Sun Risers Hyderabad have been fourth time lucky after losing all their first three matches of the ongoing IPL 2021 season. Barring the toss, nothing went in favor of Punjab Kings in this match who are playing their first match in Chennai. They kept losing wickets and in turn failed to put up a competitive total on the board. Sun Risers who were looking for their first victory capitalized on Punjab’s failures to register their first victory in this season.
Having opted to bat first, Punjab failed to get a single partnership going. Their 24-run stand for the 2nd wicket is the highest for them in this match. Mayank Agarwal (22 off 25) and Shahrukh Khan (22 off 17) are the only players in Punjab’s line-up to get past the 20-run mark in this match as Punjab posted just 120 runs before getting bowled out in 19.4 overs. Khaleel Ahmed was the pick of SRH bowlers with 3 wickets while Abhishek Sharma bagged 2 wickets. Bhuvi, Siddharth and Rashid bagged a wicket each.
Chasing a modest total, Sun Risers who are currently running little low on confidence had taken the match until the 19th over! Eventually, they won the match by a big margin of 9 wickets. David Warner was the only wicket to fall in this innings as Jonny Bairstow (63* off 56) and Kane Williamson (16* off 19) remained unbeaten to take them home with 9 wickets in hand and 8 balls to spare in their innings. Fabian Allen picked up the only wicket to fall in SRH’s innings in this match.
SRH opener Jonny Bairstow has been adjudged as the Player of the Match for his match-winning unbeaten knock with the bat. Punjab Kings now moved to the bottom place in the points table with just a victory in 4 games as Sun Risers Hyderabad climbed up to fifth position in the table.
Brief Scores: Sun Risers Hyderabad – 121/1 in 18.4 overs (Jonny Bairstow – 63*, Fabian Allen – 1/22) defeated Punjab Kings – 120 all out in 19.4 overs (Shahrukh Khan – 22, Khaleel Ahmed – 3/21) by a margin of 9 wickets
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