SRH rise to chase it

Sunrisers Hyderabad SRH signed off their highly successful home campaign when they brushed aside Punjab Kingsrsquos challenge by four wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Sunday The Orange Army burst into rapturous celebrations when Sanvir Singh hit the winning run Chasing 215 SRH romped home in 191 oversSRH finished with five wins one loss and an abandoned match at home Overall SRH had eight wins five losses and one abandoned match to end their league campaign with 17 points Skipper Pat Cummins led his team in a lap of honour amidst a sea of Orange flagsTravis Head goes earlyChasing a big target SRH had a massive setback in the first ball itself as leftarm seamer Arshdeep Singh castled inform bighitter Travis Head The early exit of Head did not stop Rahul Tripathi 18ball 33 and lefthander Abhishek Sharma 66 28b 5x4 6x6 from playing aggressively to give SRH a solid innings The two smashed 72 runs in five overs Tripathi was out while going for a big hit and was caught at deep midoffPunjab Kingsrsquos Prabhsimran Singh during his 71 yesterdayAbhishek continued his fine form He hit his 41st six of the season before he holed out to extra cover off Shashank Singh Abhishek said he was determined to contribute as the target was big ldquoDuring the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy I was clear how I was going to play and dominate in the IPL Irsquove been in touch with Brian Lara former SRH coach Thatrsquos helping me now I just wait for the loose balls I am going hard against them and trying to put them bowlers under pressurerdquo he saidCummins was pretty happy with the win ldquoItrsquos awesome We have won six five out of seven here Itrsquos been great I didnrsquot know many guys coming into this season but we have played great cricket and had some funrdquo The Aussie Test captain had a word of praise for Abhishek who he felt was amazing ldquoI wouldnrsquot want to bowl against him Hersquos scaryrsquorsquo said Cummins adding that Nitish Reddy is a class player as well ldquoHe looks mature beyond his age he is perfect for the toporder Really satisfyingrsquorsquoReddy who had an off day as a bowler when he leaked 54 runs in his three overs hit a 25ball 37 to keep SRH on course Leftarm spinner Harpreet Brar impressed yet again but was unlucky when Harshal Patel dropped a sitter to give Shahbaz Ahmad an early life Heinrich Klaasen 25ball 42 found his groove again and made a 26ball 42 but was out with SRH just seven runs away from a winAlso ReadSulakshan Kulkarni will now coach Maharashtra after TN exitSolid opening startEarlier electing to bat the hardhitting opening pair of Prabhsimran Singh 71 45b 7x4 4x6 and left hander Atharva Taide 46 off 29 balls galloped away to 97 runs in 91 overs before leftarm seamer T Natarajan broke the partnership by dismissing Taide With the ball coming on nicely Prabhsimran punished the SRH attack Young Reddy showed brilliance on the field when he ran out the dangerous Shashank Singh who was attempting a second run while playing to short midwicket Kings lost momentum after the departure of Prabhsimran South African lefthander Rilee Rossouw 49 off 24b was the lone overseas player for Punjab as Englandrsquos trio of Sam Curran Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone have left to prepare for the T20 World Cup The lefthander tried to keep SRHrsquos attack at bay But he too was back in the pavilion being held in the deep off CumminsSanvir Singh pulled off a stunning catch by running backwards at extra cover to send back Ashutosh Sharma However standin skipper Jitesh Sharma 32 not out 15b 2x4 2x4 ensured that Kings posted their best score of 2145 on this ground