New Delhi. In the 23rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad (Sunrisers Hyderabad – SRH) have registered their third win this season by defeating Punjab Kings (Punjab Kings- PBKS) by 2 runs. Batting first, SRH scored 182/9 after 20 overs at the Mullanpur Stadium in Chandigarh. In reply, PBKS team could only score 180/6.

SRH had lost 4 wickets for 64 runs. Meanwhile, they lost the wickets of Travis Head (21), Abhishek Sharma (16), Aiden Markram (0) and Rahul Tripathi (11). In difficult times, young Nitish Reddy scored 64 runs in 37 balls and took the team to a good score. In reply, PBKS lost 3 wickets while giving 20 runs. After this, Ashutosh Sharma (33*) and Shashank Singh (46*) struggled, but could not win.

Abhishek scored 16 runs in 11 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Meanwhile, he completed his 1,000 runs while playing for SRH. He has become the first uncapped player in IPL history for SRH to complete 1,000 runs. SRH, who came to bat first, suffered initial setbacks. At one time, 4 batsmen of the team had returned to the pavilion on 64 runs. From here Nitish took over the innings. He faced 37 balls and scored 64 runs. 4 fours and 5 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 172.97. Nitish made a partnership of 50 runs in 20 balls with Abdul Samad. With Heinrich Klaasen he added 36 runs in 21 balls.

Arshdeep Singh took 4 wickets while giving 29 runs. Meanwhile, he completed 150 wickets in his T-20 cricket career. SRH opener Travis Head became his 150th victim. Sam Curran scored 29 runs in 22 balls while chasing the target. He hit 2 fours and as many sixes in his innings.

Shashank, who led PBKS to victory by playing an unbeaten 61-run innings against GT in his last match, performed brilliantly even today. He scored unbeaten 46 runs on 25 balls. He could not complete his second consecutive IPL half-century. Apart from him, Ashutosh also made the match interesting by batting explosively in the last overs. He scored 33 not out off 15 balls.