IPL-08 : SRH Register 5th Win , Beat RR By Seven Runs

07 May,Mumbai

Eoin Morgan’s quick-fire 63 and Bhubhneshwar Kumar’s composed bowling helped Sun Risers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by seven runs at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

After notching up 201/4, the Sunrisers restricted the Royals to 194/7, to carve out a seven-run win.

With this victory, SRH have registered their fifth win of the ongoing IPL season.

Eoin Morgan as the Man of the Match for his 28 ball 63.

Put into bat first, SRH had a great start with Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner scoring 48 runs in the first four overs before the latter got out off the bowling of Shane Watson.

Dhawan continued with his good timing and scored his third half century of the season.

Towards the latter part of the innings, Morgan took the match beyond RR by scoring a blistering 63 runs of just 28 deliveries.

Chasing 202, Rajasthan needed a good start but they lost the in-form batsman Ajinkya Rahane in the very first over. Shane Watson too didn’t last long and got out in the third over.

Steven Smith briefly threatened to take RR all the way but with wickets falling on the other end, he finally succumbed to pressure of the required rate and was bowled in the 15th over of the innings.

His dismissal turned out to be turning point of the match. Towards the end of the innings, cameos from Sanju Samson and Chris Morris nearly created an upset but Bhubhneshwar Kumar kept his composure and bowled a good last over to ensure an SRH win.