IPL 2016, Highlights - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rising Pune Supergiants: RPS Defeat SRH By 34 Runs (D/L) To Record Their Second Win Of Season

After being put in to bat, hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad lost wickets at regular intervals but a gritty knock from Shikhar Dhawan helped them post a fighting total. Ashok Dinda and Mitchell Marsh were the pick of the bowlers for Rising Pune Supergiants as they finished with a total of five wickets between them. In reply, an unbeaten 46 from Steven Smith helped the tourists win the rain-affected match by 34 runs (D/L). Catch all the highlights of Rising Pune Supergiants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad here. (SCORECARD | STREAMING | POINTS TABLE | SCHEDULE | NEWS | PLAY FANTASY CRICKET)

00:20 hrs IST: And that's it. Thank you for joining us. See you all tomorrow for the game between Delhi Daredevils and Gujarat Lions. Until then, it's goodbye. 

Ashok Dinda is the Man of the Match for his magnificent spell of 3/23 in four overs. 

MS Dhoni (RPS skipper): "We weren't in the midfield, so this win was important in that sense. There are quite a few teams with four points, so we had to get there."

David Warner (SRH skipper): "This wasn't what we expected. We made it look like they bowled well. The boys tried hard. When you lose wickets in clumps, it's tough to build momentum."

00:06 hrs IST: And that's the end. RPS defeat SRH by 34 runs (D/L) to seal their second win of IPL 9. Both captains came on to the field and a chat between them and the umpires led to the match being called off. 

23:56 hrs IST: The cut-off time is 00:15 local. 

23:48 hrs IST: It's raining again at Uppal. D/L par score is 60 and RPS is way ahead of that! 

23:46 hrs IST: OUT! Short and wide from Nehra, Dhoni looks to play a cut  but instead finds Tare at backward point. RPS now require 25 off 54 balls. 

23:42 hrs IST: RPS now require 31 off 60 balls. 

23:38 hrs IST: FOUR! MS Dhoni gets off the mark in style. Length ball from Henriques, Dhoni walks down the pitch and smacks it over fielder at mid-on. 

23:36 hrs IST: WICKET! du Plessis c Ojha b Henriques 30(21). RPS are 80/2 after 9.1 overs. 

23:29 hrs IST: SIX! Length delivery from Henriques and du Plessis flicks it over mid-wicket for a maximum. RPS are 69/1 after 8 overs. It's time for strategic time-out. 

23:27 hrs IST: Moises Henriques into the attack now. 

23:25 hrs IST: RPS are 63/1 after 7 overs. 

23:24 hrs IST: SIX and a FOUR for du Plessis. It's getting all too easy for RPS now! 

23:21 hrs IST: FOUR! Slower delivery from Mustafizur and Smith just whips it over mid-wicket. RPS are 46/1 after 6 overs. 

Another boundary from @stevesmith49! Fearless batting by Smith tonight! #DumKaNayaRang

- Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) April 26, 2016

23:19 hrs IST: FOUR! 4th boundary for Smith. He looks in good form. 

23:17 hrs IST: Good over for RPS. 11 runs off it. They are 35/1 after 5 overs. 

Steven Smith steadied the ship for Rising Pune Supergiants after Ajinkya Rahane's early departure.

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23:12 hrs IST: FOUR! Poor fielding from Tare. Too short from Nehra and Smith pulls it towards deep backward square. It almost carries to Tare but he misjudges the length. 

23:09 hrs IST: Consecutive boundaries for Steven Smith. Just the kind of over RPS wanted at this stage. 

23:05 hrs IST: In comes Mustafizur 'Fiz' Rahman for his first over. 

23:04 hrs IST: Bhuvneshwar swinging the ball both ways. Get a feeling something is going to happen soon. RPS are 13/1 after 3 overs. 

23:00 hrs IST: RPS are 5/1 after 2 overs. 

22:57 hrs IST: FOUR! Short delivery from Nehra and du Plessis slaps it away to deep mid-wicket. 

Pulled and pulled away brilliantly! @faf1307 opens his and the team's account with a brilliant 4!

- Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) April 26, 2016

22:54 hrs IST: WICKET!! Rahane is caught by Morgan at point. First setback for RPS. They 0/1 in 1 over.

22:51 hrs IST: Two confident looking shots from Rahane.

22:50 hrs IST: Rahane and Faf du Plessis walk out to bat for Pune. Bhuvneshwar to start the proceedings for SRH.

