Sunrisers lose Dhawan after solid start

NEW DELHI: Chasing 131-run target to qualify for the playoffs, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost Shikhar Dhawan (42) after a solid start to their run chase against Kolkata Knight Riders in the last league clash of IPL at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium on Sunday.

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Dhawan smacked two maximums and three boundaries in his quick-fire 35 balls innings before Iqbal Abdulla trapped him leg before in the twelfth over.

Dhawan added crucial 89-run opening stand with Parthiv Patel as Hyderabad eye playoffs spot.

Hyderabad raced to fifty in just 7.2 overs without losing a wicket.

Asked to field first, disciplined Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers restricted Kolkata to a moderate 130/7.

Yusuf Pathan remained the top scorer for Kolkata making an unbeaten 49 in just 29 balls.

Electing to bat, Kolkata Knight Riders lost opener Manvinder Bisla (15) after a slow start.

Thisara Perera provided the first breakthrough for the hosts in the fifth over as he dismissed Bisla to reduce KKR to 25/1 in 4.3 overs. Bisla hit three boundaries in his patient 18-ball innings.

Sunrisers Hyderabad claimed second success in the eighth over by getting skipper Gautam Gambhir run out after his 10-run knock. Gambhir's dismissal came at the score of 42.

Karan Sharma inflicted third blow on Kolkata Knight Riders just after they crossed 50-mark by trapping Eoin Morgan leg before wickets in the 11th over.

Morgan scored just nine and got out at the score of 59.

Dale Steyn ended Jacques Kallis's challenge in 16th over by getting him caught by Shikhar Dhawan after his struggling knock of 24 off 29 balls, reducing Kolkata to 89/4.

Amit Mishra gave visitors fifth blow by trapping RN ten Doeschate leg before on the first delivery of the 17th over.

Hyderabad will need to beat the beleaguered Kolkata to finish among the top four.

Sunrisers have 18 points from 15 matches and they need to win the match on Sunday to enter the play-offs.

Teams:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Cameron White (c), Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Dale Steyn, Darren Sammy, Hanuma Vihari, Karan Sharma, Pathiv Patel (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Thisara Perera and Biplab Samantray.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (c), Manvinder Bisla (wk), Yusuf Pathan, Jacques Kallis, Iqbal Abdulla, Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine, Pradeep Sangwan, Shami Ahmed, Ryan ten Doeschate and Paras Dogra.

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