Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 27th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2015 Venue: Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali Date & Time: Apr 27, 08:00 PM LOCAL

A disciplined bowling performance from SRH gave them a crucial win. © Cricbuzz

It's been a familiar narrative for Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2015 IPL. Both sides have been ragged and with just two wins, find themselves languishing at the lower-half of the table. There have been glimpses of promise, but overall both have been devoid of consistency. With the IPL entering its mid-phase, and teams vying for a top-four finish, time is running out for both these under-performing teams who have a lot to ponder upon.

SRH are coming off the back of a crushing defeat at the hands of MI where they botched up a chase of 158. Incidentally all 5 half-centuries for them in IPL8 have come from the David-Dhawan combo. The batting looks bare after the first two and they might want to consider bringing on Eoin Morgan back into the fray. Will they sacrifice an all-rounder for that? We'll have to wait and see.

KXIP return to Mohali after a forgettable outing in Pune. After their run to the finals last season, they've started IPL2015 with just 2 wins out of 6. Glenn Maxwell's had a forgettable outing thus far and sat out of the game against CSK. Will they get him back for this? That means they'll have to drop either Marsh or Miller. Not a good place to be

Kings XI won the toss on a greenish surface in Mohali and elected to field. The big news is that there's no place for Maxwell or Sehwagyet but KXIP have brought on Manan Vohra (his first game in IPL8) and Rishi Dhawan. Surnrisers too have a couple of changes. They've left out Steyn and KL Rahul and replaced them with Ashish Reddy and Moises Henriques.

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SRH: D Warner, S Dhawan, N Ojha, R Bopara, H Vihari, M Henriques, AA Reddy, K Sharma, P Kumar, B Kumar, T Boult
SRH: D Warner, S Dhawan, N Ojha, R Bopara, H Vihari, M Henriques, AA Reddy, K Sharma, P Kumar, B Kumar, T Boult

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One would think that KXIP would ideally love to return to play at the Sector 16 Stadium in Mohali. Not really. In fact they are considering options to shift base considering the consistently poor turnout in Mohali. Read by G Rajaraman. Will the Punjabi's fill the stadium and get behind their team today? Do you think Punjab is right in making the move? Let us know. Tweet . We'll feature your comments on our site!

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with a start decent enough for his flimsy middle-order to capitalise on.

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Wriddhiman Saha moved to 38 off 31 to bring KXIP back into contention after a lethargic start to the chase. More importantly, he picked up 11 runs off a Praveen Kumar over. However Trent Boult fought back with the wicket of Axar Patel , clean bowled off a yorker, to bring SRH back in the hunt. Saha finally fell to Boult for a well-made 42. Is that the match?

28 now to win off 12

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Praveen Kumar closed the game in the final two overs and condemned KXIP to their 5th defeat in 7 seven games this season. 150 shouldn't have been too difficult for KXIP but they made a hash of the chase. The top-order once again failed to capitalize on the strong finish by their bowlers and once they were 4 wickets down by the 10 overs, they were constantly playing catch up. For Sunrisers, things fell into place. They took a call to leave out Steyn for Moises Henriques but were vindicated when the medium pacer proved to be tough to get away on a slightly slowish surface.

Trent Boult and Bhuvneshwar Kumar were the stars of the show. The duo ended with figures of 3/19 and 2/23 respectively to give SRH a timely win. By By virtue of their win they now leapfrog DD to go 5th on the table.

That's it from here. See you next game!