22:35 hrs IST: And that's the end of first innings. SRH finish on 118/8 after 20 overs. We'll be back in a few minutes time. 

22:32 hrs IST: Consecutive boundaries for Bhuvneshwar. 

22:31 hrs IST: Thisara Perera to bowl the last over of the innings. 

22:30 hrs IST: Outstanding spell from Dinda. He finishes with figures of 4-1-23-3. SRH are 105/7 after 19 overs. 

22:27 hrs IST: SIX! Length ball from Dinda and Bhuvneshwar deposits it over long-on boundary. 

22:22 hrs IST: SIX! And that's fifty for Dhawan. His 23rd in IPL. 

22:17 hrs IST: OUT! Yorker length from Dinda, Ojha looks to smash it over long-on but misses and the ball crashes onto his middle and leg stump. SRH are 79/6 after 16.4 overs. 

22:15 hrs IST: Last four overs. Can SRH get to somewhere between 120-130? 

22:12 hrs IST: Pretty good over from M Ashwin. Just six runs off it. SRH are 78/5 after 16 overs. 

22:08 hrs IST: In comes leggie Murugan Ashwin for his first over. 

22:05 hrs IST: SIX! Fuller delivery from Bhatia and Ojha smashes it over the deep mid-wicket boundary. 

WHACK! First SIX of the match and it comes of Ojha's bat
Need few more of those#SRHvRPS #OrangeArmy

- SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 26, 2016

22:03 hrs IST: Brilliant spell from Ashwin. He finishes with 1/14 in his 4 overs. SRH are 59/5 after 14 overs. 

22:00 hrs IST: R Ashwin to bow his final over. So far he has been pretty economical. 

21:57 hrs IST: Good over for SRH. 8 runs off it. They are 53/5 after 13 overs. It's time for second strategic time-out. 

21:55 hrs IST: FOUR! Juicy full-toss from Bhatia, Dhawan comes down the track and hits it straight down the ground. First boundary after 47 balls for SRH. 

21:53 hrs IST: SRH are 45/5 after 12 overs. A lot depends on how Dhawan bats from here on! 

21:47 hrs IST: R Ashwin continues to effective. Just three runs off his second over. 

21:44 hrs IST: Excellent spell from Marsh. He finishes with figures 4-0-14-2. SRH are 36/5 after 9 overs. 

21:38 hrs IST: Another WICKET! Henriques c Dhoni b Marsh 1(4). SRH are 32/5 after 8.1 overs. It's time for strategic time-out. 

GONE GONE GONE! Another one bites the dust! Henriques edges it & India's Superman, MSD flies across to catch his third victim. #SRHvRPS

- Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) April 26, 2016

21:33 hrs IST: WICKET! Hooda goes for the reverse sweep but the balls lobs off his glove to Dhoni, who takes a diving catch to his right. SRH are 29/4 after 7.1 overs. 

21:31 hrs IST: Good bowling from RPS. Not giving away any free runs. 

21:27 hrs IST: End of the Powerplay. SRH are 27/3 after 6 overs. 

21:25 hrs IST: OUT! Morgan c Dhoni b Marsh. SRH are 27/3 after 5.3 overs. 

21:23 hrs IST: WICKET! Short delivery from Dinda, outside off, Tare looks to pull but gets a top-edge and Perera completes a neat catch at covers. SRH are 26/2 after 5 overs. 

21:19 hrs IST: FOUR! Some luck for Dhawan. Inswinging delivery from Dinda, Dhawan goes for the drive but instead gets a thick inside edge and that just misses his leg stump. 

21:16 hrs IST: FOUR! And the boundary has come. Too straight from Marsh and Tare just punishes it away between square leg and mid-wicket. 

Ashok Dinda, Rising Pune Supergiants fast bowler, got the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner in the first over of the match.

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21:14 hrs IST: And that's the end of 3rd over, SRH are 13/1. Still no boundaries of the bat for them. 

21:12 hrs IST: First runs of the night for Tare. 

21:11 hrs IST: Change in bowling, Thisara Perera comes in for his first over. 

21:09 hrs IST: Tight over from Marsh. Just three runs off it. 

21:06 hrs IST: Mitchell Marsh to share the new ball with Dinda. 

21:04 hrs IST: FOUR LEG-BYES! SRH are 4/1 after first over. 

21:03 hrs IST: In comes Aditya Tare at number three. 

