Nair 83* gives DD last-ball win

"Fielding was sloppy. If you miss the chances, you pay. We thought 150 was par and sure it held up but it's a hard ground to defend. Big boundaries and Karun Nair played an exceptional knock. We have another game coming up and we have to refresh. We are in good form and we have to keep the momentum on," says Warner who I tell you is not smiling!So, DD stay in the hunt now. One more win and in all probability they will get through. The Sunrisers, well they would have liked to win this to be in the top two but that's how the cookie crumbles, I suppose.It all depended on how DD tuned their chase in the last 8 overs. And they were aided very well by the butter fingers of the SRH fielders with Warner and Bhuvneshwar dropping one each. Warner did eventually lap up Duminy. Then, Sran turned up a blinder at short third man to send back the dangerous Brathwaite. The last two overs bowled by Mustafizur and Bhuvi were gems. It was 2 off 1 with Nair on strike and he struck a four to win it for DD.

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The pitch had some bounce on offer. The saving grace for the bowlers also being the long square boundaries unlike some other grounds where even mishits and top-edges go for sixes. The strong seam attack of SRH did well to restrict DD to 37/1 in the powerplay. With de Kock back in the hut inside the first six, SRH would have felt that the game could be steered in their control. But a good partnership of 73 ensued between Nair and Pant and that turned the screws on the SRH attack a bit. A stunner of a direct hit from Bhuvneshwar in the deep found the lazy Pant short of the crease. It was still a tough ask with the required rate hovering around 9 runs an over.

With de Kock back in the hut inside the first six, SRH would have felt that the game could be steered in their control. But a good partnership of 73 ensued between Nair and Pant and that turned the screws on the SRH attack a bit. A stunner of a direct hit from Bhuvneshwar in the deep found the lazy Pant short of the crease. It was still a tough ask with the required rate hovering around 9 runs an over.