Henriques, Warner power SRH to 135/3 versus RCB in rain-curtailed tie

A blistering 57 of 22 balls from Moises Henriques and a brilliant 52 from 32 deliveries from Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner helped his side put up an enviable 135/3 in 11 overs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a rain-curtailed match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Friday.

David Wiese was the pick of the bowlers for RCB, clinching figures of 2/20 from his two overs. The host thus set a daunting asking rate of 12.27 for the Challengers.

Even though the hosts lost swashbuckling opener Shikhar Dhawan (8) early, his opening partner Warner kept on the pressure on the RCB bowlers clubbing them to the ropes frequently.

Henriques and Warner then got stuck on leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal hitting him for 17 in the 5th over and bringing up the team's 50.

The next over from pacer Ashok Dinda who was turning up for the first time in the tournament yielded 18 runs as some wayward bowling helped Henriques put the leather into the stands.

Henriques went berserk against Harshal Patel, after being dropped in the opening delivery of the seventh over. 20 runs came off the over.

SRH reached the triple figure mark with three overs to spare as Warner kept playing second fiddle and giving the strike to his partner at the end who was having a gala time in the middle.

But Henriques soon fell after completing his half-century edging one to the wicket-keeper.

RCB pulled things back in the last few over but by then the damage had been done.