In an all-Australian affair, Steven Smith locked horns with David Warner at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune.

Washington Sundar made his IPL debut and finished with figures of 3-0-19-0.

Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner rallied the score to 45/0 at the end of powerplay overs.

Imran Tahir got Dhawan off the first ball of his spell, but didn't complete his quota of overs (3-0-23-1)

Steven Smith dropped David Warner on 26 at mid-off. The batsman went on to make 43 off 40.

Daniel Christian got the important wicket of Kane Williamson on 21, and bowled his four overs for 1 for 20.

Moises Henriques made for David Warner's untimely dismissal in the seventeenth over, scoring an unbeaten 28-ball 55 to take SRH to 176/3.

Ajinkya Rahane perished early to Bipul Sharma, who came in for an ill Yuvraj Singh.

Opener Rahul Tripathi stroked 59 off 41, triggering the chase on the right note.

Once Rahul Tripathy was run out, Rising Pune Supergiant found themselves on shaky ground at 98/3 in the 14th over.

MS Dhoni, batting at No. 3, held the innings along as Ben Stokes fell to Bhuvneshwar on 10.

Laying into Bhuvneshwar's last over, Dhoni ended up with 61* off 34 balls and took his team to the fourth spot on the points table.