May 13, 2017

VIVO IPL 2017 season 10 53rd encounter between Gujarat Lions vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur on May 13, 2017 at 4:00 pm. Putting into bat first by Hyderabad, Lions having excellent start with DR Smith and I Kishan's 1st wickets 111 runs all out in 19.2 overs with 154 runs on board. Mhd Siraj took 4 wickets, Rashid took 3 and B Kumar took 2 wickets for Hyderabad. Hyderabad in reply chase the given target in 18.1 overs and won by huge 8 wickets margin. Mhd Siraj Declared man of the match for his 4 wickets of 32 runs.

Earlier, Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bowl first and let home team to set target to get. Putting into bat first Gujarat Lions got excellent start with DR Smith and Ishan Kishan. Both played good quick cricket and smashed fifties as well for Gujarat. Both added 111 runs for 1st wicket before DR Smith got out scoring 54 runs of 33 balls. Ishan Kishan also folloed him contributing very well 61 runs of 40 balls. After thet sudden three more quick wicket : SK Raina (2), KD Karthik (0) and AJ Finch (2) put Lions in trouble to put good total for Hyderabad. RA Jadeja and Faulkner came in middle and tried to shape-up Lions inning but Faulkner also made his way scoring just 7 runs. Other lower order batsmen failed to understand pace bowling well and Lions team all out in 19.2 overs having score 154 runs. Mhd Siraj bowled well and picked up 4 wickets, Rashid took 3 and B Kumar took 2 wickets for Hyderabad.

Following target of 155 runs, Hyderabad lost S Dhawan (18) and MC Henriques (4) went early. Skipper DA Warner and V Shankar took the charge in hand for SRH and played sensible cricket. Both bated till and and presented Hyderabad well needed win in 18.1 overs and won by huge margins of 8 wickets. V Shankar made 63* and Warner contributed well 69* runs.

Player of the match - Mohammed Siraj (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Points - Sunrisers Hyderabad 2, Gujarat Lions 0.