5 moments from the SRH-KKR match that don’t fade away

The fight among the table-toppers was hyped up by the fans to be a mouth-watering encounter. However, in the end, it was a relatively easy win for the defending champions as Hyderabad beat Kolkata by 48 runs.

Winning the toss first, Gautam Gambhir sent the Sunrisers to bat first. The Sunrisers responded with scintillating blaze as David Warner’s fury burned the Kolkata bowlers to ashes. With a mammoth total of 210 to chase, KKR fell quick after a brave attempt from Robin Uthappa.

And here are 5 memorable moments from the match that don't fade away, quite like the Axe Signature range of body perfumes.

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#1 David ‘Dhamaal’

Left-handers are seemingly ruling the Indian Premier League. This season so far. Before the game went underway, Gautam Gambhir was the highest run-getter in the tournament. However, by the time Sunrisers Hyderabad were done with their batting, David Warner had taken over from the Kolkata Knight Riders captain as the top scorer of the competition thus far.

What he did after getting on the pitch was perhaps the best performance of this year’s IPL by a batsman batting first. The wrath of the Australian spanned over 59 balls. In that time, the Hyderabad captain scored a mammoth 129 runs while 10 boundaries and 8 sixes in the process.

Given that the Sunrisers scored 209 runs, it could be safely claimed that Warner carried his team almost single-handedly along with the help of…

#2 Another great Williamson innings

The New Zealander scored 40 runs in just 25 balls, hitting 5 boundaries in the process

Writing about Kane Williamson feels a little redundant now as the Kiwi captain has continuously played well in this edition of the Indian Premier League.The case wasn’t any different against GautamGambhir’s men.

While David Warner scored most of the runs, his innings was well complemented by a vintage display from Kane Williamson. The New Zealander scored 40 runs in just 25 balls, hitting 5 boundaries in the process.

#3 Robin rage

Uthappa did an admirable job to smash his way to a 28-ball 53 run innings

It seems as though Robin Uthappa is a man that insists on fulfilling his words as he played yet another good innings for his team. Batting at number 3, he had to come in early as Sunil Narine failed to slog the bowlers out of the park by being dismissed early.

Gautam Gambhir also fell soon after and the pressure was on Robbie to steady the ship. In the end, he did an admirable job to smash his way to a 28-ball 53 run innings. He made the majority of his runs through boundaries, hitting four 4s and 6s, each, in his rather short-lived innings.

#4 Mohammed Siraj halts the Riders

In his 4 overs, the pacer gave away only 26 runs and got two wickets

The batting line-up of KKR is one of the best orders in the Indian Premier League. With almost every batsman in form, it seems very difficult for the bowlers to get the better of them. It is for this reason that even a target as big as 210 didn’t feel safe against the Kolkata Knight Riders.

However, in the end, it seemed very easy to dismantle the KKR—and the man who began the hunting was Mohammed Siraj. In his 4 overs, the pacer gave away only 26 runs and got two wickets in the process. His start wrecked the in-form top-order, which turned out to be their demise ultimately.

Bhuvneshwar shows who is the boss

Bhuvi now has 20 wickets from 9 games under his belt

It seems as though ‘Bhuvi’ is destined to win the Purple Cap this year as he once again gives a solid performance for the Sunrisers Hyderabad. The ever-consistent pacer built finely on Siraj’s start as he took two scalps to shoot down the middle order.

By taking the wicket of Manish Pandey and Sheldon Jackson, he end his spell by giving away just 29 runs and further widening the gap between the rest of the bowlers in terms of total wickets taken as Bhuvi now has 20 wickets from 9 games under his belt.