Lucknow: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) won by 4 wickets in the match played against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. With this he has reached second place in the points table. Let us tell you that in this match, Punjab had won the toss and decided to bat first and after this their batsmen performed excellently. In this match, PBKS batsmen had scored 214 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. After this, while chasing the target, Hyderabad achieved it in 19.1 overs at the loss of 6 wickets. With this, they now have 17 points on the points table and are in second place.
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In this match for Hyderabad, opener Travis Head's bat did not work and he was clean bowled by Punjab's fast bowler Arshdeep Singh on the very first ball. However, after his dismissal, young player Abhishek Sharma continued his aggressive cricket and played an important role in his team's victory. In this match, Sharma faced 28 balls and played an inning of 66 runs with the help of 5 fours and 6 sixes. During this period, his strike rate was 235.71 and he has batted in a similar manner this season.
Punjab batted first in this match and scored a big score of more than 200 runs but still had to face defeat. The PBKS openers made a great start in this match and shared a 97-run partnership for the first wicket. Prabhsimran Singh faced 45 balls in this match and scored 71 runs with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from him, Riley Russo also scored 49 runs in 24 balls. So Jitesh Sharma, who is captaining Punjab in this match, played an unbeaten innings of 32 runs in 15 balls and took his team to a score of 214.
Apart from Abhishek, wicketkeeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen also batted well for SRH in this match and played an inning of 42 runs in 26 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Rahul Tripathi scored 33 runs while Nitish Reddy also played an important role in his team's victory by playing an inning of 37 runs. For Punjab, fast bowler Arshdeep Singh bowled brilliantly and took 2 wickets while giving 37 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, no bowler of the team could perform well and that is why Hyderabad achieved the target with 5 balls remaining.
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