Williamson scored 56 off 39 balls while Shakib Al Hasan made 35 but it was Siraj (3/25) and Southee’s (3/30) fiery spell that eventually put brakes on Sunrisers’ charge.
Sent into bat, Sunrisers did not have the best of starts as they lost openers Alex Hales (5) and Shikhar Dhawan (13) early.
To make matters worse for the hosts, Manish Pandey (5) too didn’t last long, handing out a simple catch to skipper Virat Kohli off Yuzvendra Chahal (1/25) in the ninth over.
Thereafter, Sunrisers captain Williamson and Shakib stitched 64 runs off just 50 balls for the fourth wicket to keep the hosts afloat.
While Shakib played the second fiddle, Williamson showcased his class striking the balls to all parts of the ground without taking any undue risk.
Wlliamson brought up his fifth half-century of the tournament in 35 balls.
But just when it was time for Williamson to accelerate, the Kiwi departed, holing out to Mandeep Singh at deep midwicket square-leg off Umesh Yadav in the 16th over.
Williamson’s innings was studded with five boundaries and two huge sixes.
Soon after Williamson’s dismissal, it was left to a set Shakib to up the ante but the Bangladesh all-rounder too departed an over later caught by Yadav at deep-square leg off Southee’s bowling.
Yusuf Pathan then found the fence twice off Southee in the same over before perishing in the next over, cleaned up by Siraj.
After being clobbered for a six by Wriddhiman Saha (8) in the same over, Siraj got his man when he went through the defence of the right-hander with another quick delivery.
If that was not enough, the final over from Southee accounted for three Sunrisers’ wickets – two runs outs in the form of Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and then a LBW dismissal of Sandeep Sharma from the final delivery of the innings
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