After a strong performance by the bowlers, Sunrisers Hyderabad unilaterally defeated the Kings XI Punjab by 9 wickets on the basis of a brilliant play by the batsmen. With this, Hyderabad have registered two points and their first win in IPL 2021. Chasing a small target of 121 from Punjab, the team achieved a loss by one wicket. Johnny Bairstow scored 63 for the team. His innings included 3 boundaries and three sixes. In addition to that, captain David Warner also played an excellent innings of 37 runs. His innings included three boundaries and a six. In addition to these two batsmen, Kane Williamson, who played his first match of the season, hit an unbeaten 16, including no boundary.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Sunrisers limited the Hyderabad Kings to 120 runs in 19.4 overs thanks to their bowlers’ performance. Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul, who won the toss, decided to bat first, but Rahul himself fell to Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the first delivery of the fourth over. Kedar Jadhav Rahul caught the catch. Second opener Mayank Aggarwal scored 22 runs off 25 balls with the help of two balls, while Khalil Ahmed’s Rashid Khan got the catch. Chris Gayle was replaced by leg-spinner Rasheed Khan at LBW. Gayle scored 15 of 17 balls with two assists.
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Hyderabad skipper David Warner was run out of Nicholas Pooran’s direct delivery. This is Puran’s third zero in four games. Abhishek Sharma dismissed Abhishek Hooda (11) and Moises Henriques (14). Young batsman Shah Rukh Khan hit the first sixes of Abhishek’s delivery in the 14th over to increase the team’s run rate to six. However, in the same over, Henriques (14) came out of the crease to take a big shot and wicketkeeper Johnny Bierstowe left no stone unturned.
Shah Rukh hit his and his team’s second six in a free hit against Siddharth Kaul. In the second gate of the 17th over, Punjab completed 100 runs. In the fourth delivery of the over, Khalil Ahmed Fabian Allen (06) showed the way to the pavilion. Shahrukh Khalil was caught by Abhishek in the boundary in an attempt to score a fast run. He scored 22 off 17 balls. Vijay Shankar dismissed Mohammad Shami in the last over and Punjab scored 120 runs. Khalil Ahmed top-scored for Hyderabad with 21 while Abhishek Sharma took two for 24. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan and Siddharth Kaul took one wicket each.
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