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Sunrisers Hyderabad choke RCB to clinch IPL title

David Warner-led Hyderabad side held nerve after Gayle-Kohli show to win their first IPL trophy.

By :  R Ayyappan
Update: 2016-05-30 03:49 GMT
While Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore were favourites to win the IPL final, David Warner's Sunrisers Hyderabad retained composure to clinch their maiden IPL title. (Photo: AFP / BCCI/ PTI)
With 18 runs required off the final over, pace spearhead Bhuvneshwar Kumar -- the leading wicket taker of the season with 23 scalps -- gave away just nine. (Photo: PTI)
Star batsman AB de Villiers, who had overpowered Gujarat Lions' bowlers in Qualifier 2, soon followed Kohli into the dug-out, (Photo: BCCI)
Barinder Sran bowled the RCB captain to bring Sunrisers back into the final. (Photo: PTI)
However, it was tournament's leading run-getter Virat Kohli's wicket that turned the tide of the match. (Photo: AFP)
Chasing a record total in the final, Chris Gayle struck (76 from 38 balls) from the start, raining sixes with medium-pacers Barinder Sran and Cutting taking a severe beating. (Photo: PTI)
Cutting (39 not out) smacked fellow Australian Shane Watson for three sixes in the final over of the innings as Sunrisers plundered 52 runs off the last three overs to breach the 200-mark. (Photo: PTI)
While RCB bowlers tried to get back into the game following Warner's dismissal, Yuvraj Singh took over from where Warner left off, smacking 38 runs from 23 balls to keep the momentum going. (Photo: BCCI)
Batting first, Warner (69), who accumulated 848 runs in 17 matches, gave the team a rollicking 63-run start with opener Shikhar Dhawan (28). (Photo: PTI)
Defending 208 to claim their maiden IPL title, Sunrisers restricted Virat Kohli's Bangalore to 200 for seven at the M Chinnaswamy stadium with Gayle's 38-ball 76 in vain.
Skipper David Warner's sparkling half century helped Sunrisers Hyderabad survive a punishing blitz by Chris Gayle to edge out Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight runs in the Indian Premier League final on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)
David Warner-led Hyderabad side held nerve after Gayle-Kohli show to win their first IPL trophy.

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