PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad have won a thrilling 2-run victory against Punjab Kings. SRH, after losing the toss, batted first and scored 182 runs in 20 overs. On the other hand, Punjab Kings, who came out to chase the target, did not have a good start as the team had lost the wickets of all three top order batsmen within 20 runs. However, Sam Curran and Sikandar Raza tried to bring Punjab back by scoring 29 runs and 28 runs respectively, but proved unsuccessful. From SRH, especially Bhuvneshwar Kumar and captain Pat Cummins bowled tight and put the Punjab batsmen under pressure. Shashank Singh, who was the hero of Punjab against Gujarat Titans, played an innings of 46 runs, while Ashutosh Sharma also created a ruckus in the last overs, but despite his hard work, Punjab lost by 2 runs.
Punjab was continuously losing wickets, so the team had to score 78 runs in the last 5 overs. Under pressure to score more runs, Jitesh Sharma lost his wicket on the very next ball after hitting a six in the 16th over, who scored 19 runs in 11 balls.
In the next 2 overs, Punjab batsmen did score 28 runs, but they still needed 50 runs in 18 balls. The pair of Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma were once again preparing to turn the match around, but they had the tough challenge of scoring 29 runs in the last 6 balls.
On the first ball of the last over, the catch of Nitish went out of the boundary line. After bowling 2 wide balls, Jaydev Unadkat again got hit for a six. Punjab needed only 13 runs in the last 3 balls. When the turn of the last ball came, Punjab needed 9 runs.
Shashank Singh hit a six on the last ball, but Punjab had to face a close defeat by 2 runs. Jaydev Unadkat had conceded 26 runs in this last over of the innings.
Shashank-Ashutosh pair again made the match exciting
In the match against Gujarat Titans, the pair of Shashank Singh and Ashutosh batted brilliantly in the last overs and won the lost match for Punjab Kings. This time also their pair brought Punjab close to victory in the last overs.
On one hand, Shashank Singh scored 46 runs in 25 balls and Ashutosh scored 33 runs in 15 balls, but could not ensure Punjab’s victory. Talking about SRH’s bowling, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 2 important wickets. Pat Cummins, T Natarajan, Nitish Reddy and Jaydev Unadkat took one wicket each.
