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Sunrisers Hyderabad 163/6 (19.2 Ovs)
Bipul Sharma 27 (11)
Gujarat Lions 162/7
P Kumar 3.2-0-32-0
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 4 wkts
SRH make maiden IPL final:
David Warner, you beauty! The Aussie is pumped up. Shouts of 'come on' as he takes SRH to their maiden IPL final with an unbeaten 93. Lot of credit to Bipul Sharma for his 11-ball 27 and an unbeaten 46-run stand for the seventh wicket with the skipper that has sent the IPL debutants crashing.
Nail-biting:
What a chase this is turning out to be. Neither teams have given up still. Warner is fighting, in the company of Bipul Sharma, but so are Praveen Kumar and Dwayne Bravo. SRH need 24 off the final 12 balls.
Naman Ojha falls:
This game continues to swing violently. The onslaught in Smith's over put pressure on Gujarat Lions but they've pushed that right back on Warner as Naman Ojha has been dismissed. SRH are 117 for 6, need 46 runs off 25 balls.
Warner turns it on:
Is this the over SRH have been waiting for? Warner has gone after Dwanye Smith, smashing him for a six and four before Naman Ojha too collected a big six. 19 runs come off the over. The equation has gone down from 66 off 36 too 47 off 30 balls.
Wicket: Ben Cutting goes
David Warner is running out of batting partners here. Ben Cutting is the latest to trudge back, caught behind off Kaushik. The keeper and the bowler went up in a flash but Cutting was shaking his head. Replays suggested why. There was no contact between bat and ball, as confirmed by the snicko. The sound that the umpire heard was perhaps of the bat brushing the front pad after the ball went past. Wrong decision here. SRH 84 for 5 in 12.3 overs.
Wicket: Bravo strikes
The slower one has worked! Bravo traps Deepak Hooda in front of the stumps and sets off on a run. SRH 75 for 4 in 11.1 overs
Fifty for Warner:
David Warner is leading his team's fight here. He has scored yet another half-century. For SRH, however, the job is far from done. SRH 75 for 3 in 11 overs.
Yuvraj goes:
This game is tantalisingly poised here. Even as Warner was going after the bowling, GL have pulled it back by dismissing Yuvraj Singh. Warner remains the key here.SRH 61 for 3 in 8.2 overs
Dwayne Smith strikes:
Moises Henriques is gone. No match-winning effort today. A bit of soft dismissal as he drives a wide delivery to Ekkalavya Dwivedi at cover. SRH 33 for 2 in 4.1 overs
Milestone for Warner:: Brings up 700 runs
Dhawan goes: SRH 6 for 1
Shikhar Dhawan challenged Brendon McCullum and paid the price for it. A gentle push towards cover and he set off for a single, McCullum was quick to get to the ball and complete a direct hit that caught the SRH opener short of his crease.
Innings update: GL 162 for 7
Aaron Finch's fighting fifty and vital contributions from Dinesh Karthik and Dwayne Bravo have powered Gujarat Lions to a decent total here. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was Sunrisers' go-to man as always, bagging two key wickets while Ben Cutting too picked up a couple. Trent Boult, playing in his first game of the season, started well with Suresh Raina's dismissal but failed to replicate Mustafizur's effectiveness at the death. Gujarat Lions struggled but have a good score for themselves here. Can Sunrisers batsmen come out and chase this down to make it to their maiden IPL final ? Or will Gujarat Lions get another crack at beating RCB? An enthralling run chase beckons.
Boult comes a cropper:
This is perhaps where SRH miss Mustafizur dearly. Boult has been treated with disdain by Bravo, as 15 runs come in the penultimate over. GL have gone past 150.
Finch falls after 50:
The game is swaying both ways here. Finch reached his half-century with a boundary off Cutting but then fell off the very next delivery, playing a high full toss onto his stumps. GL 139 for 6 in 18 overs.
Finch fights:
Despite the flurry of wickets, GL are primed to finish well here as Aaron Finch is leading the fightback. So far, he's made most of the reprieve offered to him, racing away to 46 off 30 balls. GL 129 for 5 in 17 overs.
Wicket: Smith falls
Dwayne Smith has been sent packing. Henriques strikes with a leg cutter that was short and wide, luring Smith to go after it. The West Indian's heave goes to Shikhar Dhawan at deep point. GL 83 for 5 in 12.4 overs
Wicket: Bipul bags the big prize
He may not have got Finch but two balls later, he's done enough to end Brendon McCullum's fight. The New Zealander, who has struggled a bit with a stiff back, stepped down and went against the turn. He failed to reach the pitch of the ball and hit it down Bhuvneshwar's throat at deep cover. He goes for a 29-ball 31. GL 81 for 4 in 12 overs.
Dropped: Sran puts down a sitter
How costly is that going to be?`Aaron Finch goes hard on a Bipul delivery and the top-edge goes high in the air. Naman Ojha watched Sran lining up under the ball and then watch it slip out of his hands. Warner is not pleased. GL 80 for 3 in 11.4 overs
Run out: Karthik's promising stay at the crease ends
Just when Gujarat Lions were starting to rebuild, a mix-up between the two batsmen has given Sunrisers another breakthrough. Karthik late-cuts a Bipul Sharma delivery to Boult at short third man and sets off for a run. McCullum sends him back and even a full-length dive couldn't save him. A direct hit and GL are down to 63 for 3 in 8.5 overs
GL off to shaky start:
One of the best operators in the powerplay overs, Gujarat Lions, have been restricted to 38 for 2 in 6 overs here. Lot of credit to the way Bhuvneshwar Kumar started the proceedings and how Trent Boult picked up a key wicket.
Raina goes:
What a first wicket of season, this! Trent Boult has sent back the man of the big occasions Suresh Raina. The Lions skipper tried to play across at a length delivery, and got stuck in line. Gujarat Lions 19 for 2 in 3.2 overs.
Bhuvneshwar strikes: Dwivedi departs
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has a wicket! The Ekkalavya experiments has seen an early demise. The young man's eyes lit up on seeing the width on offer and went after it. Unfortunately for him, the ball flew off the edge and Trent Boult completed the catch. That's the first taste of action in this IPL for the New Zealand pacer. GL 7 for 1 in 1 over.
Raina plays an early gamble:
Well, well! Interesting move here. Ekkalavya Dwivedi has walked out to open the innings with Brendon McCullum.
Toss: Sunrisers opt to bowl
Massive team news coming in - Sunrisers will be without Mustafizur Rahman.The impressive young pacer is out due to a hamstring niggle. Trent Boult, whose last game in his two-month long India stay was New Zealand's practice match vs England at Mumbai BKC on 12 Mar 2016.
Gujarat Lions have made one change, bringing in Shivil Kaushik for Shadab Jakati.
Build-up: Fight for the final spot
Here we are then. Gujarat Lions have made their long journey from Bangalore to New Delhi so that they can find their way to the final. They go up against Sunrisers Hyderabad, who dumped out two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders. Lions come in from a defeat that really should've been a victory while Sunrisers take a confident step forward. Does momentum matter in a tie like this? Does form? It's hard to tell. Earliest guess would be it wouldn't matter because everything narrows down to this fixture and who fares better.
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