Binny Takes Royals Home in Tight Finish

Abu Dhabi : Stuart Binny butchered 48 off 32 balls as Rajasthan Royals win in tight match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Abu Dhabi. Binny's 77-run stand with Ajinkya Rahane was the key in Royals's tense win.

Earlier, Rajasthan Royalshave won the toss and have opted to field.

Teams

Hyderabad : Aaron Finch, Shikhar Dhawan (Capt.), David Warner, Venugopal Rao, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Darren Sammy, Karan Sharma, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma

Rajasthan : Ajinkya Rahane, Shane Watson (Capt.), Sanju Samson (wk), Stuart Binny, Brad Hodge, Abhishek Nayar, James Faulkner, Rajat Bhatia, Kane Richardson, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pravin Tambe

Brief scores
Hyderabad - 133/6 (Dhawan 38, Warner 32)
Rajasthan - 135/6 (Rahane 59, Binny 48*)
Result - Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets
Points - Rajasthan Royals 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad 0
MOM - Ajinkya Rahane (Rajasthan Royals)

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