IPL 2017: Sunrisers Hyderabad hammer Gujarat Lions, David Warner guides defending champions to playoffs

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It's been a disappointing campaign for Gujarat Lions.

They will really need to look into their bowling if they come back next year.

Warner and Shankar were brilliant tonight. 

And with this, SRH have become the second team to qualify for the playoffs.

And that's it!

Sunrisers Hyderabad have won!

Warner steps out to Praveen, but fails to time the ball.

PK gives him a hard stare.

Warner guides the last ball - a poor full-toss on his pads - for four.

SRH - 142/2 after 17 overs.

Time for a Strategic Time-out.

One wonders if any amount of strategies will be able to alter the fate of this match.

SRH - 135/2 after 16 overs. They need 20 to win from 24 balls.

50 for Vijay Shankar!

His first in IPL cricket.

Shankar milks Sangwan for two boundaries as he inches towards a richly-deserved half-century.

The youngster has shown tremendous composure tonight.

SRH inch closer - 127/2 after 15 overs.

It's a walk in the park for SRH now.

Warner is knocking the ball around and picking up the odd boundary without taking any risk whatsoever.

Credit to the skipper for wanting to take his team through till the end.

Shankar playing a mature hand too.

It's all too easy at the moment. GL are being out-classed by a much superior side.

SRH - 112/2 after 13 overs.

After two boundaries in his first over, Soni is taken for three this time.

He should've had Warner in his first over, he's gone for 27 from his two now.

SRH - 102/2 after 12 overs.

Another good over by Munaf, gives away just four runs.

SRH need 69 from 54 with 8 wickets in hand.

Key for them - Warner is still there at the crease.

Rookie leg-spinner Ankit Soni comes into the attack.

He was picked up by GL despite not playing a single first class game.

Gets Warner caught-behind with a clear edge, but the umpire keeps his finger down.

Add to that, Warner and Shankar cream him for a boundary each.

Tough luck for the youngster.

SRH - 82/2 after 10 overs.

13 runs from Munaf's second.

Warner guides one through Point and Short-third, while Shankar gets one past DK with a thick edge.

It's time for the Strategic Time-out.

SRH seem to be cruising at the moment. They are 71/2 after 9 overs.

Ravindra Jadeja follows Munaf, sends down an economical first over.

Just six from it.

Skipper Warner seems to be in no hurry as of now.

SRH - 58/2 after 8 overs.

Tidy first over by Munaf Patel.

Just five from it.

 SRH - 52/2 after 7 overs.

Action packed over that one!

Shankar gets a reprieve as DK drops a tough chance behind the stumps.

Warner picks up a boundary with a thick edge, the ball threads the gap between Point and Short-third.

SRH - 47/2 after 6 overs.

Another decent start to the over. Vijay Shankar is the new man. Can he play that one innings which will make him a star?

Warner has just faced 9 balls till now and is still to hit a boundary! Not good signs for SRH!

SRH- 27/2 Overs- 4

GONE!!! Dhawan has to walk back. Total mistiming of the shot and a relatively comfortable catch to James Faulkner. He departs for 18 of 11 and Kumar picks up his first wicket.

Henriques is the new man in.

Praveen Kumar has made the slower his stock delivery and the faster one a variation! Never has been an express bowler though!

A cricket ball nutmegs Dwayne Smith and what should have been no runs has run away for a boundary!!

Wicket! PK has bagged two in the same over. Henriques plays away from his body and edges to DK. He departs for four.

SRH- 25/2 Overs-3.0 

Shikhar Dhawan is hitting the ball as cleanly as a whistle!! Three boundaries in the first three balls. Sangwan is having a nightmare!!

13 runs of the over! He takes a single to keep strike.

SRH- 20/0 Overs- 2

WICKET!

Bhuvi cleans up Praveen and Munaf on back-to-back deliveries.

GL all-out for 154.

This has been a stunning collapse. All credit goes to SRH's disciplined bowling in the second half of the innings.

Will GL be able to put up a fight with the ball in hand?

WICKET!

Ankit Soni clean-bowled by Kaul. Brilliant yorker there.

Praveen Kumar is the new man.

Jadeja will need to get at least a couple of boundaries in the last over.

GL - 154/8 after 19 overs.

Jadeja gets one boundary, but yet another good over for SRH by Bhuvi.

GL - 150/7 after 18 overs.

WICKET!

After Karthik, Sangwan perishes for a Golden Duck.

He is clean-bowled by Siraj, who gets his fourth.

This is absolutely brilliant stuff from the young pacer.

GL - 142/7 after 17 overs.

WICKET!

Siraj gets his third, cleans up Faulkner.

