IPL 9: Dinda delight for Dhoni & Co as RPS win over SRH

Hyderabad Ashok Dinda and Co put up a fine bowling display to help bring the tottering IPL 9 campign of debutants Rising Pune Supergiants back on track with a 34run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad via the DuckworhLweis method on TuesdayChasing 119 to win Rising PuneSupergiants were 94 for three against Sunrisers Hyderabad whenrain stopped play in their IPL T20 matchAccording to Duckworth Lewis method the par score was 60in 11 overs and the visitors were way aheadThe match had started late by one hour due to rain afterthe tossSunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner walks off after being dismissed by Rising Pune Supergiants pacer Ashok Dinda during their IPL9 match in Hyderabad on Tuesday PicPTIRelishing favourable conditions Supergiants restrictedSunrisers to a modest 118 for eight after a raindelayed startand won the contest via Duckworth Lewis method at Rajiv GandhiInternational stadiumIt was first win for Supergiants after four straightdefeats and credit for the muchneeded win goes to their paceduo of Ashok Dinda 323 and Mitchell Marsh 214 whorevelled under helpful conditionsStrokemaking was a bit difficult as the match startedlate by one hour The batsmen needed to apply themselves toget runs but Hyderabad players save opener Shikhar Dhawandid not respond to the conditions wellThe sluggish conditions made the RPS decision to bowlfirst more suitable Hyderabad were never in contention afterlosing half the team at a score of 32The hosts owed their total to Dhawan who struck afighting unbeaten 56 that had two fours and a six Dhawansknock was secondlowest score for an opener who carried hisbat through the innings in IPL historyHerschelle Gibbs had made 59 not out for Deccan Chargersin 2009Except for losing Ajinkya Rahane in the very first overSupergiants were in complete control of the contest SteveSmith and Faf Du Plessis went about their business calmlyComeback man Ashish Nehra and Mustafizur Rehman bowledwell but Smith and Du Plessis were ready to buy some timeThey shared a 80run stand that set up the easy chaseSmiths unbeaten 46run knock came off 30 balls and hadseven boundaries in it while Du Plesiss hit 30 off 21 ballswith three fours and two sixesThe stand was broken by Moises Henriques when he had theSouth African caught behind RPS skipper MS Dhoni promotedhimself up the order and straight away smashed a fourHowever he did not last long hitting one straight toAditya Tare off Nehra Immediately after Dhoni dismissalskied opened up again and play never resumedDespite the defeat Hyderabad remained at number four in thetable with six points while Supergiants rose a rung to sixwith four pointsHyderabad suffered their first defeat after threestraight winsEarlier exploiting favourable conditions Rising Pune Supergiants restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to a modest 118 for eight earning a brilliant opportunity to bring their floundering IPL campaign back on track in a rainhit match last nightSupergiants revelled under the conditions with pace duo of Ashok Dinda 323 and Mitchell Marsh 214 rattling the Hyderabad toporderThe rain forced a onehour delay and sluggish conditions made the decision to bowl first more suitable The hosts owed their total to opener Shikhar Dhawan who struck a fighting unbeaten 56 that had two fours and a sixDinda extracted some good bounce from the track and scalped David Warner 0 and Aditya Tare 8 early in the innings Warner slashed widish delivery straight to Ajinkya Rahane while Tarersquos miscued pull was taken by Thisara PereraMarsh too was impressive from the other end getting rid of dangerous Eoin Morgan 0Dhawan was holding the fort tightly but kept losing partners from the other end Marsh completed his quota of overs with another wicket by dismissing Moises HenriquesIn between Ravichandran Ashwin sent back Deepak Hooda with his first ball of the spell The stage was now set for Supergiants to push for a win which it needed badly The hosts were gasping at 32 for five with Dhawan and Naman Ojha having a great task at hand to repair the inningsThe two played sensibly focusing more on ones and twos to keep the scoreboard ticking They waited for the odd bad ball for big shotsOne such shot came in the 15th over when Ojha lofted Rajat Bhatia for a maximum in the cow corner Ojha and Dhawan added 47 runs much needed to lend some respectability to the total for the sixth wicketDhoni brought back Dinda and he responded by castling Ojha who made 18 off 21 ballsBhuvneshwar Kumar played a very useful cameo of 21 runs from just eight balls and that was crucial in taking the hosts past threefigure mark