Thisara Perera powers Sunrisers Hyderabad to 4-wicket win

Tue, Sep 24, '13

As batsmen, Darren Bravo and Thisara Perera are as different as chalk is from cheese. Bravo is the consummate timer of the cricket ball, all easy grace, while Perera is the ultimate destroyer, giving it a mighty thwack with little disregard for such niceties as timing or elegance. The two left-hand batsmen made contrasting half-centuries at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Tuesday (September 24) night as the Champions League Twenty20 sprang into life. Their thunder, though, almost was stolen by Sunil Narine, the offspinner with magic in his fingers who single-handedly threatened to turn this contest Trinidad & Tobago's way before Perera salvaged a thrilling four-wicket victory for Sunrisers Hyderabad with three balls to spare