HYDERABAD: Exploiting favourable conditions, Rising Pune Supergiants restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to a modest 118 for eight, earning a brilliant opportunity to bring their floundering IPL campaign back on track in a rain-hit match, here tonight.
Supergiants revelled under the conditions with pace duo of Ashok Dinda (3/23) and Mitchell Marsh (2/14) rattling the Hyderabad top-order.
The rain forced a one-hour delay and sluggish conditions made the decision to bowl first more suitable.
The hosts owed their total to opener Shikhar Dhawan, who struck a fighting unbeaten 56 that had two fours and a six.
Dinda extracted some good bounce from the track and scalped David Warner (0) and Aditya Tare (8) early in the innings. Warner slashed widish delivery straight to Ajinkya Rahane while Tare’s miscued pull was taken by Thisara Perera.
Marsh too was impressive from the other end, getting rid of dangerous Eoin Morgan (0).
Dhawan was holding the fort tightly but kept losing partners from the other end. Marsh completed his quota of overs with another wicket, by dismissing Moises Henriques.
In between, Ravichandran Ashwin sent back Deepak Hooda with his first ball of the spell. (AGENCIES)
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