April 23 (CRICKETNMORE) - Rising Pune Supergiant defeated defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets in a thrilling run chase at the MCA Stadium on Saturday evening. With 2 runs needed on the last ball of the match, former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck a cracking boundary to clinch the thriller for Pune. Dhoni remained unbeaten on 34-ball 61.
Earlier, Put into bat, Hyderabad were struggling at 122 for three in the 16th over before Henriques (55 not out) steal 54 runs in the last four overs to help his team put respectable 176/3 on board.
Brief Scores
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 176-3 in 20 Overs (Moises Henriques 55*, David Warner 43)
Rising Pune Supergiant: 179-3 in 20 Overs (MS Dhoni 61*, Rahul Tripathi 59)
Man of the Match: MS Dhoni
This was the third win for Pune from six matches and they now have six points.
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