The Sunrisers Hyderabad commends the success over KXIP. (BCCI/IPL) 

A hair-raising opening association between Jonny Bairstow and skipper David Warner helped Sunrisers Hyderabad to an impressive 201/6. At that point their bowlers and defenders secured an exhaustive 69-run prevail upon Kings XI Punjab. Notwithstanding, it was not before an alarm from Nicholas Pooran's surge. Be that as it may, two run-outs and a match-characterizing spell from their charm Rashid Khan – who got done with figures of 3/12 – made it a night to enjoy for the Sunrisers. 

Pooran solitary splendid spot 

During Kings XI Punjab's initial game against Delhi Capitals, Sunil Gavaskar had said in analysis that of the apparent multitude of global players, he was generally eager to perceive how Nicholas Pooran would toll this season. It was to be expected to know why. The Trinidadian has been a significant disclosure in the Caribbean Premier League and his endeavors in the shorter organizations for West Indies are all around archived. Notwithstanding, excepting a barely authentic handling exertion at the limit against Rajasthan Royals, Pooran had scarcely gotten the attention this season up until now. 

Yet, on Thursday, the rich left-hander at last stepped his class with a thump that had the capability of desensitizing resistance assaults. Frustratingly, he didn't discover any help from the opposite end. Captain KL Rahul and opening accomplice Mayank Agarwal had done the greater part of the scoring for Kings XI this season, yet the two had an off day. The component of Pooran's thump was the control with which he executed his strokes. From the pulls to the floats, the left-hander displayed his full collection, wedding elegance with animal power. The feature was the way wherein he smoked 28 runs from a solitary Abdul Samad over. His 37-ball 77 was accentuated with seven sixes. His excusal in the fifteenth over to Rashid Khan successfully snuffed out Kings XI's expectations. 

Bairstow, Warner jump start 

One of the most intriguing parts of the IPL is the stupendous union among Warner and Bairstow for Sunrisers. An Englishman and an Australian in a similar changing area can regularly prompt friction, however their brotherhood is practically strange. A year ago, they were engaged with four century opening organizations, and represented near 60% of the group's all out runs. It's been a hit-and-miss this season. It took a featherbed Dubai pitch and a worn out Kings XI Punjab bowling to get their association moving. It was a romping start, one that promptly tossed a spanner in Rahul's arrangements. Throughout these two seasons, Warner and Bairstow have supplemented each other perfectly. Regardless of a bubbly beginning from Warner, there was a stage when he was battling with his planning. Detecting that, Bairstow cut free. The element about his batting on Thursday was the agile footwork and the simplicity with which he descended the track to spinners and medium-pacers the same. The Yorkshireman focused on the straight limits and, to a huge degree, avoided playing over the line. 

Bairstow's combativeness facilitated the weight on Warner, who kept up the power by running hard between the wickets. The pair hustled to their fifth 100-run remain in the IPL, even as Bairstow kept assuming the function of the attacker to an amenity. Then, when Warner raised his ninth fifty against Punjab, Sunrisers' swank openers were well on course to overwhelming their past best remain of 185. However, when Warner withdrew for a 40-ball 52, they had indented up a score of 160 of every 15 overs. Bairstow left in the equivalent over for 97 that brought about a falter towards the end. Leggie Ravi Bishnoi and youngster medium-pacer Arshdeep Singh accepting five wickets between them as Sunrisers oversaw only 41 runs in the last five overs. 

Brief scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 201/6 of every 20 overs (J Bairstow 97, D Warner 52; R Bishnoi 3/29, A Singh 2/33) bt Kings XI Punjab 132 all out in 16.5 overs (N Pooran 77; R Khan 3/12, K Ahmed 2/24, T Natarajan 2/24) by 69 runs