- BATSMENRB4s6sSR3.2 gone this time! Dhawan makes it look very easy! Full just outside off and Head's eyes light up. He tries to smash it to Chandigarh but loses his shape, cutting across it in the process. The ball goes straight up and Dhawan does brilliantly to track it over his shoulder from mid off. Keeps his eyes on the ball as it drops, and snaffles it up, with minimal fuss. Massive moment in the game! 27/14.6 did that carry? PBKS are celebrating! Back of a length outside off. Abhishek marches down the track, trying to carve it over cover. Steps too far outside leg, though, and gets it right off the toe-end. Floats towards cover point, where Shashank dives forward and snares a sharp chance! 39/33.4 Arshdeep has two in the over, and SRH are rocking early! Back of a length in the channel, and this seems to jag away just a smidgen. Markram's feet go nowhere and he wafts at it. Feathers it through to Jitesh. The nick is acknowledged, and PBKS have two in very quick succession! 27/216.5 Two wickets in the over for the second time today for Arshdeep! Rank full toss, bowled a mile outside off, perhaps because of where Nitish is standing. He tries to muscle it over long off but the bat turns in his hand upon contact. Hits it straight down Rabada's throat at long off, adn that brings to an end a superb innings! 151/79.4 banged into the track outside off. Looks like a slower ball because this balloons past Tripathi. He tries to upper-cut it and misses. Curran is very interested and he thinks there is bat involved. The PKS fielders get together, and they go upstairs. There is indeed a nick. A clear spike as the ball is next to the bat and Tripathi, in fact, seemed to walk as soon as PBKS reviewed it. Strange sequence of events, but what matters is that SRH are now four down! 64/413.1 Harshal gets the big fish, and this is a huge moment in the game! Length ball on middle and off, and this seems to just hold in the surface a little. Klaasen tries to go downtown but miscues it. Clinks it off the bottom part of the bat, and arrows it straight to Curran at long off, who makes no mistake. PBKS are jubilant, SRH not quite! 100/516.3 holes out to deep backward point! Arshdeep set the trap, and he executes to perfection. Full and wide outside off. Samad flays at it but cannot control his stroke. Slices it and Harshal is stationed on the fence for exactly that stroke. A simple catch, and PBKS break what was looking like a threatening partnership! 150/617.3 Rabada has his first! Slower ball on a length on middle and off. Cummins clears his front leg and swings for the hills. Loses his shape completely and loses his stumps soon after. PBKS keep chipping away, and they are now in with a real chance to restrict SRH to a total under 170! 155/819.5 straight to long off! In the slot outside off, and it is there to be hit. Bhuvneshwar gives it everything he has but clinks it off the toe-end. Bairstow takes a few paces in from long off, and does the rest. The new batter will be on strike for the final ball! 176/9Extras7 (lb 2, w 5)TOTAL182/9 (20 Overs, RR: 9.1)Did not bat: T NatarajanFall of wickets: 1-27 (Travis Head, 3.2 ov), 2-27 (Aiden Markram, 3.4 ov), 3-39 (Abhishek Sharma, 4.6 ov), 4-64 (Rahul Tripathi, 9.4 ov), 5-100 (Heinrich Klaasen, 13.1 ov), 6-150 (Abdul Samad, 16.3 ov), 7-151 (Nitish Kumar Reddy, 16.5 ov), 8-155 (Pat Cummins, 17.3 ov), 9-176 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB K Rabada 4 0 32 1 8.00 13 4 1 1 0 Arshdeep Singh 4 0 29 4 7.25 12 3 1 2 0 SM Curran 4 0 41 2 10.25 9 2 3 1 0 HV Patel 4 0 30 2 7.50 8 4 0 1 0 Harpreet Brar 4 0 48 0 12.00 7 5 3 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.4 stumped! Top-drawer bowling, and even better keeping! Length in the channel just outside off. Despite Klaasen being up, Dhawan decides to wander down the track. Nibbles at it and is beaten by the slight away movement. Klaasen keeps his eyes on the ball, collects cleanly and then whips off the bails in a flash. PBKS in all sorts of trouble now! 20/31.4 cleans him up!! Hard length, bowled at 141.1kph. Slants into off stump and Bairstow, trying to impose himself, swipes across the line in ungainly fashion. Only swats away a few flies and hears the death rattle soon after. The move to share the new ball has worked a charm for Cummins, and this is just what SRH would have wanted! 2/12.6 this goes straight up, and Bhuvneshwar has his man! Length in the fifth stump channel. Seems destined to angle in but straightens just a shade after pitching. Prabhsimran walks down the track and looks to whip it away over mid wicket. Skews it off the leading edge, and Nitish, running back from cover point, gobbles it up. SRH have two in the powerplay! 