On Sunday the Sunrisers Hyderabad has strengthened their position at the top of the points table with a seven wicket win over Kings XI Punjab at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium by Chasing a challenging 180-run target, Hyderabad has clinched victory with two balls to spare thanks to some late display of power hitting by Yuvraj Singh and Ben Cutting.
When coming together with four overs to go and the visitors still needing 41 runs, the duo exploited some poor bowling by Punjab pacers Sandeep Sharma and Mohit Sharma as Hyderabad finished at 180 for 3 in 19.4 overs.
The Sunday's result has seen Hyderabad take a two point lead over second-placed Kolkata Knight Riders with 16 points from 12 matches and has virtually kissed goodbye to their chances of making it to the play-offs as they remained second from bottom with eight points from 12 matches.
The brief scores are Kings XI Punjab 179 for 4 in 20 overs (Hashim Amla 96; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/32) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad 180/3 in 19.4 overs (David Warner 52, Yuvraj Singh 42 n.o., Deepak Hooda 34; Axar Patel 1/26, Sandeep Sharma 1/35).
