In the 69th match of IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Punjab Kings by 4 wickets with the help of Abhishek Sharma's stormy half-century. Punjab departed with a defeat in the last match of the league stage. Whereas Hyderabad ended with victory. Punjab was already out of the race for the playoffs. Whereas Hyderabad has already qualified for the playoffs. Hyderabad played Travis Head as an impact player in this match. In this match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Punjab won the toss and decided to bat first.

Batting first, Punjab scored 214 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, the highest score of 71 (45) came from the bat of Prabhsimran Singh. He hit 7 fours and 4 sixes in this innings. Riley Rousseau played an inning of 49 runs in 24 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. Atharva Tayde played an inning of 46 runs in 27 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes.

Captain Jitesh Sharma remained unbeaten after scoring 32 runs in 15 balls with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes. Prabhsimran and Atharva gave a great start to the team by making a partnership of 97 (55) runs for the first wicket. Rousseau and Prabhasimran added 54 (32) runs for the second wicket. From Hyderabad, maximum 2 wickets went to T Natarajan's account. Captain Pat Cummins and Vijaykant Vyaskanth took one wicket each.

Hyderabad, chasing the target, won the match by losing 6 wickets in 19.1 overs and scoring 215 runs. Abhishek Sharma played a half-century of 66 runs in 28 balls with the help of 5 fours and 6 sixes. He scored a half-century in 21 balls. Heinrich Klaasen played an inning of 42 runs in 26 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Nitish Reddy played an inning of 37 runs in 25 balls with the help of one four and 3 sixes.

Rahul Tripathi played an inning of 33 runs in 18 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. Abhishek and Rahul made a partnership of 72 (30) runs for the second wicket. Abhishek and Rahul made a partnership of 57 (31) runs for the third wicket. Nitish and Klaasen added 47 (23) runs for the fourth wicket. For Punjab, maximum 2-2 wickets went to the account of Harshal Patel and Arshdeep Singh. Shashank Singh and Harpreet Brar took one wicket each.

Playing XI of Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Tayde, Riley Rousseau, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper/captain), Ashutosh Sharma, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar.

Playing XI of Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Vyaskanth, T Natarajan.

Hyderabad Impact Players: Travis Head, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Jaydev Unadkat.

Impact players of Punjab: Arshdeep Singh, Tanay Thiagarajan, Prince Choudhary, Vidath Kawerappa, Harpreet Singh Bhatia.