Hyderabad| Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Punjab Kings to register their first win in IPL 2023. Batting first, Punjab Kings scored 143 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Shikhar Dhawan’s batting was the center of attraction during the Punjab Kings innings, where wickets kept falling from one end, while Shikhar Dhawan played an unbeaten inning of 99 runs in 66 balls. Shikhar Dhawan also hit 12 fours and 5 sixes during this innings, he also shared an unbeaten 55-run partnership with Mohit Rathi for the last wicket. Mayank Markande took 4 wickets for 15 runs while bowling deadly for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Marco Jansen dismissed 2 players for 16 runs and Umran Malik dismissed 2 players for 32 runs. An easy target of 143 runs was achieved by Sunrisers Hyderabad by losing 2 wickets in 17.1 overs. Rahul Tripathi played an unbeaten inning of 74 runs and Aiden Markram played an unbeaten inning of 37 runs. Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh took 1-1 wickets. Shikhar Dhawan was awarded man of the match for his brilliant innings.
Brief Scores :
Punjab Kings: 9/143 over 20, Shikhar Dhawan 99, Sam Curran 22, Mayank Markande 4/15, Marco Jansen 2/16, Umran Malik 2/32
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2/145 over 17.1, Rahul Tripathi 74 not out, Aiden Markram 37 not out, Arshdeep Singh 1/20, Rahul Chahar 1/28