SRH vs KXIP - M25 Report & Stats: IPL 2013

Match Report:

Sunrisers Hyderabad continued their winning streak at home with a convincing five wicket win over Kings XI Punjab. The SRH bowlers once again put on a magnificent display, before their batsmen led by Hanuma Vihari and Thisara Perera saw them home. 

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Coin used during toss of match 25 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Sunrisers Hyderabad and The Kings XI Punjab held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on the 19th April 2013
Chasing 124, SRH lost Quinton de Kock (0) with nothing on board as Praveen Kumar uprooted his middle stump. Vihari and Akshath Reddy together strung a partnership and rebuilt the innings putting on 48 runs for the second wicket. Vihari hit consecutive boundaries off Piyush Chawla's first over. Manpreet Gony provided the breakthrough as Azhar Mahmood pulled off a stunning one-handed catch to dismiss Akshath Reddy (19). At the halfway stage SRH were 56 for 2, still requiring 68 runs. 

Vihari (46) was caught by David Hussey as he played an uppish drive off Chawla. Needing 36 runs off 30 balls, SRH lost Cameron White (16) as Gony made a mess of his stumps. Mahmood trapped Biplab Samantray (10) leg before the very next over. With 18 runs off the final two overs, Perera (23*) hit Mahmood for three huge sixes to finish the match in style. SRH reached the target with seven balls remaining.

Earlier KXIP won the toss and elected to bat first. They lost Mandeep Singh (10) early when Ishant Sharma struck. After a slow start, Adam Gilchrist got a move on smashing three boundaries off Thisara Perera's 6th over. At the end of the power play, KXIP were 36 for 1. With runs difficult to come by, Gilchrist (26) tried to break the shackles and attempted a big hit off Karan Sharma, only to be caught at deep midwicket. Paul Valthaty (6) perished soon after caught by Perera off Karan Sharma to leave KXIP at 48 for 3 in 9 overs.

Promoted up the order, Chawla launched Karan Sharma for two massive sixes in the 11th over. Hussey joined in by slamming Ishant Sharma over the mid-wicket fence. KXIP lost Chawla (23) to a run out affected by Perera to peg them onto the back-foot yet again. Gurkeerat Singh ((17) got on with the task straight away hitting Mishra for a six. Hussey (22) then fell trying to accelerate off Ishant Sharma. The KXIP lower order then capitulated as they lost four wickets in five deliveries to leave them in disarray. They eventually finished at 123 for 9 from their 20 overs.

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Hanuma Vihari is man of the match during match 25 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Sunrisers Hyderabad and The Kings XI Punjab held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on the 19th April 2013
Man-of-the-Match: Hanuma Vihari 

Brief Scores: Kings XI Punjab 123 for 9 (Adam Gilchrist 26, Karan Sharma 2-19) lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad 127-5 in 18.5 Overs (Hanuma Vihari 46, Manpreet Gony 2-24) by 5 wickets. 

Stats Highlights:

85: Number of wickets taken by Amit Mishra, equaling Lasith Malinga’s record of taking most wickets in IPL.

68: The percentage of matches in IPL 2013, won by the home sides – 17 out of 25.

9: Number of sixes hit by Thisara Perera in IPL 2013 – two more than number of boundary fours he has hit!

4: Number of wickets lost by Kings XI Punjab in 4 balls while adding just one run to the total – from 114/5 to 115/9.

3: Number of matches won by Deccan Chargers in 18 matches played at Hyderabad. Sunrisers Hyderabad have won three out of three!

2: Number of batsmen to get dismissed without facing a ball in IPL 2013. Manpreet Gony emulated Amit Mishra, who had suffered the similar fate against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Bangalore.

1: Adam Gilchrist won his first toss in five games in IPL 2013.

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Piyush Chawla wins the Star Plus award during match 25 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Sunrisers Hyderabad and The Kings XI Punjab held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on the 19th April 2013
Presentation

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.

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 gets the man of the match award: 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.

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Thisara Perera wins the Yes Bank super sixes award during match 25 of the Pepsi Indian Premier League between The Sunrisers Hyderabad and The Kings XI Punjab held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on the 19th April 2013

source: iplt20.com

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