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Sunrisers flex batting muscle to tame Punjab

Mohali: Ashish Nehra and Siddharth Kaul shared six wickets among themselves as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kings XI Punjab by 26 runs in the 33rd match of the IPL at Mohali.

Chasing 208 runs to win, Shaun Marsh smacked a brilliant 50-ball 84 but his efforts went in vain as Punjab were restricted to 181/9.

Sunrisers started their second essay brilliantly as Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashish Nehra removed the Punjab openers.

Kaul then dismissed Glenn Maxwell for a duck to leave Punjab in deep trouble. However, Shaun Marsh gave Punjab a glimpse of hope as the Australian smashed 14 boundaries and two sixes.

Marsh along with Eoin Morgan kept Hyderabad at bay but the duo had to play out of their skins to help Punjab sail home.

Rashid Khan broke the stand by removing Morgan and then Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Marsh to turn the game firmly in Hyderabad's favour.

Earlier, openers David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan helped Sunrisers post a challenging 207/3.

Right from the start, Dhawan (77) and Warner (51) thrashed Punjab's bowlers all around the park and got past 100 run mark in just 10 overs.

Both openers forged a 107-run partnership with the run-rate of 10.70 before Warner was sent packing by Punjab's skipper Glen Maxwell.

Warner tried a slog-sweep over mid-wicket but totally missed the ball and thus got bowled by Maxwell. Warner's 27-ball knock was laced with four boundaries and four sixes.

Unperturbed by the fall of Warner's wicket, Dhawan, who seemed good at the middle, continued the assault.

But after adding another 40 runs with Kane Williamson (54 not out), Dhawan was out to a Mohit Sharma delivery. Dhawan slammed nine boundaries and one six in his 48-ball inning.

Williamson along with veteran batsman Yuvraj Singh (15) then paced up the scoring rate but failed to continue their attack as both batsmen added 24 runs in three overs before Yuvraj was dismissed by Maxwell in the 17th over.

With two overs remaining, middle-order batsmen Moises Henriques and Williamson then completed the proceedings in style as they added 31 runs in two overs to post a challenging total.

For Punjab, Maxwell scalped two wickets while Mohit Sharma took one wicket.



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