Monday 17 April 2017 19:43, UK
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bagged career-best IPL figures of 5-19 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defended 160 despite a supreme 95 off 50 balls from Manan Vohra.
Kumar, the leading wicket-taker in the competition with 15 scalps, again showed his class as the title-holders were rocked by last year's basement boys.
Sunrisers captain David Warner (70no off 54 balls) carried his bat - scoring his 34th fifty in the IPL, the most by any batsmen - as the home side posted a modest 159-6.
They appeared to be crusing to victory as Kings XI slumped to 62-5 only for Vohra to strike five sixes and nine fours in a knock that all but got his side home.
Earlier, Warner batted within himself after fellow opener Shikhar Dhawan (15) gloved a short ball from Mohit Sharma behind, breaking a measured 25-run stand off five overs.
The rate barely improved before left-arm spinner Axar Patel came on after nine overs and struck twice in his first two balls - Moises Henriques stumped for nine before Yuvraj Singh edged his first delivery faced behind.
The mid-innings injection came from Naman Ojha, whose 34 off 20 balls helped to more than double the score in half the overs - his stand with Warner amounting to 60 runs off 37 balls.
The skipper brought up his fifth consecutive fifty against Kings XI by tucking a Mohit Sharma slower ball for four and batted through the innings after being missed on the boundary in the last over by Eoin Morgan.
Sunrisers' tally seemed below par but with Kumar quickly made life difficult for Kings XI.
The seamer trapped Hashim Amla lbw with the first ball of the innings and took his overall tally to 12 when Glenn Maxwell tried to hit a slower delivery over the top only to hole out to Warner, who roared loudly in celebration.
Morgan (13) dispatched debutant Mohammad Nabi's first ball into the stands over wide mid-on only to have his stumps rearranged by the Afghanistan spinner, beaten by one that skidded on with the angle.
Not to be upstaged by his compatriot, Khan claimed two wickets in three balls in the 10th over - bowling David Miller and Wriddhiman Saha to reduce Kings XI to 62-5 at the midway point.
Only one further run had been added when Patel pushed a sharp chance back to Nabi before he'd scored only for the chance to be spilled.
The visitors' hopes rested firmly on Vohra and he didn't disappoint - Barinder Sran and Rashid feeling the force of his onslaught as 41 came off overs 15 and 16.
Warner turned to his premier strike bowler to quell the run flow and Kumar should have added Vohra's scalp to his haul only for Dhawan to drop a low, flat chance when the batsman had 83.
Kumar kept delivering, knocking out KC Cariappa's leg pole and dismissing Vohra with the perfect yorker to deny the opener his century.
With 11 needed off the last six balls - and the last pair at the wicket - the visitors still had hope only for Siddauth Kaul to snuff it out by bowling Ishant Sharma with a yorker.
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