Chennai are made to wait longer with one foot outside the qualification door. But it is Hyderabad who desperately needed this - with at least two of their first XI men set to leave very shortly - ensuring the points table stays just as overcrowded towards the middle. That'll be it from us down here for tonight, with me, Vineet Anantharaman signing off on behalf of Nikhil Jadhav, Raju Peethala, Sagar Chawla, Kumar Abhisekh Das and our scorer, Mukesh Gowda. Until tomorrow, with some more mathematical mess to be thrown into the mix, ta ta!!
David Warner | MoM: Great support, even though there is plenty of yellow they are a fantastic crowd. Some times in our chases we have been a bit hesitant and that's why I tried to bat 20 overs. Against the Kings I thought the wicket was a bit tough. Credit to Jonny, we complement each other really well. I have two beautiful children, one more on the way, and a beautiful wife and I can't thank them enough. I have fantastic support from over the world and it has been overwhelming here in India.
Kane Williamson | Winning skipper: Very good performance all around. Obviously CSK started really well with the bat and we couldn't take early wickets, but we played really well in the back half and we took our chances in the field as well. We showed that intensity and the chase was superb. I don't think the wicket changed too much and what we've seen here is that each wicket is different. We always need to adapt to the wicket, and we'll look to build on this performance. Rashid (Khan) has been an outstanding performer for us over a number of years and on such surfaces he is a big threat for the opposition when it's just holding on. He was brilliant and he was able to take those middle order wickets. Now every game is different and we need to do the same for our next one. Warner's was a match-winning knock along with Jonny (Bairstow). This is the kind of stroke-making we've become used to when he comes out to the middle. Those two have knocked out a bulk of the runs and made it easy for us. We weren't quite ourselves in the last few matches and we wanted to come back to doing what we've always done well. But again, each match is different and we need to build on this one.
Jonny Bairstow: Was very pleased to be there till the end. Someone from the top four needed to be there and I am really happy I was the one. I think it's handy to have a right hand - left hand combination. We (Warner and himself) complement each other really well. I think we got a very good team. Today our bowlers did well to restrict them in the last 11 or 12 overs, they're improving in every game. It's a pleasure to play here, in front of these fans with the Orange Army behind us. We were a bit ruthless today. It's a pleasure to keep against (Rashid Khan). It's also challenging to face him in the nets.
Suresh Raina | Losing skipper: I think it is a very good wake up call. I think we didn't put a decent score on the board and kept losing wickets. Faf and Watson gave us a good start but we could not capitalize. We lost too many wickets in between and that's why it cost us the game. We should have looked for partnerships and should have rotated our strike better. Hence, we were 30 runs short. He (MS Dhoni) is feeling better. His back was stiff. Probably he will play in the next game against RCB. He (Imran Tahir) has been giving us breakthroughs. You just throw the ball to him and he delivers. He has been bowling really well. As long as senior players are there, you just need to do well as a unit.
whenever is undercooked, but trust Bairstow and Warner to make a mockery out of it. Hyderabad had to arrest a slide, and there's nothing really better than the ruthlessness they've shown here in humbling the table toppers comprehensively. Okay, the scorecard may make you ogle at Warner's start, and then some more at Bairstow's finishing touches, but what it won't tell you is how well SRH have pulled it back towards the end with the ball in the first innings. Rashid Khan triggered the collapse, the others ganged up to worsen it to five wickets for 22 runs and then Bhuvi and Sandeep Sharma did superbly to keep Jadeja and Rayudu really, really quiet. Alas, scoring just 52 in the last ten overs was is often a pill too hard for even the best to recover from, surely when they are already leader-less. Do hang around, we'll bring you the presentations ..
