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Cape Town - The Sunrisers Hyderabad pace attack scythed through the Kings XI Punjab to set up a 20-run win at Mohali on Monday.
The supersport.com website reports that they were defending a nervous total of 150, but the swing of Trent Boult and Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck early to take a wicket apiece and restrict the Kings to just 36 runs in the powerplay and 130 for nine overall.
The Kings only briefly threatened: when Axar Patel and Wriddhiman Saha put on 44 runs off 4.5 overs for the sixth wicket, taking advantage of a bad drop by Ravi Bopara when Saha was on 17 and the score on 80-5. But the return of Boult for his final over broke that stand, smashing Patel's wicket in the 18th over. Saha went on to 41 off 33 (2x4, 1x6), when he mistimed a pull and presented Boult with his third wicket five balls later.
