The departure of Punjab Kings from this season of IPL was already confirmed. The team wanted to finish well. But Sunrisers Hyderabad did not let that happen. They easily overcame Punjab’s two-hundred mark with the stormy batting of Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen. The victory came by a margin of 4 wickets.
Punjab won the toss at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Sunday (May 19) and scored 214 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. In response, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen’s batsmen lost 6 wickets and Hyderabad reached the port of victory with 5 balls to spare.
Punjab captain Jitesh Sharma won the toss and decided to bat. Punjab scored 61 runs without losing a wicket in 6 overs of power play. Prabhasimran Singh scored a storming half-century. In the end, with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes, he returned to the dressing room after scoring 71 runs in 45 balls.
Atharva was dismissed for 46 off 27 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. Riley Russo scored 49 runs off 24 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes. Jitesh remained unbeaten on 32 runs off 15 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes.
T Natarajan took 2 wickets for 33 runs in 4 overs for Hyderabad. Pat Cummins took 1 wicket for 36 runs in 4 overs. Vijaykanth also took 1 wicket.
In response, Hyderabad lost the wicket of Travis Head on the first ball of the innings. However, Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi put Hyderabad in a strong position after handling the initial shock.
Abhishek Mercatori scored a half-century. Abhishek, who completed his personal half-century off 21 balls, finally returned home with 66 runs off 28 balls with the help of 5 fours and 6 sixes. Heinrich Klaasen scored 42 runs off 26 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. That’s how Hyderabad reached the port of victory.