Thursday, May 7, 2015

IPL8 – Hyderabad beat Rajasthan to move up the points table


#IPL8 #RRvsSRH #ShikharDhawan #Brabourne Sun Risers Hyderabad kept their play-off hopes alive by pulling off a well-deserved seven-run victory over Rajasthan Royals – Hyderabad now have 10 points from 10 matches and four matches remain. The contest went to the wire at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai as reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 7 May 2015.
SRH won the toss and elected to bowl first and with Shikhar Dhawan (54) and Eoin Morgan (68 off 28 balls), they managed to put up a 200 plus score (201 for 4 in 20 overs) which put pressure on the RR batsmen from the word go.
For Rajasthan Royals, their in-form batsman Ajinkya Rahane (8) went out cheaply but there were others who wanted to pull off this match. The superb knock from Steve Smith (68) brought them back in contention. Subsequently, there was a late-order recovery from James Faulkner (30), Sanju Samson (21) and Chris Morris (34 not out). One got an impression that RR would retain their superiority but that did not happen and the hosts lost by 7 runs.
Incidentally, when RR won the toss and elected to bowl first, there was a feeling among exerts that it was not a correct decision – RR should have elected to bat first. And the fears were proved.

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