11/29.1 and Natarajan answers SRH's prayers! A blinder by Cummins at mid off! Hard length outside off, and this seems to rush off the pitch quicker than Curran anticipates. Hacks across the line and mistimes it. For the longest while, it seems it will evade Cummins at mid off until....he leaps up like a salmon high to his left and takes it with both hands. What a moment in the game, and SRH's captain has come up trumps! 58/413.1 Raza looks for the boundary, and perishes for the cause! Slower ball on a back of a length on off. Raza has decided a week early he wants to play the lap. Gets into position but the lack of pace meddles with his timing. Can only scoop it straight up, and Klaasen accepts the offering gleefully. Vital wicket for SRH! 91/515.3 Jitesh holes out, and Nitish rises to the occasion again! Slower bumper on leg stump that is actually begging to be hit. Jitesh tries to smash it into next week and swings too early. Gets it right off the toe-end and rather than flying over fine leg, it spoons up towards deep square leg. Abhishek comes running in off the fence, slides forward and completes the catch! PBKS keep slipping! 114/6Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL180/6 (20 Overs, RR: 9)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Jonny Bairstow, 1.4 ov), 2-11 (Prabhsimran Singh, 2.6 ov), 3-20 (Shikhar Dhawan, 4.4 ov), 4-58 (Sam Curran, 9.1 ov), 5-91 (Sikandar Raza, 13.1 ov), 6-114 (Jitesh Sharma, 15.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Kumar 4 1 32 2 8.00 13 6 0 2 0 PJ Cummins 4 0 22 1 5.50 11 3 0 0 0 T Natarajan 4 0 33 1 8.25 8 5 0 0 0 K Nitish Kumar Reddy 3 0 33 1 11.00 6 3 2 1 0 JD Unadkat 4 0 49 1 12.25 7 0 5 3 0 Shahbaz Ahmed 1 0 10 0 10.00 1 0 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Punjab Kings , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50
Match days
9 April 2024 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sunrisers Hyderabad 2, Punjab Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 3 wickets)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Player Sub: Rahul Tripathi in for Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad innings, 4.6 ov)
- Over 5.6: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - NA Patwardhan, Batter - RA Tripathi (Upheld)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (43 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 61/3 in 9.0 overs (K Nitish Kumar Reddy 11, RA Tripathi 10)
- Over 9.4: Review by Punjab Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - NA Patwardhan, Batter - RA Tripathi (Upheld)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 3
- K Nitish Kumar Reddy: 50 off 32 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 146/5 in 16.0 overs (K Nitish Kumar Reddy 64, Abdul Samad 21)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 150 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 4
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 18 balls (K Nitish Kumar Reddy 24, Abdul Samad 25, Ex 1)
- Over 16.2: Review by Sunrisers Hyderabad (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Navdeep Singh, Batter - Abdul Samad (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 182/9 in 20.0 overs (Shahbaz Ahmed 14, JD Unadkat 6)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 27 runs, 3 wickets)
- Punjab Kings Impact Player Sub: Prabhsimran Singh in for Arshdeep Singh (Punjab Kings innings, 1.4 ov)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 49/3 in 8.0 overs (SM Curran 21, Sikandar Raza 9)
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 91/4 in 13.0 overs (Sikandar Raza 28, Shashank Singh 15)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 1
- Over 16.5: Review by Sunrisers Hyderabad (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Navdeep Singh, Batter - Shashank Singh (Struck down)
- Punjab Kings: 150 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 4
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (Shashank Singh 22, AR Sharma 28, Ex 4)
Match Coverage
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Kings captain Dhawan rues the lack of runs from his top order and the fielded lapses
SRH survive another Shashank-Ashutosh blitz in two-run win
All-round Nitish Kumar Reddy backed up by the SRH quicks took the side over the line defending 182
Kings' death bowling in focus against power-packed Sunrisers
With four back-to-back games in Mullanpur, Kings will hope home comforts help them get out of the mid-table points jam