Hyderabad v Pune, IPL 2013, Hyderabad

Perera gives Sunrisers victory on IPL debut

Apr 05, 2013

Parthiv Patel gave Sunrisers Hyderabad a steady start with three boundaries after they were put in to bat•BCCI

The other opener, Akshath Reddy, scored 27, but at a strike-rate of 90•BCCI

Marlon Samuels joined in to dismiss Cameron White, reducing Sunrisers to 83 for 4•BCCI

..and soon got rid of Marlon Samuels in his next over•BCCI

Abhishek Nayar chipped in with 19 but the asking rate had risen to nearly 11 when he departed•BCCI

He then dismissed Ashok Dinda to complete a 22-run win•BCCI

Ashok Dinda struck in the sixth over, taking Parthiv's wicket•BCCI

Kumar Sangakkara was bowled in the tenth over by Rahul Sharma for 15•BCCI

However, Thisara Perera's cameo 30 off 18 took them to 126 for 6•BCCI

Manish Pandey scored 15, but took 29 balls and 53 minutes which slowed their run-rate•BCCI

Ross Taylor also scored 19 but Warriors needed more than that to get closer to the target•BCCI

Yuvraj Singh dismissed Akshath, taking a wicket in his second over•BCCI

Perera carried his form with the ball, dismissing Robin Uthappa for 24..•BCCI

Yuvraj couldn't make an impactful return in the IPL as he was stumped for 2•BCCI

In his last over, Dale Steyn uprooted the stumps twice •BCCI