IPL Highlights, SRH vs KXIP: Hyderabad defend low scoring match once again, defeat Punjab by 13 runs

High in confidence Sunrisers Hyderabad will face Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League 2018 on Thursday at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

In a top of the table clash, KXIP (2nd) SRH (3rd) will look for a win tonight to put them in a comfortable position as the IPL enters the half-way stage.

The head to head stats favours Hyderabad with 8 wins out of 11 and Punjab have 3 wins.

Gayle vs Sandeep Sharma: Sandeep Sharma has dismissed Gayle four times in 49 balls conceding 55 runs. Only Ashwin has dismissed Gayle as often in IPL.

Live updates:

# 19.2 Overs: OUT! Clean bowled! Rajpoot b Basil Thampi 8(9) KXIP 119-all out.

# 15 needed off the last over! Nail-biter again...

# 17.2 Overs: OUT! Skipper departs. All hope end for Punjab. Ashwin c Williamson b Rashid Khan 4(6) KXIP 101/9

# 16.5 Overs: OUT! SRH are doing it once more. Barinder run out (Saha) 2(5) KXIP 99/8

# 15.5 Overs: OUT! Unbelievable bowling. Andrew Tye lbw b Sandeep Sharma 4(2) KXIP 96/7

# 15.3 Overs: OUT! Wow this is some turnaround. Manoj Tiwary c Williamson b Sandeep Sharma 1(5) KXIP 92/6

# 14.2 Overs: OUT! Another one down! Finch c Manish Pandey b Shakib 8(4)  KXIP 88/5

# 13.4 Overs: OUT! Plumb goes Karun. Nair lbw b Rashid Khan 13(17) KXIP 82/4

# 12.1 Overs: OUT! Agarwal departs, comeback for SRH again? Mayank Agarwal c Manish Pandey b Shakib 12(15) KXIP 77/3

# After 11 Overs KXIP are 73/2 after losing Gayle and KL Rahul

# After 7 Overs KXIP 53/0

# After 6 Overs KXIP are 44/0

# After 4 Overs KXIP are 30/0

# Gayle and KL Rahul has already started with a bang! KXIP are 14/0 after 3 Overs

# Kings XI Punjab need to 133 runs win. Can SRH defend a low target yet again? 

# 19.6 Overs: OUT Rajpoot to Nabi and gone!  Nabi c Mayank Agarwal b Rajpoot 4(2) SRH 132/6

# 19.4 Overs: OUT! Manish Pandey walks back after his gritty innings. Manish Pandey b Rajpoot 54(51) SRH 128/5

# Manish Pandey brings up his fifty

# After 18 Overs SRH are 117/4

# After 16 Overs SRH are 99/4

# 13.4 Overs: OUT! Finally a breakthrough after a tough partnership. Shakib c Mayank Agarwal b Mujeeb 28(29) SRH 80/4

# After 12 Overs SRH are 67/3

# After 10 Overs SRH are 57/3, a nervy start for them

# After 7 Overs SRH are 40/3

# After 6 Overs SRH are 37/3

# 4.5 Overs: OUT! Rajpoot is on fire, what an IPL he is having. Saha c Andrew Tye b Rajpoot 6(9) SRH 27/3

# After 4 Overs SRH are 24/2, Manish Pandey and Wriddhiman Saha are at the crease.

# 2.2 Overs: OUT! Dhawan walks back! Hyderabad are crumbling. Dhawan c Nair b Rajpoot 11(8) SRH 16/2

# 0.4 Overs: OUT! Williamson goes for a duck! Williamson c Ashwin b Rajpoot 0(3) SRH 0/1

# Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma

# Kings XI Punjab (Playing XI): Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

# Kings XI Punjab have won the toss and have opted to field

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