Hyderabad, March 30 - A whirlwind half-century by David Warner, coupled with cameos from Vijay Shankar and Rashid Khan, helped Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 5 wickets in a thrilling Indian Premier League (IPL) contest here on Friday.
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\r\nChasing a stiff 199 for victory, Warner (69; 37b, 4x9, 6x2) set the platform for Sunrisers along with Jonny Bairstow (45; 28b, 4x6, 6x1) before Royals reined in with some timely wickets to take the match down to the wire.
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\r\nVijay Shankar (35; 15b, 4x1, 6x3) did his World Cup chances no harm by keeping Sunrisers in the hunt with some lusty blows, but with 12 needed off 12 balls, Rashid (15*, 8b, 4x1, 6x1) spoiled a brilliant 19th over by Jofra Archer whom he smashed for a four and six to win the game for the hosts with one over to spare.
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\r\nRoyals' Sanju Samson, who earlier slammed this season's first century, was left high and dry as Sunrisers completed their highest ever run chase.
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\r\nWarner gave Sunrisers a flying start as the hosts raced to 69\/0 after the Powerplay.
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\r\nReturnign to action after a year-long suspension due to his role in a ball tampering row, Warner brought up his 38th IPL fifty off just 26 balls.
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\r\nWarner and Bairstow added 110 runs for the opening wicket before Ben Stokes cramped Warner for room with a well-directed bouncer which the southpaw pulled down the throat of Dhawal Kulkarni at the fine leg boundary.
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\r\nBairstow followed suit soon after Kulkarni made amends for dropping the England stumper-batsman on 44 with a sharp catch at long-off off Shreyas Gopal.
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\r\nVijay Shankar and skipper Kane Williamson (14) looked to continue from where the openers had left, with the former playing the aggressor's role to perfection.
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\r\nThe duo stitched together 47 runs for the third wicket before both were removed in back-to-back overs by Jaydev Unadkat and Gopal, respectively.
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\r\nNew batsman Manish Pandey (1) was trapped in front soon after with Sunrisers needing 32 runs off 28 balls.
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\r\nYusuf Pathan (16*) and Rashid Khan then joined hands to take their team over the line.
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\r\nEarlier, Royals rode on Samson's brilliant unbeaten hundred to post 198\/2.
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\r\nSamson (102*; 55b, 4x10, 6x4) notched up his second ton in the competition while Royals' skipper Ajinkya Rahane too cracked a fluent half-century (70; 49b, 4x4, 6x3) to help the hosts recover from a slow start. The pair added 119 runs for the second wicket.
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\r\nSamson, who brought up his ton in the 20th over by hitting Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a four, made the most of a reprieve when he was dropped by wicketkeeper Bairstow on 58 in the 17th over by smashing Kumar for 24 runs in the next over (6-4-4-2-4-4).
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\r\nIn the last over, Stokes (16* off 9) came to the party by smacking Kumar for two successive fours to get the home team close to the 200-run mark. Samson and Stokes were associated in a 64-run third wicket partnership which came off just 25 balls.
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\r\nBhuvneshwar (0\/55) went for 43 runs in his last two overs as Royals scored 76 runs in the last five overs.
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\r\nRoyals lost Jos Buttler (5) early when the in-form England batsman tried to sweep Rashid Khan (1\/24) only to lose his leg stumps in the process.
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\r\nRahane and Samson then took time to get going as the visitors could only manage 75\/1 at the halfway stage.
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\r\nBut from there on, both batsmen accelerated at brisk pace and after Rahane departed in the 16th over, Samson took the Sunrises bowlers to the cleaners.
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\r\nBrief scores
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\r\nRajasthan Royals: 198\/2 (Sanju Samson 102 not out, Ajinkya Rahane 70) lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad 201\/5 (David Warner 69, Jonny Bairstow 45, Vijay Shankar 35; Shreyas Gopal 3\/27)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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