Indian Premier League 2013: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab, 25th Match Live Scorecard at Hyderabad, 19 Apr, 2013.
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Teams: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Time: 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT)
Kings XI Punjab 123/9 (20.0 Overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad 127/5 (18.5 Overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets
Thisara Perera hit three sixes in the 19th over to win the match for Sunrisers. Thisara Parera now top scorer and highest wicket taker Amit Mishra for Sunrisers Hyderabad this season so for.
Match Presentation:
A Gilchrist: Losing those wickets was the turning point, looked good to get to 140 then we lost four wickets for nothing. It's about getting the consistency, the bowlers are doing a good job but the batsmen keep letting them down.
C White: We like the close games, don't we? 140 was always going to be tough chase as Adam said. Vihari's had a nice tournament so far which is a good thing about the IPL, allowing youngsters to perform. The bowlers are doing a good job, Mishy, Ishant, Dale, Karan. Takes a bit of skill to hit those sixes.
Vihari man of the match: Very happy with the performance, most importantly, the team won. I don't mind bowling just one over, important to bowl it well. For this wicket, the target was very suitable for, sad that I couldn't see it through.
This is not Indian Premier League. This is Indian Pirates League. At least with these two teams. On back-to-back days leading into this match, these two teams have pulled off matches they had hardly any right winning.
This match will feature two of the best legspinners in India, Amit Mishra and Piyush Chawla. Mishra has right to feel aggrieved with Chawla often being preferred to him by the selectors. With superb performances in the season so far, including the match-winning hat-trick in the last match, Mishra is proving yet another point to the selectors. This will be a juicy little contest between the two leggies.
Amit Mishra is the only person to have taken three Twenty20 hat-tricks.
With 131 wickets at an average of 18.76 and an economy rate of 6.82, Mishra is the second-most successful legspinner in Twenty20 cricket, behind Shahid Afridi. Piyush Chawla is the only other legspinner to have taken 100 wickets - 103 at an average of 26.97 going at 7.44 to an over.
Sunrisers Hyderabad team: I Sharma, CL White, DW Steyn, JP Duminy, DB Ravi Teja, A Mishra, DJG Sammy, S Tyagi, NL McCullum, K Sharma, S Rana, CJ McKay, NLTC Perera, A Reddy, P Patel, CA Lynn, Veer Pratap Singh, Akshath Reddy, Hanuma Vihari, Thalaivan Sargunam
Kings XI Punjab team: DJ Hussey, PP Chawla, SE Marsh, MS Gony, RJ Harris, S Sharma, Azhar Mahmood, B Sharma, AC Gilchrist, SD Chitnis, LA Pomersbach, P Valthaty, P Awana, N Saini, BA Bhatt, Mandeep Singh, Manan Vohra, Aniket Choudhary