IPL9 - Cutting helps Hyderabad lift the trophy for the first time, Bangalore outplayed

It was a glorious T20 match for Hyderabad when they lifted the IPL Trophy for the first time. It was a battle among equals and Bangalore finally faltered and lost by 8 runs. Ben Cutting was declared the Man of he Match for his blistering knock of 39 not out off just 15 balls and his capturing of 3 wickets. He had hit four huge sixes and three fours.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 30 May 2016.

David Warner, the captain of Sun Risers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bat first. He, along with Shikhar Dhawan, put up 63 runs by the seventh over when Dhawan fell at an individual score of 28 off 25 balls with the help of a six and three fours. Warner raced to his ninth fifty of the season in the ninth over in just 24 balls hitting three sixes and five fours and fell when his score was 69 off 38 balls (three sixes and eight boundaries). SRH finally posted 208 runs on the board for the loss of 7 wickets.
In reply, Chris Gayle and Virat went all out to score the necessary runs and the duo added 114 for the opening wicket to set a perfect platform to chase down the big target. But, Cutting cut into Kohli's dreams - he got the prized wicket of the Gayle in the 11th over. Gayle had hit eight sixes and four boundaries in his quick-fire 76 off 38 balls. Kohli also did not last long - he fell victim to Barinder Sran. Kohli had smashed two sixes and five fours for his 35-ball 54. Then wickets fell in heaps - RCB were reduced to 148/3 in 13.5 overs and finally folded up for 200 runs.
For RCB, it was their third defeat in as many finals of IPL.


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IPL8 – Royal Challengers drubbed in home ground, had no answer to Sun Risers

#IPL8 #RCBvsSRH #ChinnaswamyStadium #TrentBoult #chrisgayle This match did not go own to the wire, neither did it have a nail biting finish – it finished in the 18th over. It was a case of abject surrender of Royal Challengers Bangalore to Sun Risers Hyderabad in their IPL8 encounter at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Or - was it a case of over confidence of the Royal Challengers?
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 14 April 2015.

Winning the toss, Sun Risers Hyderabad opted to field first and the Royal Challengers Bangalore began batting with two stalwarts Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle but, neither could fire as they would have desired.
AB de Villiers hit a useful 28-ball 46 while Virat Kohli chipped in with a 37-ball 41 and Chris Gayle scored a 16-ball 21 as RCB folded up with a score of just 166 runs which was not enough.
Trent Boult of SRH picked up three wickets in the last but one over and Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up two wickets in the last over.
Sun Risers Hyderabad chased down the 167-run target quite easily in 17.2 overs with Warner slamming a 27-ball 57-run knock that was studded with six fours and four sixes.

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