Match Day

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David Warner leads Hyderabad to maiden title

David Warner, with a 38-ball 69, guided Hyderabad to their maiden Indian Twenty20 competition title, by beating Bangalore by eight runs in a tense final at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Sunday.

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'We knew we had to get 200' - Warner

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner has said scoring over 200 was the key in the IPL final against Royal Challengers Bangalore

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Kohli wants Royal Challengers to 'enjoy the occasion'

On the eve of the IPL final against Sunrisers Hyderabad,Virat Kohli has said that "being in pressure should be a privilege for a sportsman" and asked his side, Royal Challengers Bangalore, to enjoy the occasion and not be overawed by it

2796dInterview by Nagraj Gollapudi

'It's not about defending our IPL title'

Tom Moody, the Sunrisers Hyderabad coach, looks ahead to the new season, and the challenge of working with players coming off long international tours

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And on the third day, Test cricket rose again

Sri Lanka have been so poor, they might have mistaken for harbingers of Test cricket's doom. But the maligned sport just keeps grinding along

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David Warner: Sunrisers' Batman and Robin

With little consistent support from the rest of his batting line-up, the Sunrisers Hyderabad captain had to play the dual roles of superhero and sidekick to lift them to their maiden IPL title

2800dAlagappan Muthu in Bangalore

Vettori credits Warner for 'brave' decision at toss

Royal Challengers Bangalore coach Daniel Vettori said David Warner's decision to bat upon winning the toss at M Chinnaswamy Stadium was a "brave" one considering the history of chasing teams winning at the venue

2800dAlagappan Muthu in Bangalore

The men who need to piece Sunrisers' jigsaw

David Warner's men wouldn't want to be reminded about their season opener in Bangalore. The form of Shikhar Dhawan, Yuvraj Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be key to their chances in the finale

Preview

The first

0

No. of teams that had won the IPL after finishing outside top two in the league stage. Sunrisers are the first to do so.

Kohli's T20 year

18

Fifty-plus scores by Virat Kohli in just 28 T20 innings in 2016 - the most by a batsman in a year. Gayle's 16 such scores from 38 inns in 2012 are the next best.s

Powerplay high

118

Runs scored in Powerplay in this match - the most in Powerplays in an IPL final. Knight Riders and Super Kings had made 110 runs in 2012 final.

Big flourish at the end

52

Runs plundered by Sunrisers in the final three overs. The previous five overs had fetched just 40 runs.

Derailing

88/1

Sunrisers' score at the end of the 9th over. They made 80 in the next nine overs and lost five wickets.

Rapid fifty in the final

24

Balls taken by David Warner for his fifty - the joint fastest fifty in an IPL final. Suresh Raina also took 24 balls in the 2010 IPL final.

Expensive Watson

19

Runs conceded by Watson in the 5th over - the joint 2nd most expensive Powerplay over in an IPL final. Albie Morkel's 20-run over in the 2012 final is the most expensive.

Right call?

0

No. of times from 8 matches before today, teams had chosen to bat 1st in Bangalore this IPL. Five of the 8 IPL finals, though, have been won by teams batting 1st.