IPL 2017: Match 24 Highlights: Pune Vs Hyderabad; Dhoni dazzles

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Pune, April 22: Mahendra Singh Dhoni returned to form as he sealed Rising Pune Supergiant's (RPS) victory with a last-ball boundary against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in an IPL 2017 contest here today (April 22). (Match scorecard)

Dhoni struck a match-winning 61 not out off 34 balls (5x4, 3x6) as RPS won by 6 wickets in a thriller at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium. (Dhoni is captain of Warne's 'All-time IPL XI')

Here are the highlights from RPS-SRH game (Match report)

# MS Dhoni hit a four off the last ball of the match off Siddarth Kaul to give RPS victory

# RPS needed 2 off 1 ball and Dhoni sent Kaul's delivery to the fence through extra cover region

# RPS required 30 off final 2 overs and Dhoni hit 2 fours and a six off Bhuvneshwar Kumar to make it 11 off the final over. 19 runs came off the 19th over

# Dhoni won the Man-of-the-match award for his 61 not out

# Dhoni registered his 1st half century of IPL 10. His previus scores were 12 not out, 5, 11, 5 and 28

# The result might have been different if Rashid Khan had caught Manoj Tiwary off the first ball in the final over. He dropped the catch at the boundary and it went to the fence resulting in four runs

# RPS opener Rahul Tripathi registered his maiden IPL half century. He impressed with a 41-ball 59 (6x4, 3x6)

# RPS scored 55/1 in 6 overs of powerplay

# RPS scored 16 fours and 8 sixes

# In the final 5 overs RPS needed 62 with 7 wickets left. Dhoni and Stokes were at the crease

# RPS handed IPL debut to 17-year-old offspinner Washington Sundar. He was a late signing, as a replacement for Ravichandran Ashwin

# SRH scored 45/0 in 6 overs of powerplay

# SRH captain David Warner reclaimed the Orange Cap from Brendon McCullum (Gujarat Lions)

# Warner is now on top of run scorers' list with 282 runs (7 innings) after scoring 43 (40 balls, 3x4, 1x6) today. McCullum is 2nd with 258 runs

# Moises Henriques was SRH's top scorer with 55 not out off 28 with 6 fours and 2 sixes

# Australian right-hander Henriques scored his runs at a strike rate of 196.42

# SRH hit 17 fours and 5 sixes

# Daniel Christian was RPS' best bowler with 1/20 in 4 overs

# SRH, after a sluggish start, were propelled to 176/3 in 20 overs, thanks to Henriques' late onslaught

# SRH scored 63 runs for the loss of 1 wicket in the final 5 overs

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