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IPL 2016: Highest/Most Run-Scorers, Leading Wicket-Takers after Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Gujarat Lions (GL)

Shikhar Dhawan anchors SRH’s win

Sunrisers Hyderabad played Gujarat Lions on 6 May 2016 at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad. Sunrises Hyderabad was upbeat after their previous win against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gujarat Lions is flying high in the top half of the table. Another win would push them to number one. While a win for Sunrisers Hyderabad will push them higher in the table.

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and chose to field first.

"The wicket will not change. The chasing probably is the key here. The guys are all fresh here. No reason for them not to give 100%. Yuvraj comes back in." Warner said.

"Our performances have been good. It is a fresh game. Hopefully, we can do well. Bravo comes in for Jimmy. Sangwan comes in for Ishan Kishan.” Raina added.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI:

David Warner(C), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Moises Henriques, Yuvraj Singh, Naman Ojha(WK), Deepak Hooda, Barinder Sran, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Mustafizur Rahman.

Gujarat Lions Playing XI:

Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina(C), Dinesh Karthik(WK), Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Pradeep Sangwan, Praveen Kumar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivil Kaushik.  

Yuvraj Singh made his debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Also Read: IPL 2016: Highest/Most Run-Scorers, Leading Wicket-Takers after RCB vs RPS & KXIP vs DD Match

Gujarat Lions were off to a shaky start. They lost three wickets in the first six overs. Nothing worked for Gujarat in the first ten overs. All their batsmen struggled against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Only Aaron Finch stood his ground to make sure that GL posted a decent total.

Sunrisers Hyderabad was off to a mediocre start as well. David Warner and Kane Williamson were dismissed early. Shikhar Dhawan held his ground and played a crucial knock. Hooda played a brilliant knock to ease the pressure on Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the end, Shikhar Dhawan won the game for Sunrisers Hyderabad. 

Virat Kohli holds the Orange Cap with 433 runs in seven innings. 

IPL 2016 Highest Run-Scorers

Positon

Player

Matches

Innings

NO

Runs

HS

Average

SR

1

 Virat Kohli

7

7

1

433

100*

72.16

137.02

2

 David Warner

8

8

2

410

92

68.33

166.66

3

 Gautam Gambhir

9

9

2

393

90*

56.14

123.19

4

 Rohit Sharma

9

9

3

383

85*

63.83

137.27

5

 Ajinkya Rahane

9

9

2

343

67

49.00

126.56

6

 AB de Villiers

7

7

0

320

83

45.71

163.26

7

 Robin Uthappa

9

9

0

313

72

34.77

135.49

8

 Suresh Raina

10

10

0

272

75

27.20

130.76

9

 Ambati Rayudu

9

8

0

271

65

33.87

124.88

10

 Steve Smith

8

7

1

270

101

45.00

153.40

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad started brilliantly with the ball. The first two overs were maidens, thanks to Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ashish Nehra. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets in this match. Remember, he bowled his IPL 9 best against Gujarat Lions in the reverse fixture.

Trivia: Gujarat Lions took fourteen balls to score the first run of the innings. This is the most by any team in IPL history. Moreover, no other team has bowled back-to-back maidens in the first two overs.

Take nothing away from Mustafizur Rahman; he was on fire today. He picked up two wickets today.

Gujarat Lions bowled well in the early overs and put a lot of pressure on Sunrisers Hyderabad. Bravo picked up two wickets.

Andre Russell leads the wicket-takers chart. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mustafizur Rahman moved up the chart. Bravo made a climb as well.

IPL 2016 Top Wicket-Takers

Position

Player

Matches

Innings

Overs

Runs

Wickets

BBI

Average

Economy

1

 Andre Russell

9

9

29.0

227

13

4/20

17.46

7.82

2

 Mitchell McClenaghan

9

9

34.3

275

13

4/21

21.15

7.97

3

 Bhuvneshwar Kumar

8

8

31.0

248

12

4/29

20.66

8.00

4

 Dwayne Bravo

9

9

34.0

300

12

4/22

25.00

8.82

5

 Jasprit Bumrah

9

9

34.0

275

11

3/26

25.00

8.08

6

 Mustafizur Rahman

8

8

30.0

187

10

2/9

18.70

6.23

7

 Amit Mishra

8

8

26.0

182

10

4/11

18.20

7.00

8

 Mohit Sharma

8

8

26.5

215

10

3/23

21.50

8.01

9

 Umesh Yadav

8

8

24.0

216

10

3/28

21.60

9.00

10

 Dhawal Kulkarni

8

8

26.0

180

9

3/19

20.00

6.92

 

AB de Villiers has the most catches in the tournament so far. While MI’s Parthiv Patel has the most dismissals as a wicketkeeper.

Fielding has been top-class in IPL 2016. SRH dropped a few but also took some spectacular catches. Watson-Wiese relay catch against Delhi Daredevils is the best catch of the tournament so far.

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