Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Punjab Kings by eight wickets on the back of a huge partnership between Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head. In the 27th match of the season played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Saturday, Punjab scored 245 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Hyderabad scored 247 runs for the loss of two wickets in 18.3 overs and won the match.
Abhishek returned to the pavilion after playing a stormy innings of 141 runs
Abhishek Sharma was out after playing a stormy innings of 141 runs in 55 balls. He was made his victim by Arshdeep Singh. During this brilliant innings, the left-handed batsman hit 14 fours and 10 sixes. Now Ishan Kishan has come to the crease. Klaasen is present to support him.
Punjab set a target of 246 runs in front of Hyderabad
On the basis of Shreyas Iyer's half-century and Marcus Stoinis' stormy batting, Punjab Kings have set a target of 246 runs in front of Sunrisers Hyderabad. After winning the toss and batting first, Punjab scored 245 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. This is their second highest total in IPL. At the same time, Harshal Patel took four and Ishan Malinga took two wickets for Hyderabad.
Punjab got off to a good start in this match. Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh shared a 66-run partnership for the first wicket. Arya was dismissed after scoring 36 runs in 13 balls. Thanks to this partnership, Punjab also scored their second highest score in the powerplay. Punjab's score was 89/1 after the first six overs.
Shreyas Iyer, who came to bat at number three, also appeared to be performing strongly. He completed his half-century first in 22 balls. After this he scored 82 runs in 36 balls. He added 25 runs for the second wicket with Prabhsimran. The opener returned to the pavilion after scoring 42 runs. After this Shreyas got the support of Nehal Wadhera and there was a huge partnership of 73 runs between the two. Ishan Malinga got Wadhera out LBW. He scored 27 runs.
Marcus Stoinis' storm came in the last over of the innings. He hit four sixes in four consecutive balls against Mohammed Shami. The fast bowler conceded a total of 27 runs in this over. For Punjab, Shashank scored two, Maxwell scored three, Stoinis scored 34* and Jansen scored five* runs.
Hyderabad wins by eight wickets
Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Punjab Kings by eight wickets on the back of a stormy partnership between Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head. In this match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Saturday, Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 245 runs in 20 overs for the loss of six wickets. In reply, last season's runner-up team scored 247 runs in 18.3 overs for the loss of two wickets and won the match. With this, Hyderabad achieved the second biggest target in IPL history. Earlier, Punjab Kings had achieved the biggest target by scoring 262/2 against Kolkata last season.
Chasing the target of 246 runs, Hyderabad's opening pair looked in full form. There was a huge partnership of 171 runs for the first wicket between Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. This is the second biggest partnership played by an opening pair for Hyderabad. Jonny Bairstow and David Warner are at the top in this case, who had a partnership of 185 runs against RCB in 2019.
Abhishek completed the first century of his IPL career in just 40 balls in this match and achieved a big feat. He has become the sixth batsman to score the fastest century in IPL. Abhishek played a stormy innings of 141 runs against Punjab. With this, he became the highest scoring Indian in IPL. During his innings, the 24-year-old batsman hit 14 fours and 10 skyscraper sixes at a strike rate of 256.36.
Head, who was struggling with poor form till this match, also made a great comeback. He completed his half-century in 31 balls and was dismissed after scoring 66 runs. Apart from him, Heinrich Klaasen scored 21 and Ishan Kishan scored nine runs and remained unbeaten. Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal took one wicket each for Punjab.
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