Sunrisers survive Morris blitz to pip Royals

ESPNcricinfo staff07-May-2015Shikhar Dhawan struck six fours and two sixes for his 35-ball 53 before being undone by James Faulkner in the 15th over, leaving Sunrisers on 127 for 3•BCCIFaulkner and Dhawal Kulkarni were the only Royals bowlers to not be hit for sixes as Sunrisers looked set for 200 or more•BCCIEoin Morgan cut loose and flayed the Royal’s bowlers to all parts of the ground during his 28-ball 63 powering Sunrisers to 202 for 5•BCCISunrisers’ seamers struck a few early blows reducing Royals to 45 for 3 in the eight over•BCCIWith 155 required from 72 balls the Australian duo of Steven Smith and Faulkner put on 44 runs in 3.2 overs but Ravi Bopara dismissed Smith for a 40-ball 68•BCCIFaulkner struck two sixes for his 19-ball 30 but holed out to Bopara at long on with a further 57 required from the last three overs•BCCISanju Samson and Chris Morris hit six sixes between them and kept Royals in the hunt, bringing it down to 18 required from the final six balls…•BCCI…but Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded just 10 runs off it to hand Sunrisers a seven-run win•BCCI