SRH vs RPS News
Going into the final over, Hyderabad needed 13 runs to win in the final over with 4 wickets in hand and Unadkat was given the responsibility with the ball to help Pune sail through.
Stokes produced another brilliant all-round performance on the day, scoring crucial 39 with the bat and then picking up 3 wickets as well.
"Warner and Yuvi (Yuvraj Singh) were going strong. When Warner got out, I would say that was the turning point. Later, we also wanted Yuvi's wicket. In the death overs, it can go either way. So, it went our way," he said at the post-match press conference.
Mercurial Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday once again showed his hitting prowess by punishing the season's leading wicket-taker Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the Sunrisers Hyderabad-Rising Pune Supergiant match of the Indian Premier League 2017.
With 2 teams ruled out and 1 already qualified, 5 stills are still fighting for the remaining 3 playoffs spots.
Pune swapped places with Hyderabad to be placed third in the league standings after registering three back-to-back victories against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Lions and Kolkata Knight Riders.
The spectators couldn't believe their eyes as R Ashwin walked to the crease ahead of Saurabh Tiwary, MS Dhoni and Thisara Perera.
RPS needed 14 runs to win off the final ball, but Nehra dismissed Thisara Perera and Adam Zompa, while Dhoni was run-out.
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