IPL 2017, SRH vs GL: Sunrisers register easy nine wickets win over Gujarat

Hyderabad: It's over! Sunrisers Hyderabad have beaten Gujarat Lions by nine wickets. David Warner was the hero of the chase as the Sunrisers skipper smashed an unbeaten 76. He was well assisted by Moises Henriques who also scored an unbeaten fifty.

Sunrisers restricted the Lions to 135 for seven. Afghan spinner Rashid Khan wreaked havoc once again as he picked up three crucial wickets for the Hyderabad franchise, giving away only 19 runs in his four overs. The leggie was also declared the man of the match for his stupendous performance. 

Sunrisers had defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in their opening match. This was second straight defeat for Gujarat this year in IPL 2017. They lost their first match to Kolkata Knight riders.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 126/1 from 14 overs

What a player! Warner has now scored over 7,000 runs in T20s. Sunrisers need 10 more runs to win.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 109/1 from 12 overs

Skipper Warner brings up his fifty and Sunrisers score is past 100. Only 27 more required to win.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 76/1 from 9 overs

Sunrisers need 60 more to win. Warner and Henriques are still out there and look very comfortable against some very ordinary Gujarat bowling. The umpire has signalled for time-out.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 59/1 from 6 overs

Warner and Henriques have given Sunrisers a fiery start. They need 77 more from 84 deliveries. Gujarat quickly need to turn around the things or else it will be too late.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 32/1 from 3.1 overs

Out! First wicket for Gujarat. Praveen Kumar dismisses Dhawan. Leading edge towards extra-cover and McCullum took the catch.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 11/0 from 2 overs

Steady start from David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan. Suresh Raina opened the bowling for Gujarat, first time in his IPL career.

Gujarat Lions: 135/7 from 20 overs

The first innings is over. Gujarat Lions have put up 135 on the board. A pretty respectable total after considering that their top order collapsed. Opener Jason Roy gave them a good start and made a quick-fire 31 but failure with the bat from Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina and Aaron Finch pushed GL to 57/4 at one stage.

Afghan spinner Rashid Khan was Sunrisers' hero once again. The leggie picked up three wickets in his four overs as he rocked Gujarat's batting line-up. Dinesh Karthik and Dwayne Smith put up a 56-run stand for the fifth wicket to revive Lions' fortunes.

Once the partnership was broken the onus fell on the lower order which added few valuable runs to take Gujarat to 135/6 in 20 overs.

Gujarat Lions: 115/7 from 17.2 overs

Wicket! Another one is gone. Rashid Khan again. Runs out Dhawal Kulkarni.

Gujarat Lions: 114/6 from 17.2 overs

Out! Set batsman Karthik is dismissed by Nehra, caught by wicket-keeper Naman Ojha. Wickets falling at the wrong time for GL. DK tried to scoop it over Ojha but could only edge it to the keeper.

Gujarat Lions: 113/5 from 16.4 overs

Wicket! Smith out, caught by Vijay Shankar off Bhuvi's bowling. Vital wicket. Smith was just starting to look dangerous. The partnership is also broken.

Gujarat Lions: 102/4 from 15 overs

The Partnership between Karthik and Smith seems to have rescued Gujarat Lions. The duo has put up 45 runs together and Gujarat have crossed the 100-run mark.

Gujarat Lions: 75/4 from 12 overs

Rashid Khan's has completed his quota of 4 overs. He has been sensational today, picked up three wickets for 19 runs. Also, induced an outside edge off Karthik's bat on his second-last delivery but there was no first slip. Two matches, five wickets for him.

Gujarat Lions: 57/4 from 9 overs

Big wicket! Suresh Raina, out LBW off Rashid Khan's bowling. The Afghan cricketer is on fire. opposition batsmen have failed to pick his bowling and he has picked up three wickets. The Gujarat franchise are in deep trouble. Strategic time-out taken.

Gujarat Lions: 42/3 from 6.2 overs

Out! Rashid Khan strikes again, Aaron Finch, out LBW. Gujarat Lions are deep trouble now. Fourth wicket for the Afghan cricketer in IPL. Dinesh Karthik has come out to bat.

