SRH 137/8 (20.0 Ovs)
RPS 133/8 (20.0 Ovs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 4 runs
Phew, this match would have poked a dead man alive! Having opted to bat, Warner took the road less travelled and reaped dividends with an atypical win and a top slot in the points table. Pune are out of the IPL, and dare I say, out of that recursive loop of injuries that marred their entire campaign, sadly. If there ever was a vicious spell, Pune Supergiants suffered under it. That's it from tonight. Join us tomorrow as the IPL production line continues to churn out thrill. Good night from Pratyush Sinha on behalf of Sagar Chawla, Abhishek Chaudhary and our scorerVenkatesh. Ta-ta!
Adam Zampa: "Has not sunk in yet but a disappointing end to the game. Knew that the batsmen would come hard. We were under pressure there but legspinners are always in the game. Dhoni did not really tell me that I had to bowl the last over. Just picked up the ball and threw it on the ground. I wanted to bowl obviously - it was spinning and was pretty tough out there. He just told me that leg side was his (Hooda's) strength and asked me to fire it wider (referring to a mid-pitch chat that led to a wicket). We have to try and finish this season well now. India and Indian people, the pressure of fans, the crowd is a different experience."
Adam Zampa is the Man of the Match. His bowling figures are the second-best ever in the history of IPL
"It was a very close game. I knew the wicket would be slow and tough, and hence runs on board were key. We were 25-30 runs below par. When I came back, I saw 20 odd for 1 after the powerplay, all sorts of thoughts came to my mind. The guys are a great bunch of lads. We are always in each other's faces, jumping around in pools. Everybody comes out with a smile and gives their 100 percent. I tend to sit back, assess the condition and then do my job. We have a great bunch of support staff. Last couple of games have been phenomenal. Zampa has a big future ahead. Dhoni had good faith in him to give him the last over of the innings," lets out an obviously jolly Warner
"Initially I look to swing the ball. We believed in ourselves. Nehra bowled a tremendous over," chirps out Bhuvneshwar donning his new Purple Cap. Russell has the same number of wickets but Bhuvneshwar has a superlative economy
"Well, close games are tough ones to digest but you also have to look at what went right. We won 3 games comfortably and other games went down to the wire. Something is not right for us. The new ball bowling was good and we did well to restrict them. If you compare the bowling attacks, their's can exploit the condition more. We lost Rahane early and a partnership was important but we kept losing wickets. Zampa was very good. The first few games, we played with the best eleven. Wickets were something that we lacked and he (Zampa) gave us that stability too. What's important is to see the bench strength now. If we can't field the players, we can let them go to other franchises. It's to be seen who grabs the opportunity and it will make it easy for us in the next season," says poker-face Dhoni
It always looked a tricky total from the start on this tricky wicket. To compound matters, the strategy employed by Dhoni was baffling to say the least. Sending in Ashwin at no.4 and Tiwary ahead of himself was not what the doctor ordered, but that's MSD for you. Some really good seam and swing bowling by the SRH bowlers on this muggy evening never let the RPS batting take off. The best finisher in the business almost got the RPS home in the end but the brilliance of Nehra proved to be the game changer in the end.
One would have thought that this will be easy for RPS but cricket as they say is a game of glorious uncertainties. It kept swinging like a pendulum until the end when it came down to MSD and Perera. It was 14 off 6, and they failed to get RPS home. Nehra, the experienced pro, managed to put the lid on the RPS run in this tourney. It was drama as Dhoni got run out on the second last ball. The penultimate over by Mustafizur was important too as he gave away only 8 runs in that over
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