It's all going downhill for the hosts at the Green Park Stadium.

Pradeep Sangwan is the new man at the crease. Much rests on Jadeja's shoulders now.

It's time for the second Strategic Time-out of the first innings in Kanpur.

After a wonderful start, GL have got themselves in a tight spot.

Poor shot-selection from the middle-order batsmen has been their undoing.

Will Jadeja and Faulkner be able to hit some lusty blows in the final four overs?

GL - 134/5 after 16 overs.

Scores by the first five GL batsmen today:

54, 61, 2, 0, 2

WICKET!

Would you believe it! Rashid bowls a googly, Finch goes for a wild swing, ball crashes into the stumps.

What is going on here?! This is harakiri from the hosts.

GL - 123/5 after 14.

WICKET!

Rashid picks up his second wicket. Dinesh Karthik goes for a first-ball duck. Hits a full-toss straight to deep mid-wicket, caught well by Deepak Hooda.

SRH are right back in this!

GL struggling at 123/4 in the 14th over. Aaron Finch and Ravindra Jadeja at the crease.

WICKET!

Double strike by SRH!

Kishan tries to muscle another one over the square-leg boundary, only manages a top-edge which was taken comfortably by keeper Naman Ojha.

Kishan goes after an impressive 61 from 40.

While skipper Raina goes for his trademark heave over long-on, gets caught in the deep by Shikhar Dhawan.

Game-changing blows by Siraj. The youngster has had an impressive IPL 2017.

Just 12 runs in the last 10 balls.

SRH pulling things back.

Will Raina give fans from his home state a treat today?

GL - 118/1 after 12

WICKET!

Just as we were talking, Rashid traps Smith in front. He goes for 54 from 33.

Good comeback by the Afghan leggie.

GL - 111/1 after 10.5

50 from 31 balls for Smith.

SRH will be in deep trouble f they don't get the West Indian soon.

100 up after GL after 10 overs.

How many will they add in the second half of their innings?

Massive over for the hosts.

Rashid's first over goes for 17.

Smith joins Kishan and smokes one out of the park. 

GL - 93/0 after 9 overs.

50 for Kishan!

He smashes yet another pull for six. This has been a super knock from the former India Under-19 captain.

What an opening partnership this is turning out to be!

Rashid Khan will need to bowl a special spell for his side in this crunch game today.

Another impressive over from Nabi. Gives away just 3 runs.

Warner was going to bring on Rashid Khan, but decided to give Nabi another over when he realised the left-hander Kishan was on strike. Gamble paid off, smart move.

GL 76/0 after 8 overs. It's time for the first Strategic Time-out.

Kishan has hit some fabulous Pull shots already.

The left-hander's pick-up is such that playing on the leg side comes naturally to him.

SRH should consider pitching it full, outside off-stump to Kishan.

GL - 73/0 after 7 overs.

Smith destroys Nabi's figures.

Smashes the offie for a huge six and follows that up with a boundary.

This is turing into a great start for the hosts.

GL - 61/0 after 5 overs.

Siraj taken for 13 in his second over.

Kishan and Smith are looking dangerous from SRH's point of view.

GL - 48/0 after 5 overs.

Fourth bowling change for SRH in four overs, Mohammad Nabi replaces Siraj.

The Afghani bowls a brilliant over, giving away just two runs.

GL - 35/0 after 4 overs.

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— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) May 13, 2017

Another short ball, another pull, another boundary for Kishan.

GL - 33/0 after 3 overs.

Change in bowling, Siddarth Kaul replaces Bhuvi.

The Punjab lad has made important breakthroughs for SRH in IPL 2017.

But he bangs one short to Kishan, who hits another impressive pull for six.

SIX!

Mohammed Siraj bowls one short-of-good-length to Kishan. The youngster hits a short-arm pull, flat for six.

The left-hander continues to impress.

GL - 20/0 after 2 overs.

Another four!

This time Bhuvi gets Ishan Kishan's outside edge but there wasn't any fielder in the slip cordon.

GL - 11/0 after the first over.

First boundary of the day from Smith's bat!

Bhuvi bowls one wide, Smith cuts it hard past covers.

The players have taken their positions at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur.

The umpires are in readiness.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has the ball, Dwayne Smith is on strike.

Here we go!

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SRH captain David Warner has won the toss and elected to bowl first.

One change for the visitors, and it's a big one. Yuvraj Singh misses out with a sore finger, Deepak Hooda takes his place.

Two changes for GL - Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel come in for Dhawal Kulkarni and Basil Thampi.

Hello and welcome to live commentary of Match 53 of the Indian Premier League 2017.