IPL Final Blog: Gayle’s 76 Goes in Vain as Hyderabad Win by 8 Runs
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Sunrisers Hyderabad Win IPL 2016
The Sunrisers Hyderabad have done it! Even after letting Bangalore score 112 runs in 10 overs, Hyderabad didn’t give up. Once they got Gayle out, Hyderabad kept chipping away with wickets and in the end won the game by eight runs and became champions.
Ben Cutting emerged as the highest wicket taker for Hyderabad with two wickets.
The Royal Challengers Bangalore needed 18 runs from the last over with Sachin Baby and Chris Jordan in the middle. Jordan got run out in the third ball with RCB needing 15 runs from three balls.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar defended the runs and Hyderabad cliched the title for the first time. Royal Challengers Bangalore ended their 20 overs at 200/7.
Stuart Binny Run Out
Another wicket! Hooda executed a perfect throw to get Binny run out while he was trying to get back for a second run.
RCB need 18 from six balls to win the final with Baby and Jordan in the middle.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar Concedes Only Seven Runs
Sachin Baby and Stuart Binny are not able to play Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s yorkers. They managed only four runs from the first five balls and then Baby hit a boundary when Bhuvneshwar missed his length.
RCB need 30 from 12 balls.
Mustafizur Gets Watson
Another wicket for SRH! Now Hyderabad are well and truly in the driver’s seat. Watson gives a high catch to Henriques and gets out for eleven off Mustafizur’s bowling.
It’s down to Stuart Binny and Sachin Baby for RCB, they need 38 more runs from 19 balls.
Cutting Strikes Twice
Ben Cutting gets KL Rahul bowled! The match is slowly tilting towards Hyderabad’s favour now. Rahul completely missed the delivery and the ball swiftly hit the stumps.
Bangalore need just one more partnership but if Hyderabad keep chipping away with wickets, they can take the trophy home.
RCB need 47 runs from 24 balls with Watson and Sachin Baby in the middle.
Bipul Sharma Sends De Villiers Back to the Pavilion
Is there a twist in the tale? De Villiers tries to hit over mid-off and in the process gives a catch to Henriques off Bipul Sharma’s bowling. De Villiers goes for five.
RCB still need 60 runs from 36 balls. Can Hyderabad sneak a win from here? Watson and KL Rahul will have to come up with something special.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 149/3 after 14.
Kohli Finishes With 973 Runs!
Sran has got another breakthrough for Hyderabad. Kohli inside-edges the delivery onto his stumps after scoring another fine fifty.
He finishes with 973 runs in this season. Kohli will have to wait for another season to score 1000 runs.
Virat’s Regulation 50
Virat Kohli brings up his fifty with a lovely six over cover. He has taken just 32 balls to score his half-century. This match is turning out to be a dream final for RCB and their fans.
Royal Challengers Bangalore need 80 runs from 48 balls to win the IPL.
Gayle Out For 76
Finally, Hyderabad get a wicket. Gayle tried to go for another big hit but presented a catch to Bipul Sharma off Cutting’s bowling. The wicket may have come a little too late.
Gayle goes for 76. But no sigh of relief for SRH as AB de Villiers makes his way to the middle.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 120/1 after 11.
Henriques Goes For 21
Kohli hit a boundary off the first ball of ninth over bowled by Henriques and then handed it over to Gayle. The World Boss then smashed two sixes and a four.
Bangalore have reached 112 runs in just ten overs. A target over 200 seems very low at the moment.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 112/0 after ten.
Cometh The Hour Cometh The Man
Chris Gayle has raced to his fifty in just 25 balls. He has watched Kohli and De Villiers’ brilliant performances throughout the IPL, but now he has taken centre stage.
Gayle has smashed three fours and five sixes in this innings. RCB are well and truly on track to chase the mammoth total.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 65/0 after 6.1 overs.
Sran Gets Hit For 16 Runs
Chris Gayle is bringing it on at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. He has smashed Barinder Sran for two sixes and a four in the fourth over.
