The Australian batsman notched his third half-century of the tournament in the process, and combined with a valuable half-century by Shikhar Dhawan, their 137-run opening stand carried them to a comfortable victory.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar earlier claimed 4 for 29 to restrict the Lions to 135 for 8.
Match 15. It's all over! Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 10 wickets https://t.co/jV5KkwPPUf #GLvSRH
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 21, 2016
.@SunRisers beat @TheGujaratLions by 10 wickets #SRHvsGL #VIVOIPL. Relive the game - https://t.co/j7IBtkNbWd pic.twitter.com/qLmmv2jFLN
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 21, 2016
Congratulations to @BhuviOfficial for picking up the man of the match award for his brilliant spell of 4/29#GLvSRH #OrangeArmy
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 21, 2016
An all round performance from the #OrangeArmy. Sign of great things to come! Next stop, back home! pic.twitter.com/Mqd6d8WRyk
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 21, 2016
Not much went wrong tonight. Now to carry this form back home in Hyderabad! #OrangeArmy pic.twitter.com/w5IEyZd0hZ
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 21, 2016
Congrats @SunRisers on a clinical performance?Once again gr8 effort from the bowlers & excellent batting from the opening pair?Keep it up?
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) April 21, 2016
Well done Shikhi Dhawan grt to have you back in such good nick. And Bhuvi my dear Bhuvi, what supaah bowling macha @SunRisers
— Kris Srikkanth (@KrisSrikkanth) April 21, 2016
Our #OrangeArmy did it again! #SRHvsGL was definitely an interesting match! @SunRisers #IPL2016 pic.twitter.com/4ptTEcC4wa
— Red FM (@RedFMIndia) April 21, 2016
A loss makes a Lion stronger and that much more hungrier. Keep ROARING for us. We're yet to be tamed! #GameMaariChhe pic.twitter.com/Y50PaON9Om
— The Gujarat Lions (@TheGujaratLions) April 21, 2016