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Heartbreak for Virat’s RCB, Sunrisers win first IPL title by 8 runs

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi
May 29, 2016 11:44 PM IST

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad will aim to clinch their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title, when they face each other in the finals of the tournament at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday.

Bhuvneshwar bowls an excellent last over to seal Sunrisers Hyderabad’s first IPL title, as Royal Challengers Bangalore stumble at the final hurdle once again. Sunrisers win by eight runs.

Barinder Sran celebrates the wicket of Virat Kohli with teammates.(PTI)
Barinder Sran celebrates the wicket of Virat Kohli with teammates.(PTI)

Over 19: 12 from the over, including a six by Sachin Baby. 191/6

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Over 18: 7 from the over. 179/5

Over 17: 10 from the over and the wicket of Watson. 172/5

16.3 Mustafizur Rahman to Watson, OUT

The Fizz takes down Watson. Warner is pumped. The batsman is undone by the whippy cutter. Rolls his fingers across this one around off, Watson swings. He skies it. The ball goes to Mars. Drops down into the hands of Henriques at extra cover

Over 16: 4 runs and the wicket of Rahul.

15.3 Cutting to Rahul, OUT

Bowled’em. Rahul is gone. The Sunrisers rally continues. Back of a length offcutter, grips in the surface, Rahul goes for a wild slog. He is through with the shot. The bowler hits the off stump and leaps for joy

Over 15: 9 off Henriques, including a six from Watson. 158/3

Over 14: 8 runs and the wicket of AB de Villiers. 149/3

13.5 Bipul Sharma to de Villiers, OUT

Sunrisers get Kohli and AB in two overs. Tossed on off and turns away. AB clears his front leg and winds up for a lofted hit over mid-off who was in the ring. He only skews it. Henriques back-tracks and takes the catch

Over 13: 12 runs and the wicket of Virat Kohli. 141/2

12.5 Sran to Kohli, OUT

Bowled’em! No 1000 this season for Kohli He slaps his bat on the turf as he walks back. Kohli is distraught. Warner pumps his fist. Dug in short but Kohli does not have the room to cut. He drags it back onto the leg stump via an inside edge.

Over 12: 9 runs off Bipul Sharma, including another four from Kohli. 129/1

Over 11: 8 off Cutting and the wicket of Gayle. 120/1

10.3 Cutting to Gayle, OUT

Gayle holes out. Offcutter, Gayle does not spot it. He swings early and skews it into the hands of Bipul Sharma at third man. He judged it well, running in, diving forward to snaffle it

Over 10: Kohli joins in the action, hits Mustafizur for a four and six. 112/0

Over 9: Two sixes and two fours from Gayle off Henriques. 100/0

Over 8: A six from Gayle off Cutting. 79/0

Over 7: Gayle brings up his 50 with a six. 69/0

Over 6: Four runs off Mustafizur’s first over. 59/0

Over 5: A four and six from Gayle off Cutting. 55/0

Over 4: Two sixes and a four from Gayle off Sran. 42/0

Over 3: Another boundary from Gayle off Kumar. 26/0

Over 2: A straight six from Gayle off Barinder Sran. 13 off the over. 18/0

Over 1: A streaky boundary from Kohli off Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s first over. RCB 5/0

Now, for Royal Challengers Bangalore’s chase.

Sunrisers Hyderabad reached 208/7 at the end of their innings against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL final.

Over 19: 16 runs and a wicket off the over. SRH 184/7

18.4 Jordan to Bipul Sharma, OUT

Chahal helps himself to another catch at midwicket. Jordan bangs it shorter and outside off, effort ball. He is beaten for pace. Pulls and skews it to midwicket off a top edge. Good, tumbling catch from Chahal.

Over 18: 12 runs and a wicket off the over. SRH 168/6

17.1 Watson to Cutting, OUT

Watson takes his time, takes aim, and nails the middle stump at the non-striker’s end.Watson rolls his fingers across this offcutter. Cutting is early into the flick. The ball squirts off the pad onto the pitch. Cutting thought it had dribbled through square leg. He takes a few steps forward. Ohja responds and is left near the middle of the pitch. Watson picks the ball up and hits the stumps

Over 17: 9 runs and a wicket off the over. SRH 156/5

16.1 Jordan to Yuvraj Singh, OUT

Big blow for Sunrisers. Yuvraj is gone. Pitched up and outside off, possibly a slower one, sticks in the pitch, Yuvraj looks to drive and ends up skewing it to extra cover, where Watson dives forward and completes the catch.

Over 16: 7 runs off the over. SRH 147/4

15.6 Aravind to Hooda, OUT

Hooda’s poor season with the bat ends. Hooda steps out, Aravind digs a slow short ball. Hooda can’t manufacture his own pace. He mis-hits it straight down the throat of long-on. Kohli blows a kiss and celebrates the wicket.

Over 15: 13 runs off the over. SRH 140/3

Over 14: 7 runs and a wicket off the over. SRH 127/3

13.3 Aravind to Warner, OUT

Aravind returns and snares the big fish. Dug in shorter and angling away outside off, Warner looks to cut it over cover. Instead, he slashes an outside edge into the lap of Abdulla at short third man.

Over 13: 4 runs off the over. SRH 120/2

Over 12: 13 runs off the over. SRH 116/2

Over 11: 6 runs off the over. SRH 103/2

Over 10: 9 runs and a wicket off the over. SRH 97/2

9.5 Jordan to Henriques, OUT

Short ball on the leg stump, not even hip-high. Henriques shapes to pull and sends a top edge to Chahal at midwicket

Over 9: 13 runs off the over. SRH 88/1

Over 8: 10 runs off the over. SRH 75/1

Over 7: 6 runs and a wicket off the over. SRH 65/1

6.4 Chahal to Dhawan, OUT

Chahal gets Dhawan and breaks the opening stand! Floated outside off, Chahal slowed this up. Dhawan goes low for a sweep. He can only sky it to Jordan at deep square leg.

Over 6: 13 runs off the over. SRH 59/0

Over 5: Huge over for Sunrisers as 18 runs came off it. SRH 46/0

Over 4: 6 runs off the over. SRH 28/0

Over 3: 9 runs off the over. SRH 21/0

Over 2: 5 runs off the Chris Gayle over. SRH 12/0

Over 1: Decent start by the openers as 7 runs came off the over. SRH 7/0

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bat first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL final.

Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore secured the final berth following their four-wicket win over Gujarat Lions in the Qualifier 1, while Sunrisers booked their place after first beating Kolkata Knight Riders in the Eliminator and then the Gujarat-based franchise in the Qualifier 2.

RCB, who made a poor start to the tournament, later went on to build up considerable momentum by winning seven out of last eight games they have played.

Unlike RCB who will play their third IPL final, Sunrisers Hyderabad will head into their maiden final buoying by the confidence of having won two knockout matches to reach this stage.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: C Gayle, V Kohli, AB de Villiers, L Rahul, S Watson, S Baby, S Binny, C Jordan, I Abdulla, Y Chahal, S Aravind

Sunrisers Hyderabad: D Warner, S Dhawan, M Henriques, Y Singh, D Hooda, B Cutting, N Ojha, B Sharma, B Kumar, B Sran, Mustafizur Rahman

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