Punjab Kings Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Match Scorecard

Punjab King’s batting struggled early on in the powerplay and an unusual choice of shots caused them to lose three wickets quickly.

Abhishek waits patiently before lofting it over long-on for six! 14 runs have now been scored from this over, leaving Punjab just two runs short of victory!

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Punjab looked confident despite losing opener Atharva Taide to left-arm quick T Natarajan. Prabhsimran Singh’s powerful blows and Heinrich Klaasen’s controlled knock put them on course to post an impressive total.

Mohali’s pitch is playing to the Punjab Kings’ pace attack’s strengths; they have limited Sunrisers Hyderabad openers to just two runs in their first powerplay session.

Travis Head’s back-to-back fours against Kagiso Rabada indicated his intent of setting another record, but Rabada managed to dismiss him with an unexpected delivery that caught Shashank Singh at deep square leg for Shashank Singh to catch at deep square leg by Rahul Tripathi of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). With 15 points from 13 matches under their belts and needing one win against PBKS on Sunday in order to finish higher than Mumbai Indians in the table, they need victory against PBKS on Sunday in order to finish ahead of Mumbai Indians in terms of finishing higher in terms of points than them in the table if they want to remain top four in terms of table standings than Mumbai Indians (14 points total).

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Sunrisers Hyderabad

Punjab managed to score 215 runs despite losing Travis Head on the opening ball, thanks to Prabhsimran Singh and Atharva Taide sharing an opening stand of 97 runs with Rilee Rossouw contributing 49 at an incredible strike rate, as Jitesh Sharma finished off their innings by scoring 32 not out off 15 balls as Punjab reached 215 with ease and won.

Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Sunrisers Hyderabad bowled well early, before the batsmen took control in overs 15-18, and were only stopped by Natarajan who gave away two fours and sixes to slow them down.

Abdul Samad’s four in the final over put Sunrisers Hyderabad closer to winning this match; that could prove crucial. Unfortunately, however, poor fielding from their keeper at deep backward square leg prevented a run-out and turned their fortunes around; giving SRH second spot in the points table.

Punjab Kings

Punjab Kings is an Indian Premier League cricket team based out of Mullanpur, Mohali in Punjab India and jointly owned by Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia and Preity Zinta. Their home ground for matches is at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Internationa Cricket Stadium located nearby.

Sanjay Bangar manages the team. In 2014, they reached the final of the Champions League T20 tournament but lost to Kolkata Knight Riders after an exciting last-over finish. However, during 2015’s edition they made an excellent start by finishing first in their group stage with 11 wins and reaching the semifinals – with David Miller and Virender Sehwag becoming key batsmen for them with bat and ball respectively.

Avesh attempts a risky single and manages to hit it to the boundary. Curran comes onto strike next and promptly makes two runs-a-ball by hitting one into a gap for two more runs scored off that pitch.

Rivalry

IPL table leaders Kolkata and Rajasthan are separated by just four points, meaning SRH could clinch second spot by defeating them and winning against PBKS as well.

SRH’s bowlers did well to restrict Punjab to 215 and their batsmen successfully chased it down with ease – yet another brilliant display of both bowling and batting!

Abhishek Sharma again hits four! Taking advantage of an off-stump ball at back-of- a-length on off, he uses forward strides and played an undercut over short third man for a boundary.

Which is better SRH or PBKS?

SRH stunned Punjab Kings with an exciting finish at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Ashutosh Sharma and Shashank Singh battled hard, keeping PBKS competitive; but Nitish Kumar Reddy bowled an exceptional final over to secure a thrilling win for SRH.

Even after losing Travis Head on their very first ball, PBKS flew through their powerplay to set themselves up well to chase down 240 runs or more. Prabhsimran Singh and Atharva Taide both scored 97 while Abhishek Sharma posted an unbeaten fifty off 28 balls while Rilee Rossouw chipped in 49 from 24 balls.

PBKS struggled in their 15-18 overs but recovered momentum when Jitesh Sharma came in to bat with 32 off 15 that included two sixes and four fours he scored off 15.

Final Words

SRH bounced back after an inauspicious start when they managed to chase down 215 and beat Punjab Kings (PBKS). Though Travis Head was lost early on, Rilee Rossouw and Rahul Tripathi helped the side make progress during their powerplay period.

However, between overs 15-18 PBKS started losing momentum as they struggled to build any sort of momentum themselves. Sam Curran made sure they would surpass 200 with his quick fifty, as Prabhsimran provided some crucial impact.

PBKS need 36 from their final over, and that should be sufficient. Shardul begins well by bowling full tosses wide outside off that Jadeja hits over the long-on boundary for six.