As one of the stars of the World Cup, Sunrisers Hyderabad would have had high hopes for the 25-year-old New Zealand swing man in this season’s IPL.

His debut against Chennai was noticable more for his fantastic fielding than his bowling, with Boult claiming two run outs.

However, he was relentless in the 18th over against Bangalore on Monday night, taking the wickets of AB De Villiers, Sean Abbott and Harshal Patel in the space of four deliveries to ruin RCB’s chances of a big total in the last two overs.