Mohali : Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 20 runs against Kings XI Punjab in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 match at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium here on Monday.
Put into bat, the visitors lost opener Shikhar Dhawan (1) in the second over, while Hanuma Vihari (9) was dismissed soon after.
But Warner (58; 41b, 10×4, 1×6) kept on scoring freely, hitting the ball to all parts of the park, before he was caught by David Miller off the bowling of spinner Axar Patel. The visitors were then 76/3 in 9.5 overs.
Moises Henriques (30) and Naman Ojha held on to take the score past the 120 mark but the latter was dismissed for 28 in the 17th over.
Ravi Bopara lasted for two balls without bothering the scorer, but late fireworks by Ashish Reddy (22 of 8 balls) helped Sunrisers reach 150. He struck two consecutive sixes in the last over off Sandeep Sharma.
For Kings XI, Axar Patel finished with impressive figures of 4-0-25-2, Johnson was expensive but picked two wickets.
Stands of Both Team in Point Table before match.
Kings XI Punjab : 6th, Sunrisers Hyderabad : 8th.
The Squad of both team :
Kings XI Punjab: George Bailey (captain), Murali Vijay, Shaun Marsh, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Axar Patel, Mitchell Johnson, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Manan Vohra, Rishi Dhawan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (captain), Ravi Bopara, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Trent Boult, Naman Ojha (wk), Ashish Reddy, Karn Sharma, Moises Henriques, Hanuma Vihari.
Match Details :
Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena And CB Gaffaney
TV Umpire: SD FryMatch
Referee: RS Mahanama
Reserve Umpire: CK Nandan