They let things slip a bit towards the death, but Sixers played a wonderful T20 match here to get themselves over the line for the first time. They were excellent through the opposition's middle overs, keeping some powerful batters muzzled.
But most of the credit has to go to KJP and Reeza Hendricks, who put on 154 off 88 balls, and sent Sixers screaming towards a victory. Although Taskin Ahmed (who had a horror first three overs) removed KJP and Hendricks, Mark Chapman was on hand to ensure the finish came about smoothly.
That's it from us, folks. Catch you on Tuesday for more from the LPL.
Akindu: "You could say as far as kjp and hendricks were concerned taskin lost all the battles but won the war" Not sure about that Akindu. A lot of damage done in those first three Taskin overs.
END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs | DAT: 169/2 (17 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.94, RRR: 5.66)
- Lahiru Udara10 (7b)
- Mark Chapman5 (6b)
- Binura Fernando4-0-25-0
- Matheesha Pathirana3-0-30-0
END OF OVER:16 | 5 Runs | DAT: 160/2 (26 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 10.00, RRR: 6.50)
- Mark Chapman3 (4b)
- Lahiru Udara3 (3b)
- Matheesha Pathirana3-0-30-0
- Taskin Ahmed4-0-45-2