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Wouldn't be the IPL without SRH piling on 200+ totals at Hyderabad. That's exactly what happened last night. Here's Cricbuzz Pulse, your two-minute scan of the IPL-verse, to catch you up
@B0$
Abhishek Sharma smashed his second IPL century.
@L0$ and held DC at bay.
This was SRH's third successive win at home.
Eshan Malinga bagged 4/32 using his variations to great effect.
Will Jacks finally landed in India and @L1$ with MI's squad.
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Nitish Rana, brought into the side for Auqib Nabi, bowled his quota of four overs. He was asked to open the bowling, yes you read that right, with his part time offies as DC looked to play the matchup game - an off-spinner against SRH's left-hand-heavy top-order. It looked like it worked too, with Rana's first over only going for six but then @L2$ spectacularly as his next three went for 49.
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The @B3$ goes to Harsh Dubey for scalping three wickets in the final over to finish with 3/12.
The @B4$ goes to all of DC's bowlers for having an economy rate of 10 or greater.
The @B5$ goes to KL Rahul for a second missed run-out that turned into a century (Samson first, now Abhishek).
The @B6$ goes to Abhishek Sharma for sticking to his signature celebration.
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Amid the run-fests in Hyderabad, Eshan Malinga and Sakib Hussain have been the backbone of SRH's three straight home wins. Malinga's reverse swing and Sakib's variations turned the game decisively in SRH's favour, with DC well placed at the halfway mark. The duo have been dependable, outperforming the rest of the pacers in SRH's last three matches, reflected in their economy rates. "Sakib and Malinga almost remove the surface from the equation with their skills," said SRH's bowling coach Varun Aaron after the duo delivered once more. They might just be @L3$
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"The run-out and the catch we missed - had we taken it, we could have restricted them," reflected Axar Patel, ruing the missed chances when Abhishek was batting on 49 and 86 respectively.
"Everybody knows the love I have for this ground is unmatchable," said Abhishek Sharma after smashing his second IPL hundred. No prizes for guessing where he scored his first.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Always," said Eshan Malinga when asked if he worked with Lasith Malinga.
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Heinrich Klaasen became the third fastest (by innings) to 100 IPL sixes, behind only Chris Gayle and Andre Russell.
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The International Space Station may want to keep an eye out after a few Hyderabad hits threatened low orbit. Word is that space agencies aren't thrilled, and have nudged the BCCI about making surfaces a touch less batting-friendly.
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LSG and RR, two sides looking to @L4$, face each other tonight. The surfaces at the Ekana Stadium have been relatively low scoring and we'll need to see if the surface plays any differently after Rishabh Pant's animated chat with the groundstaff.
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LSG will @L5$ their batting order again.
