Bhuvneshwar Kumar turned out to be the hero of the night, placing the massive blows when it mattered most to assist Sunrisers Hyderabad pull off a sensational, one-run win over table-topper Rajasthan Royals, within the IPL league match at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium right here on Thursday.
With 13 runs wanted off the final over bowled by Bhuvneshwar, the match got here down to 2 runs off the final ball. He trapped the big-hitting Rovman Powell leg-before to set off celebrations within the stands and within the crew’s dug out.
Earlier, Bhuvneshwar produced a dream first over, sending again Influence Participant Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson for geese to make an early dent to Royals’ hopes, who have been chasing 202 for a win.
However the guests stayed within the hunt when the younger weapons Yashasvi Jaiswal (67, 40b, 7×4, 2×6) and Riyan Parag (77, 49b, 8×4, 4×6) placed on 134 off 82 balls by treating the bowlers with contempt and taking part in strokes everywhere in the park.
SRH skipper Pat Cummins’ third and fourth overs, throughout which he picked the wickets of Parag and Dhruv Jurel with out being costly, put the house crew again within the hunt.
Earlier, the in-form opener Abhishek Sharma and Anmolpreet Singh fell cheaply as the house crew scored simply 37 for 2 within the PowerPlay towards a disciplined Royals bowling assault.
Travis Head, who scored 18 runs off 17 balls within the PowerPlay, was fortunate to outlive when a slash off the primary ball of the innings from Trent Boult simply flew previous Riyan Parag at backward level.
Quickly the left-hander switched gears, and within the firm of the free-stroking Nitish Kumar Reddy (76 not out, 42b, 3×4, 8×6), pulled and lofted leggie Yuzvendra Chahal for 2 big sixes within the ninth over.
Later, Nitish hit two big sixes and a 4 in Chahal’s third over after which one over extra-cover off pacer Sandeep Sharma to point out his class.
Nitish’s two essential stands — 96 (57 balls) with Head (58, 44b, 6×4, 3×6) for the third wicket and an unbeaten 70 with Heinrich Klaasen (42 not out, 19b, 3×4, 3×6) noticed Sunrisers come again strongly and breach the 200-run mark.