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Sunrisers Hyderabad once again showed their batting prowess as they chased own a big target set by Punjab Kings by 4 wickets in a Tata IPL 2024 encounter at Hyderabad .
Punjab Skipper Jitesh Sharma leading ( in the absence of Sam Curran who returned home along with Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone for International national team Duty ) won the toss and opted to bat first . The kings began positively with openers – Atharva Taide 46 ( 27 balls 5 fours 2 sixes) and impressive Prabhsimran Singh 71 ( 45 balls, 7 fours, 4 sixes) . The duo put on 97-1, 9.1 overs.
Rilee Rossouw kept the attack with an an aggressive 49 ( 24 balls 3 fours , 4 sixes) , Shashank Singh was run-out ( 2) . Ashutosh Sharma (2). Skipper Jitesh Sharma played an important cameo and unbeaten one 32 ( 15 balls , 2 fours , 2 sixes ) as Punjab finished on an impressive 214/ 5 in their 20 overs . Shivam Singh was other not out batsman on 2
SRH bowling : Bhuvneshwar Kumar 0/ 36 ( 4 overs), Pat Cummins 1/ 36 ( 4 overs) T Natarajan 2/ 36 ( 4 overs) , Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 1/ 37 ( 4 overs) , Shahbaz Ahmed 0/ 13 ( 1 over) , Nitish Reddy was expensive 0/ 54( 3 overs)
In the chase. SRH lost Travis Head early for ( 0) a rare failure . But in- from Abhishek Sharma blasted the team on track with a blistering match- winning knock 66 ( 28 balls , 5 fours, 6 sixes), well supported by Rahul Tripathi who played for his 33 ( 18 balls , 4 fours , 2 sixes) .
SRH batting clicked with all contributing Nitish Reddy 37 ( 25 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes), Heinrich Klaasen batted his way back to some form ahead of ply – offs with 42 ( 26 balls , 3 fours 2 sixes) . SRH were on course . Shahbaz Ahmed was out for 3 .
But taking SRH home with five balls to spare and four wickets in hand were – Abdul Samad ( 11) not out and Sanvir Singh not out 6 . SRH finishing at 215 / 6 in 19. 1 overs .
Punjab Bowling : Arshdeep Singh 2/ 37 ( 4 overs) , Rishi Dhawan 0/ 35 ( 3 overs) , Harshal Patel 2/ 49 ( 4 overs) , Rahul Chahar 0/ 43 ( 4 overs), Harpreet Brar 1/ 36 ( 3 overs) , Shashank Singh 1/5 ( 1 over) , Atharva Taide 0/ 4 ( 0.1)
PBKS Impact Player: Arshdeep Singh replaces Ashutosh Sharma
SRH Impact Player: Travis Head replaces T Natarajan
Match: IPL 2024, 69th Match
Venue: Hyderabad | Date: May 19, 2024
