Gujarat Lions were winning constantly and may be a three-match winning streak led them to develop overconfidence and Sunrisers Hyderabad left no chance to thrash it. On Thursday at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Sunrisers Hyderabad ended Gujarat Lions’ continuous winning streak in IPL as they scored a 10-wicket thumping win over Gujarat.
Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl first, chasing was a well-planned decision of Warner. Gujarat got off to a strong start though they did lose Finch early. Aaron Finch who scored 74, 50 and 67 not out respectively lost his wicket for a duck.
Sharma ended a strong partnership of Raina and McCullum which was a turning point for Gujarat. Dinesh Karthik came to bat but was knocked out soon in the 10th over of the match followed by Bravo’s wicket, which fell cheaply in the 14th over. Both of them scored 8 runs each and after Bravo’s departure, Gujarat was 91 for four in 13.1 overs.
Due to the quick wickets, the run rate of Gujarat Dropped but Raina was still on the crease and Gujarat was holding up to that. Jadeja came and smashed 14 runs off 14 balls the batsman who returned to the team after missing a game due to his marriage, was dismissed by left-arm pacer Mustafizur. In the last over Raina was dismissed and Gujarat struggled to make 135 runs with the loss of 8 wickets. For an IPL match, it was an easy target to chase and Gujarat was running out of luck continuously.
Gujarat’s captain Suresh Raina utilised all the seven bowlers of his team but none of them managed to break the partnership.
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22 April, 2016
Avni S. Singh
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