Qualifier 2 (Gujarat Lions vs Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Friday, May 27, 2016 (D/N)
Feroze Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi
Time : 08:00 IST | 14:30 GMT

May 27, 2016

2nd Qualifier match of Playoffs round will be played between Gujarat Lions and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Feroze Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi on 27th May 2016.Putting into bat first by Hyderabad, Gujarat with AJ Finch's 50 runs managed to put 162 runs in 20 overs. Hyderabad with DA Warner's superb 93* runs won the match by 4 wickets and got tickets to a final as well. DA Warner declared man of the match for his match winning inning.

Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field first. Gujarat Lions changed batting order and sent ER Dwivedi to open inning with BB McCullum today. The experiment did not work and ER Dwivedi gone early scoring just 5 runs. Next coming bastman skipper SK Raina also followed him scoring just 1 run. KD Karthik joined with BB McCullum and played good cricket initially. Both played sensible cricket but, KD Karthik unfortunately run out scoring 26 runs and Lions were in trouble. AJ Finch came in middle and played good cricket for Gujarat and contributed well 50 runs before left the field. BB McCullum also played good inning of 32 runs and put Gujarat on 162 runs in 20 overs.

Hyderabad with skipper DA Warner's splendid inning of 93* runs crushed Gujarat Lions by 4 wickets with 4 balls remaining. DA Warner declared man of the match for his brave inning of 93* runs.

Player of the match - DA Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Series : Sunrisers Hyderabad advanced to Final of IPL 2016