Hyderabad disappointed; Dravid-led RR advance

RR made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Sachin Baby and Pravin Tambe made way for Dishant Yagnik and Vikramjeet Malik.

SRH (Shar)made one change to their playing eleven – Anand Rajan made way for Ishant.

(Camer)On winning the toss, White, SRH’s skipper, chose to bat.

The first Powerplay of SRH’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 27, and lost a couple of wickets.

Parthiv Patel, who faced three balls, scored a run. An over into the match, he was caught by Sanju Samson. Malik broke the two-run stand.

Hanuma Vihari, who faced eight balls, scored a run. Nine balls later, he was caught by Kevon Cooper. Malik broke the one-man stand.

SRH scored 50 off 10.4 overs (64 balls). RR had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off as many balls. While Shikhar Dhawan’s contribution to the partnership was 19, White’s contribution to it was 31. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

White, whose 28-ball innings included five boundaries, didn’t add to the aforementioned score. Fifty-seven balls after Vihari’s (Trive)dismissal, he was caught by Cooper. Siddharth broke the 52-run partnership.

Shikhar, whose 39-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 33. Twenty-eight balls later, he was caught by Trivedi. James Faulkner broke the run-a-ball stand.

SRH scored 100 off 17 overs (102 balls). RR had conceded five extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 28. Daren Sammy, whose 21-ball innings included three sixes, scored 29. Ten balls after Shikhar’s dismissal, the substitute, Rahul Shukla, and Yagnik ran him out.

Thisara Perera  whose six-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 11. Four balls later, he was caught by Yagnik. Watson broke the two-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on 14. Biplab Samantray, whose 11-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 14. Nine balls later, Ajinkya Rahane and Faulkner ran him out.

Karn Sharma, who faced a couple of balls, scored as many. He was unbeaten, as was Dale Steyn, who faced a couple of balls, scoring four.

RR eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. SRH scored 132 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs.

Stuart Binny, who bowled an over, conceded a couple. He was wicketless, as was Cooper, who bowled four overs, conceding 36.

Watson, Faulkner, and Trivedi bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. They conceded 32  28, and 18, respectively.

Malik, who bowled three overs, conceded 14. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The first Powerplay of RR’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 44, and lost a wicket.

Rahul Dravid, whose 10-ball innings included three boundaries, scored a dozen. A couple of overs into the chase, he was caught by Karn. Ishant broke the 13-run stand.

RR scored 50 off 6.3 overs (39 balls). SRH hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Watson, whose 15-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 24. Twenty-eight balls after Dravid’s dismissal, he was caught by Sammy. Karn broke the 37-run stand.

Yagnik, who faced four balls, didn’t open his account. Half-a-dozen balls later, Sammy broke the three-run stand.

Rahane, whose 20-ball innings included a six, scored 18. Four balls later, he was caught by Amit Mishra, who broke the two-run stand.

Binny, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. Ten balls later, Sammy broke the two-run stand.

RR scored 100 off 15.1 overs (91 balls). SRH hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Samson, who faced 21 balls, scored 10. Thirty-five balls after Binny’s dismissal, he was trapped leg before wicket by Steyn, who broke the 43-run stand.

Brad Hodge, the player of the match, scored 54 off 29 balls, which included a couple of boundaries and five sixes. He was unbeaten, as was Faulkner, who scored 11. His run-a-ball innings included a couple of boundaries.

SRH eventually conceded four extras. RR, who scored 135 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 19.2 overs, won by four wickets with as many balls to spare.

Thisara, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 14.

Karn, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket.

Ishant, who bowled three overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket.

Steyn and Mishra bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 23, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 16.

Sammy, who bowled 3.2 overs, conceded 14. He picked up a couple of scalps.