 11th over, they were firmly behind in the game.
A no-holds-barred contest then came alive as Manish Pandey and Suryakumar Yadav counter-punched, their 46-run stand, laced with unorthodoxy, caused a few flutters in the Sunrisers camp, but there was always …
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