Trent Boult had to wait a while to play this season, but ended up making an impact.

New Zealand cricketer Trent Boult has made his first appearance of the 2016 Indian Premier League, helping Sunrisers Hyderabad advance to the final with a four-wicket win over Gujarat Lions.

The 26-year-old Black Caps pace bowler got a call up to the team to replace the injured Mustafizur Raham and made an immediate impact on the game, catching Eklavya Dwivedi while fielding at third man.

That catch helped put the Lions at 7-1 after the first over and they went on to make 162 runs from their 20 overs, for the loss of seven wickets.

Boult had further impact in the field, getting Suresh Raina out LBW for one in the fourth over and five overs later his direct hit at the stumps ran out Dinesh Karthik for 26. The runout occurred following a mix up between Karthik and the other batsman Brendon McCullum.

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McCullum, the former Black Caps captain, made 32 runs in his knock, hitting five fours, before getting out caught Bhuvneshwar Kumar, bowled Bipul Sharma in the 12th over when the Lions were 81-4.

Boult completed his four overs with figures of four overs, 39 runs for one wicket.

In reply to the Lions' total, Sunrisers reached their target with four balls to spare.

Captain David Warner had a big part in the run chase, scoring an unbeaten 93 off 58 balls, while hitting 11 fours and three sixes.

Warner got little support from the other end of the wicket, but his team were able to reach the target, finishing up at 163-6.

The Sunrisers will go on to play the Daniel Vettori coached Royal Challengers Bangalore in Sunday night's final.

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