A spectacular mid-innings collapse

May 13, 2017

With their playoffs spot on the line, Sunrisers Hyderabad opted to bowl at the Green Park•BCCI

Mohammad Nabi bowled three tight overs in his first spell•BCCI

Having accounted for Dinesh Karthik with the first ball of the 13th over, Rashid had Aaron Finch bowled with a googly fours balls later•BCCI

David Warner anchored the chase with a disciplined innings thereon•BCCI

Warner and Shankar's unbroken third-wicket stand of 133 runs ensured Sunrisers became the second team, after Mumbai Indians, to qualify for the playoffs•BCCI

Gujarat Lions openers Ishan Kishan and Dwayne Smith got the hosts off to a blistering start as they raced away to 110 in the 11th over•BCCI

Rashid Khan had Smith lbw in the 12th over, triggering a collapse•BCCI

Bhuvneshwar Kumar then put an end to Lions' innings, taking two wickets off consecutive balls in the 20th over•BCCI

Playing only his third match of the season, Vijay Shankar struck his maiden IPL half-century•BCCI

Mohammed Siraj capitalised on the breakthrough, chipping away at Lions' line-up with four crucial strikes•BCCI

Sunrisers' 155-run chase received two early blows courtesy Praveen Kumar's double-strike in the third over•BCCI

Warner struck another fifty, easing Sunrisers towards the target•BCCI