Gujarat Lions: 37/2 from 5.2 overs

Wicket! Jason Roy, out caught by Shikhar Dhawan off Bhuvneshwar Kumar's bowling. Roy departs for 31. Tried to pull it towards mid-wicket, it was low and Dhawan dived forward to take the catch. There were few doubts regarding the catch. The third umpire took his time and finally gave it out.

Gujarat Lions: 35/1 from 5 overs

Out! Rashid Khan picks his first wicket in his first over, Brendon McCullum out, LBW. Suresh Raina has come out to bat.

Gujarat Lions: 3/0 from 1 over

Jason Roy and Brendon McCullum have opened the innings for GL. Bipul Sharma bowled the first over for Sunrisers.

Basil Thampi makes his IPL debut!

(Photo: BCCI)

Gujarat Lions' XI: Roy, McCullum, Raina (c), Finch, Karthik, D Smith, T Baroka, Praveen, Thampi, Dhawal, Kaushik

Sunrisers Hyderabad's XI: Warner (c), Dhawan, Rashid, Henriques, Yuvraj, Cutting, Hooda, Naman, Bipul, Bhuvneshwar, Nehra

Sunrisers Hyderabad's David Warner won the toss and decided to field first.

Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad will be look to continue their winning momentum when they take on Gujarat Lions today in IPL, at Hyderabad. On the other hand, the Suresh Raina-led side will be keen to shrug off the disappointment of a humiliating defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Sunrisers registered a comfortable 35-run win in their opening game against a Royal Challengers Bangalore while Gujarat Lions were thumped by Kolkata Knight Riders.

With Yuvraj Singh in prime form and Australian Moises Henriques and Ben Cutting making all-round contributions, Sunrisers are favourites going into the match.

Under the spotlight will be teenage Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan Arman, who got a couple of wickets on IPL debut.

For Gujarat, save Praveen Kumar's couple of overs, Gujarat's primarily Indian bowling line-up were taken to cleaners by the KKR opening duo. The likes of chinaman Shivil Kaushik, India discard Dhawal Kulkarni were hammered all around the park.

The defeat would certainly force Lions to ring in a few changes. Australia all-rounder James Faulkner may replace a horribly out-of-form and out-of-shape Dwayne Smith.

With Jason Roy and Brendon McCullum set to get a longer rope at the top of the order, Faulkner's better bowling ability makes him a more viable option that Smith, who is batting lower down the order.

Skipper Suresh Raina had acknowledged missing seasoned players like Dwayne Bravo and Ravindra Jadeja.

Their batting however, put up a decent show in batting with captain Suresh Raina and Dinesh Karthik scoring 68 not out and 47 runs respectively.

In the previous encounter between the two sides during the last edition's qualifier, Lions lost to Sunrisers despite ending as table toppers.

Sunrisers have a potent bowling attack wit Ashish Nehra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Cutting and Rashid sharing the burden.

Captain David Warner's destructive batting prowess is well-known but his form has been on the wane of late. Other opener Shikhar Dhawan scored a 40 in the last game and is eying to continue his good form hoping for an India recall in the Champions Trophy.

Seasoned Yuvraj Singh was at his best in that match scoring 62 runs in just 27 balls. SRH can take pride in its players like all-rounder Moises Henriques, young Deepak Hooda and wicket-keeper batsman Naman Ojha doing well for the side.

The teams (from):

Gujarat Lions: Suresh Raina (captain), Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Aaron Finch, Dinesh Karthik, Akshadeep Nath, Ishan Kishan, Manpreet Gony, Ravindra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati, Shivil Kaushik, Jason Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Basil Thampi, Nathu Singh, Tejas Baroka, Shubham Agarwal, Shelly Shaurya, Andrew Tye and James Faulkner.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (Captain), Tanmay Agarwal, Ricky Bhui, Bipul Sharma, Ben Cutting, Shikhar Dhawan, Eklavya Dwivedi, Moises Henriques, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Siddharth Kaul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ben Laughlin, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammed Siraj, Mustafizur Rahman, Ashish Nehra, Naman Ojha (wk), Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Barinder Sran, Pravin Tambe, Kane Williamson and Yuvraj Singh.