Punjab’s first loss of the season, Hyderabad’s first victory

Punjab’s first loss of the season, Hyderabad’s first victory: Sunrisers defeated Kings by 8 wickets, with Rahul Tripathi scoring 74 off 48 balls.

the new captain leading the team, Sunrisers Hyderabad has claimed the inaugural victory of IPL 2023. In the second game on Sunday, the team defeated Punjab Kings by an 8-wicket margin.With this victory, Hyderabad’s team has climbed to position eight in the standings, while Punjab is now in sixth place. view the points table

At the Hyderabad-based Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, SRH won the toss and elected to bat first. Punjab scored 143 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs while batting first. In response, Hyderabad took 2 wickets to reach the target in 17.1 overs.

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Rahul’s innings outscored Dhawan’s by 74 runs.

Shikhar Dhawan, the captain of Punjab, scored 99 runs in 66 balls without being knocked out to bring Punjab to a score of 143. However, Rahul Tripathi scored 74 runs in 48 balls to win his team.

5 key moments during the game.

Powerplay with Bhuvi-Yenson In the powerplay, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Marco Jansen put SRH on the right foot. In the powerplay, both teams combined for 3 wickets, which put Punjab on the back foot.

The bowling of Mayank Markande In the middle overs, Mayank Markande, making his SRH debut, took 4 wickets, bringing Punjab’s score down to 88/9.Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan shared a 55-run partnership for the last wicket in 30 balls after losing the ninth wicket in his innings at 88. Mohit Rathi contributed one run on two balls to this partnership. Dhawan was still unbeaten at 99.

After losing the early wickets, SRH had a rough time chasing the 144-run target. At 35 and 45 respectively, the team lost their first and second wickets. The match began to move away from SRH from this point.

The Rahul Tripathi innings After losing the first wicket, Rahul Tripathi moved up to number three and helped his team win with an unbeaten inning of 74 runs off 48 balls. He and captain Aiden Markram scored 100 runs together in 52 balls.

Punjab was led to a respectable total by Dhawan, and the bowlers delivered.

Punjab’s opening game didn’t get off to a good start. On a score of zero, the team lost the wicket of reliable opener Prabhsimran Singh. The team then experienced repeated setbacks. Eight batsmen failed to reach double figures. To take on the Hyderabadi bowlers, only Sam Karen and Shikhar Dhawan were available. Four wickets were taken by Mayank Markandey. Each of Umran Malik and Marco Jansen secured two wickets.

Harry Brook was able to get Hyderabad out after they had only scored 27 runs in response. Arshdeep bowled to him. After Harry was dismissed, Rahul Tripathi moved up to number 3 and led the team with an unbeaten 74 off 48 balls. Tripathi and captain Aiden Markram combined for an unbroken 100 in 52 balls. In the second over, the Punjab bowlers were unable to lose any wickets.

Hyderabadis took a while to power play.

The Hyderabadi batsmen made a sluggish start while trying to chase down 144 runs. In the first six over, the team scored 34 runs before losing the wicket of Harry Brook. Arshdeep Singh bowled the ball to him.

Punjab scored 143/9 with Dhawan still unbeaten on 99 runs, his 49th half-century.

At the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, the winning team elected to bat first after winning the toss. Punjab scored 143 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs while batting first after losing the toss.In his 49th half-century of his career, Shikhar Dhawan scored. He fell short of recording his third career century. Dhawan was still unbeaten after 99 runs.

Punjab has a poor start in the Powerplay.

After winning the toss and deciding to bowl first, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Marco Jansen gave the SRH team a strong start. In their first over of their spell, both wicket-takers. Prabhsimran Singh failed to even be able to open his account, while Matthew Short managed to score one run.

Yansen bowled a wicket maiden in the fourth over of the innings, catching Jitesh Sharma out. While scoring 41 runs in just 6 overs, the team lost 3 wickets.

3 South Africans were fed in Hyderabad.

Aiden Markram, the captain of Hyderabad, made 3 changes to the lineup. Adil Rashid, Anmolpreet Singh, and Fazalhaq Farooqi have been replaced by Mayank Markande, Heinrich Klaasen, and Marco Janssen, respectively. Three South African players are thus participating as Jansen, Klaasen, and Markram in the team. Harry Brook is the fourth foreign national. Abdul Samad will join as a significant contributor.

From Punjab, Matthew Short made his acting debut.

Punjab’s team underwent two changes. Australian For Punjab Kings, Matthew Short made his debut. He took Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s place. Sikandar Raza was replaced by Mohit Rathi. The second inning’s key player might be Kagiso Rabada.