Sunrisers Hyderabad registered their third win in the Indian Premier League 2024 as they beat Punjab Kings by 2 runs in a thriller at the PCA Stadium on Tuesday night.
Chasing 183 runs to win, the hosts needed 29 runs from the final over bowled by Jaydev Unadkat. Ashutosh Sharma and Shashank Singh hit 3 sixes to collect 26 runs from what was not enough to win. They ended up managing 180 runs in the allotted overs for the loss of 6 wickets. The duo put on an unbeaten 66 runs from 27 balls for the 7th wicket. Shashank made 46 runs off 25 balls while Ashutosh added 33 off 15 balls after a top-order failure. Sam Curran (29) and Sikandar Raza (28) and Jitesh Sharma (19) contributed several runs in the middle overs.
Earlier, Nitish Kumar Reddy hammered a 37-ball 64 to raise 50 runs off 18 balls for a sixth-wicket partnership with Abdul Samad, but Arshdeep Singh’s four-fer steadied Sunrisers Hyderabad as they managed 182/9.
The 20-year-old Reddy hit his maiden IPL half-century off 32 balls to rescue them from 100/5 to post a good total after Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and opted to field first.
Arshdeep proved to be a thorn in the side for SRH, twice claiming two wickets in an over, once in the opening overs and again in the death overs, finishing with 4-29 as PBKS used the conditions brilliantly to put SRH under pressure.