21:02 hrs IST: OUT! Short and wide from Dinda, Warner goes for the cut shot but finds Ajinkya Rahane, who completes a good catch at backward point.  SRH are 0/1 after 0.4 overs 

Love that @Cristiano celebration from our very own, @dindaashoke! ?? #SRHvRPS #BeASuperGiant

- Pune Supergiants (@RPSupergiants) April 26, 2016

21:01 hrs IST: Some swing for Dinda early on. 

21:00 hrs IST: It's time for action. David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan make their way out in the middle. Ashok Dinda to start the proceedings for RPS. 

20:55 hrs IST: Covers are off (again). Play to start in five minutes. 

UPDATE: Play to start at 9 PM IST #SRHvRPS #VIVOIPL

- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 26, 2016

20:43 hrs IST: OMG! It's started to rain again. 

20:39 hrs IST: Covers have come off and the play starts at 20:45 local. It'll be a full 20-over game. 

20:30 hrs IST: Good news. Rain has stopped! 

20:19 hrs IST: It's still raining in Uppal. Over will start to get reduced from 21:00 local. 

20:13 hrs IST: Till the game starts, read about What Hardships Sachin Tendulkar Had To Face When He Was A Youngster. 

20:10 hrs IST: It's the first time that rain has affected the start of an IPL 2016 match.  

19:59 hrs IST: It's time for action. Oh wait!. It's drizzling at Uppal. We'll keep you updated. 

Start delayed due to rain #SRHvRPS #VIVOIPLhttps://t.co/jcENj17faZ

- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 26, 2016

19:51 hrs IST: 17 out of 21 matches in IPL 2016 have been won by team batting second. Can MS Dhoni substantiate the trend today? 

19:47 hrs IST: STAT ATTACK - David Warner's IPL record in Hyderabad: 671 runs at an average of 71.23. 

19:44 hrs IST: Well again, a lot would rely on skipper Warner and their bowlers tonight. 

Can the @SunRisers continue their home run? #SRHvRPS #VIVOIPLhttps://t.co/w6bzUXrcye

- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 26, 2016

19:40 hrs IST: The likes of R Ashwin, S Smith need to step up for Pune. 

.@msdhoni and his boys are warming up ahead of their game against @SunRisers #SRHvRPS #VIVOIPLhttps://t.co/ta3d1EivEw

- IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 26, 2016

19:34 hrs IST: Here are the playing XI of both teams: 

Rising Pune Supergiants: Ajinkya Rahane, Faf du Plessis, Steven Smith, Mitchell Marsh, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Thisara Perera, Saurabh Tiwary, Rajat Bhatia, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, Ashok Dinda 

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Eoin Morgan, Deepak Hooda, Naman Ojha (wk), Aditya Tare, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bipul Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Mustafizur Rahman 

19:30 hrs IST: Rising Pune Supergiants skipper MS Dhoni wins the toss and elects to bowl first. 

19:25 hrs IST: Toss in five minutes. 

19:15 hrs IST: Let's see who wins the battle tonight! 

Bhuvi will be opening the bowling against Rahane. The stats are on the swinger's side. #OrangeStats #OrangeArmy pic.twitter.com/uypHC0hxH8

- SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 26, 2016

19:05 hrs IST: Good evening and welcome to the coverage of 22nd match of Indian Premier League season 9. Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Rising Pune Supergiants at Uppal tonight. Hosts Sunrisers are riding high on confidence after three consecutive wins while MS Dhoni led Pune - with four losses in five games - are under extreme pressure to perform. 

Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman (2nd Left) has made a huge impact for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2016, taking 7 wickets in 5 matches.

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Four defeats after a resounding start and seventh on the IPL 2016 points table is something a heavyweight team like RPS would not have imagined when the IPL started on April 9. But this tournament has been a reality check for debutants RPS.

RPS are yet to play the perfect team game. In spite of having specialist players like Faf du Plessis, Steven Smith and Thisara Perera, RPS have fallen short time and again. Kevin Pietersen's absence will hurt the team balance to some extent but also open a window of opportunity for Mitchell Marsh to shine.

Sunrisers have improved with every game. David Warner's batting has been the highpoint of the team's success story in their last three matches. Shikhar Dhawan's return to form is also good news.

But it's been the bowlers who have helped Sunrisers win tight games. The right-left combination of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mustafizur Rahman has been lethal. Hyderabad's wicket should assist the pace duo and if the trend is anything to go by, the team winning the toss should opt to field first.