UAE affected the Sunrisers, as their bowlers could not feel at home. As a result, finally they have found rhythem as unit in the 7th match, played at India, and the bowlers defended another low total. Addition of Warner and Finch has not changed their low scoring trend. Addition of B Kumar has certainly helped in being more confident in scoring low totals, as at halfway Sunrisers is at 5th in Points Tally, and B Kumar has the Purple Cap as well as he is the most economic bowler of the tournament after 30th match of IPL 2014.
Summary of Matches
1st Match: First match saw Rahane’s knock losing them to RR.
2nd Match: They also became another team to be swallowed by Maxwell Tsunami. B KUmar had 3/19 amidst the ruins.
3rd Match: Finally, the top three of Dhawan (33), Finch (88*) and Warner (58*) took them to 184/1. DD gave a scare but they won by 4 runs.
4th Match: They failed to win against CSK, again as CSK chased their total of 145 easily. B Kumar (2/23) and Steyn (0/20) were impressive in the lost cause.
5th Match: Warner’s half-century (65 runs) and then bowling trio of Steyn (2/29), B Kumar (2/17 and Irfan (2/10) took them to easy win.
6th Match: Returned to India but Amit Mishra was dropped. They paid the price as RCB won by 4 wickets running on the blitzkrieg of AB de Villiers. The match was similar to the match of last edition player where AB destroyed Steyn and Co.
7th Match: In a low scoring thriller Sunrisers defended a low score to avenge loss against RR with 4/14 by B Kumar, 0/13 by Mishra, and 1/20 by Karn Sharma.
Match Results
- 1. Lost to RR by 4 wickeets.
2. Lost to KXIP by 72 runs
3. Def DD by 4 runs
4. Lost to CSK by 5 wickets
5. Def MI by 15 runs
6. Lost to RCB by 4 wickets
7. Def RR by 32 runs
Runs Scored and Conceded Every Match
- 1. SRH 133/6, RR 135/6
2. KXIP 193/6, SRH 121
3. SRH 184/1, DD 180/4
4. SRH 145/5, CSK 146/5
5. SRH 172/5, MI 157/7
6. SRH 155/6, RCB 158/6
7. SRH 134/9, RR 102
Key Batsmen
- 230 Warner
191 Finch
155 Dhawan
142 Lokesh Rahul
Key Bowlers
- 14 B Kumar
8 Steyn
6 Karn Sharma
4 Amit Mishra
3 Pathan, Ishant, Sammy
1 Henriques
Player of the Matches
- B Kumar (2)
Finch (1)
50+ Partnerships
- 1. 75 2nd Dhawan, Warner vs RR
2. 56 1st Dhawan, Finch vs DD
3. 128* 2nd Finch, Warner vs DD
4. 52 3rd Finch, Lokesh Rahul vs CSK
5. 111 3rd Rahul, Warner vs MI
6. 62 3rd Dhawan Warner vs RCB
Team Records
- First hattrick recorded against them by any team (Watson of RR)
Won 3, lost 4 matches.
Batting Records
- 4 50s (Warner 3, Finch 1)
29 6s (10 Warner)
75 4s (21 Dhawan, 20 Finch)
Bowling Records
- No Maidens bowled in 7 matches.
42 wickets in 7 matches.
5.45 by B Kumar (27.3 ov) is the best economy.
4/14 by B Kumar is their best performance.
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