IPL 7: ‘Suns’ shine in Hyderabad

Royal Challengers Bangalore faced Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL 7 fixture. Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat first. (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

Hyderabad bowlers struck early with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Karn Sharma taking the wickets of Bangalore openers. (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli stood up to the occasion and steered his team out of trouble with captain's knock of 67 runs from 41 balls. (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

AB de Villiers continued his good form and accounted for 29 runs from 17 balls for his team. Bangalore finished on 160/6 from their 20 overs. (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

Chasing 161, David Warner opened the batting for Hyderabad with Shikhar Dahwan and blasted a 46-ball 59 and shared a 100-run stand with Dhawan. (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

Shikhar Dhawan also produced his best innings of this year's IPL and scored a 39-ball half-century. Dhawan and Warner provided Hyderabad a great start in the chase. (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

Shikhar Dhawan was run-out by Yuvraj Singh but not before he had done considerable damage to Bangalore with a fine half-century. (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

Aaron Finch,along with Naman Ojha provide Hyderabad the late surge to chase down the tricky target of 161 set by Bangalore. (Photo: BCCI/IPL)

Hyderabad and Bangalore players shale hands after Hyderabad defeated Bangalore by seven wickets in Hyderabad on Tuesday. (Photo: BCCI/IPL)