Rising Pune Supergiants beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets to register their third win in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). MS Dhoni showed his class as Pune chased down the target of 177 in the last ball of the innings.

David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan put on a 55-run stand for the opening wicket before Hyderabad bowlers led by Daniel Christian (1/20) and Imran Tahir (1/23) dominated the middle overs to put brakes on the scoring.After Warner's departure, Henriques launched a furious assault, hitting two sixes and six boundaries to guide the team to a 175-plus total. He remained unbeaten on 55 off just 28 deliveries. Warner scored 40, Dhawan scored 30 while Kane Williamson contributed 21 runs for Hyderabad.

Pune in reply lost Ajinkya Rahane early in the innings while Rahul Tripathi played well for 59 runs. But it was Dhoni who stole the show with a match winning knock of 61 runs off just 34 deliveries with 5 fours and 3 sixes.Dhoni did not spare death overs specialist Bhuvneshwar Kumar, stealing 19 runs from the penultimate over with the help of two fours and a six. That changed the complexion of the match and Pune needed 11 runs from the final over.Manoj Tiwary (17 not out) was dropped in the first ball of the final over and got a four courtesy Rashid Khan. But Tiwary and Dhoni could score only in singles in the next three deliveries before a couple of runs in the penultimate ball. Pune needed two from the last ball and Dhoni hit a four to seal the issue.

Match Summary:

Rising Pune Supergiant 179 for 4 (Dhoni 61*, Tripathi 59, Rashid 1-17)

beat

Sunrisers Hyderabad 176 for 3 (Henriques 55*, Christian 1-20)

by 6 wickets

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