We restricted them to a good score, but we could not take advantage of the first 6 overs. Lost 3 wickets and this is where we lagged behind and in the end we had to bear the brunt of it. We dropped a catch on the last ball, we could have restricted them to 10-15 less runs, but the batting let us down. Dhawan dismissed Shashank Singh and Praising Ashutosh Sharma’s batting, he said, it is great to see the youth with such consistency.

There was always hope that they could finish the match. But we came so close. This will give us confidence for the upcoming matches, but we will have to perform better in the future. In the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad, playing first, took 9 wickets in 20 overs. But scored 182 runs.

Rajesh Reddy played an inning of 64 runs in 37 balls for the team. In response, Punjab Kings could score 180 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. For Punjab, Shashank Singh fought for victory by scoring 46 runs in 25 balls and Ashutosh Sharma scored 33 runs in 15 balls.