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Tezzbuzz|10-04-2024
In the 23rd match of IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Punjab Kings by 2 runs on the basis of the brilliant performance of Nitish Reddy. In this match, Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins not only bowled brilliantly and captained but he also took a wonderful catch in fielding which turned the match towards Hyderabad.
This catch was seen on the first ball of the 10th over of Punjab's innings when Sam Curran tried to hit an aerial shot over mid-off on Natarajan's ball but Pat Cummins came in the way and he jumped at the right time and made a brilliant catch. Completed the catch. Perhaps if there was any other player in place of Cummins, this catch could have been missed but Cummins did not make this mistake. You can watch the video of this catch below.
Talking about this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad, batting first, scored 182 runs on the scoreboard after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. The highest score of 64 (37) runs from the team's side came from the bat of Nitish Reddy. In this innings he hit 4 fours and 5 sixes. This is his first half-century in IPL which he scored in 32 balls. Apart from him, Abdul Samad contributed 25(11) runs. In this innings he hit 5 fours. Reddy and Samad made an important partnership of 50 (20) runs for the sixth wicket and took the team to a big score. Arshdeep Singh took maximum 4 wickets for Punjab Kings. Harshal Patel and Sam Curran took 2 wickets each. Kagiso Rabada got one wicket.