The World Boss, who has mostly remained quiet in this tournament may just tear the Hyderabad bowling attack apart tonight.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 42/0 after four.
Cutting Smashes Watson For 24 runs in Last Over
The Royal Challengers Bangalore may have thought they were back in the match after picking up a flurry of wickets in the middle overs.
But Ben Cutting came to the rescue for Hyderabad and smashed Watson 24 runs in the last over to take SRH to a huge total of 208/7 at the end of their 20 overs.
The Australian smashed four sixes and three fours in his innings of 39 from 15 balls.
Hero of Qualifier 2 Falls to Jordan
Bipul Sharma, who played a magical innings in the second qualifier against Gujarat Lions, couldn’t repeat his feat in the final.
He tried to pull a delivery from Jordan but only managed to give a catch Chahal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 174/6 after 18.4 overs.
Watson’s Perfect Aim
The Royal Challengers Bangalore are getting wickets in all kinds of ways, but they will take anything they get.
Ben Cutting set off for a run and then realised there wasn’t one. But it was too late, as in the mean time Watson picked up the ball and struck the middle stump at the non striker’s end to send Naman Ojha back to the pavilion, who had also taken a few steps forward, responding to Cutting’s move.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 168/6 after 18.
Yuvraj Out For 38
Yuvraj Singh looked like the one who was going to take Hyderabad to a big score but unfortunately he presents a catch to Shane Watson, who dives in front and latches onto the ball.
The left-hander falls to Chris Jordan after scoring 38 from 23 balls.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 148/5 after 16.1 overs.
Virat Blows a Kiss
Deepak Hooda tried to send a delivery from Aravind to the stands but instead gave a simple catch to Virat Kohli, who blew a kiss after taking the catch.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 147/4 after 16 overs.
Aravind Gets the Big Wicket!
There it is, RCB’s ticket to come back into the match! David Warner tries to cut the delivery from Aravind but instead edges it to Iqbal Abdulla.
Warner goes back to the pavilion after playing a crackling innings of 69 from 38 balls.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 127/3 after 14.
Henriques Falls to Jordan
After getting smashed by Warner in the first two balls of the over, Chris Jordan gets a wicket for his team.
Moises Henriques top edges the ball and presents a simple catch to Jordan. The Australian could manage only four runs.
SRH: 97/2 after ten.
Warner’s Ninth Fifty
The Hyderabad captain brings up his ninth fifty of this season. Warner has taken only 24 balls to get there. He is playing another scintillating tonight and looks set for a big innings.
SRH: 88/1 after nine.
Chahal Strikes, Dhawan Walks
A googly gets Shikhar Dhawan. RCB’s got their first wicket!
Yuzvendra Chahal was introduced in the seventh over and his fourth delivery has got Kohli his returns. Dhawan out for a 25 ball 28.
Watson Goes For 19
Chris Gayle and Sreenath Aravind get two overs each as SRH make 27 after 4 overs and it’s Shane Watson with the ball next.
Aussie vs Aussie and Warner sends the first ball for a maximum. Shikhar Dhawan adds another off his bat as 19 are made in the 5th over.
RCB: 46/0 after 5 overs
Aravind Opens RCB’s Attack
SRH’s openers are out on the field and David Warner faces the ball first with Shikhar Dhawan at the other end. Virat has chosen to go with Sreenath Aravind in the first over and he concedes 7 in the first over.
Teams for Final
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, KL Rahul (wk), Shane Watson, Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Iqbal Abdulla, Chris Jordan, Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Yuvraj Singh, Deepak Hooda, Ben Cutting, Naman Ojha (wk), Bipul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Barinder Sran, Mustafizur Rahman.
Hyderabad to Bat First
We’re live on the IPL Final between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Bangalore and the ‘home’ team have lost the toss.
David Warner says RCB’s strength lies in chasing while their’s is in their bowling. Plus the ‘fantastic wicket’ at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
No changes in the RCB XI, SRH have Mustafizur Rahman back for Trent Boult.
Here’s the match preview: Kohli’s RCB Face Off Against Warner’s Hyderabad in IPL Final
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