MS Dhoni all around, makes RPS win

MS Dhoni disregarded his lazy begin to IPL 2017 and played hero in a last-ball triumph for RPS over shielding champions SRH. His 34-ball 61 included 18 keeps running off the penultimate over from Bhuvneshwar, that fiercely swung the installation in the house side's support. Prior to the day, the RPS bowlers offered some kind of reparation to their strategies from the last home diversion (surrendered 204 to Delhi Daredevils) to choke the SRH beat arrange. It took a late-arrange cameo from Moises Henriques (55 off 28) to help the holders post a sizeable aggregate, which in the end ended up being deficient.

How RPS' bowlers started?

Steve Smith unleashed a genuinely obscure substance, and IPL debutant, Washington Sundar against David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan in the powerplay overs. The left-arm spinner didn't set the world land with his knocking down some pins, however, did sufficiently only to keep the SRH openers somewhat wary at the wrinkle. Warner, who was suspected of conveying a niggle, was attempting to interface in his commonly severe way, while Dhawan figured out how to get a couple of limits going. SRH have been blameworthy of attempting to score in the powerplay overs (second-least after RCB) and RPS made full utilization of that. In spite of not losing a wicket, the guests had just 45 pursues on the board six overs. At the point when Dhawan tumbled to Imran Tahir in the ninth over, he had scored 30 off 29 balls - a significant poor batting return in this organization of the game. From 65/1 in 10 overs, SRH had a tough assignment of setting up an aggressive aggregate on what was as yet a decent batting track.

Who salvaged SRH with the bat?

Daniel Christian was the pick of the bowlers for RPS, yielding only 20 in his fours overs, yet Henriques saw off the medium pacer and coordinated his invasion to flawlessness. Jaidev Unadkat and Shardul Thakur yielded 55 keeps running off the last four overs, 34 off which were scored by Henriques. The Australian, who has relinquished his No.3 batting spot for Kane Williamson, turned out to be just the second player (after Nitish Rana) to score three fifties this season up until this point.

Dhoni - the pursuit hero

T20 commendations were beginning to be composed about the designed previous Indian skipper, however, Dhoni hauled one out from his rich batting files. Dhoni was batting on a humble 21 off 19 balls when Ben Stokes was expelled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar on the first ball of the seventeenth over. Unarguably the best demise bowler in the group cramped Dhoni for full-length deliveries, as the RPS batsman's enormous hurls weren't associated. Just nine fell off the over and at the end of the day Dhoni was in a circumstance where his diminishing reflexes were going to get examined a ton. Or, then again so thought the commentators.

The condition of 47 from 18 balls was diminished to only 30 off 12 as Dhoni dismantled youthful bowler Mohammad Siraj. The Hyderabad pacer's endeavor to perplex Dhoni with a slower one bombed as he was sent into the stands before a short ball outside the off-stump directly after was dispatched for a four over point. Siraj was dealt with however the genuine trial of batting capacities were just going to start - a penultimate over against Bhuvneshwar.

The over started with a wide, then a shameless and successful flick from between the legs by Dhoni for four. Bhuvneshwar went wide and full and Dhoni made late alterations and sent it to the third man limit. And afterward came the last nail in the pine box. Dhoni summoned his solid base hand into play to send a full conveyance over long on for a 28-ball half-century. All the more vitally, the condition was down to 11 off the last six balls. Siddharth Kaul took the diversion till the last ball and clustered with Warner and Bhuvneshwar so as to attempt and figure out how to shield 2 off the last ball. However, that was not to be, as the length ball doled out to Dhoni was smacked through spreads for the rewards runs.

Bipul's exorbitant drop

At the point when Bipul Sharma called for it, however, spilled the skier from Rahul Tripathi, the RPS opener was on 17 off 16 balls, while the group had 24 for 1 in 4.1 overs in a hardened pursue. The free-lively stroke maker went ahead to crush a 41-ball 59 and included a fundamental 72-run remain (off 46 balls) for the second-wicket with Steve Smith, that laid the underlying stage for the hosts.

Where they go from here?

Sunrisers have next to no turnaround time. They fly down south to Bengaluru to confront RCB on Tuesday, while RPS have a shorter travel - to Mumbai - for a diversion against Rohit Sharma's side on Monday.

Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 176/3 (Moises Henriques 55*, David Warner 43; Daniel Christian 1-20) lost to Rising Pune Supergiant (MS Dhoni 61*, Rahul Tripathi 59; Rashid Khan 1-17) by 6 wickets