Abhishek Sharma played a knock that will be remembered for ages. He scored a breathtaking century which sealed the win for the Orange Army against Punjab Kings.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 218/1 after 16 overs. Need 28 runs in 24 balls. Abhishek: 137* (53), Klaasen: 5* (7)
Abhishek Sharma is batting like a dream at the Uppal. The left-handed batter has broken multiple records including one for the highest individual score by an Indian player. He broke the record which was previously held by KL Rahul with his score of 132 for Punjab Kings. Abhishek’s knock has come at a strike rate of more than 250 which makes it even more special.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 205/1 after 15 overs. Need 41 runs in 30 balls. Abhishek: 125* (48), Klaasen: 4* (6)
Abhishek Sharma is currently batting the best he has ever done in his career.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 175/1 after 13 overs. Need 71 runs in 42 balls. Abhishek: 100* (40), Klaasen: 2* (2)
Punjab Kings have managed to pick up a wicket amidst the sheep powerful hitting from Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head. Yuzvendra Chahal broke the 171-run opening stand by dismissing the Australian opener in the 13th over. Meanwhile, Abhishek has completed his century in only 40 balls.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 143/0 after 10 overs. Need 103 runs in 60 balls. Head: 49* (29), Abhishek: 87* (32)
The Sunrisers Hyderabad are making a mockery of this chase. Abhishek Sharma scored 20 runs off the 10th over by Marco Jansen. There were two dot balls in the over and the rest of the four balls were boundaries.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 93/0 after 7 overs. Need 153 runs in 13 overs. Head: 30* (21), Abhishek: 56* (22)
While a larger target has been chased successfully before in the IPL, chasing this down will certainly be one of the best performances in the IPL. Abhishek Sharma has already raced to his fifty and would be looking to convert it into a triple-digit score.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 83/0 after 6 overs. Need 163 runs in 14 overs. Head: 28* (19), Abhishek: 49* (18)
Lockie Ferguson bowling the final over of the powerplay injured himself while bowling the second ball of the over. It seems like he has injured his left quad muscle and even walked off the field. Marcus Stoinis had to bowl the remaining four balls and finish the over.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 60/0 after 4 overs. Need 187 runs in 16 overs. Head: 22* (14), Abhishek: 35* (11)
Abhishek Sharma has been provided with a life from Yash Thakur. The pacer came into the game as an impact sub and had almost got the better of the Indian opener and dismissed him but it turned out to be a front-foot no-ball from the pacer.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 40/0 after 3 overs. Need 206 runs in 17 overs. Head: 22* (13), Abhishek: 18* (5)
For the first time in what seems like an eternity, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have played like they did in the previous season.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are at 28/0 after 2 overs. Need 218 runs in 18 overs. Head: 10* (7), Abhishek: 18* (5)
Abhishek Sharma has started his knock on a great note. He struck four fours in the second over against Marco Jansen in the second over.
Travis Head started his innings in an unfamiliar fashion. The Australian left-handed left the first ball alone before smashing a couple of fours in the first overs against Arsheep Singh in the first over.
Punjab Kings have ended up with a mammoth score of 245 runs. Mohammed Shami bowling the last over conceded 27 runs in the six balls and ended the innings with the bowling figures of 0/75.
Punjab Kings are at 210/6 after 17 overs. Stoinis: 2* (2), Jansen: 3* (2)
Harshal Patel in his fourth over picked up two more wickets. He dismissed Glenn Maxwell and Shreyas Iyer. While Iyer scored a half-century, Maxwell has now been dismissed for another low score. He has scored only 33 runs in five matches.
Punjab Kings are at 177/4 after 15 overs. Shreyas: 57* (26), Maxwell: 1* (3)
Harshal Patel has picked up his second wicket of the match. He trapped Shashank Singh in front of the stumps. While the on-field umpire gave it not out a successful review from the hosts meant that the decision had to be overturned.
Punjab Kings are at 168/3 after 14 overs. Shreyas: 54* (24), Shashank: 2* (2)
Eshan Malinga’s debut continues to get better. After picking up his maiden wicket, the Sri Lankan pacer dismissed by trapping Nehal Wadhera in front of the stumps. However, he was a bit lucky as the ball tracking showed the ball to be missing the off stump.
Punjab Kings are at 160/2 after 13 overs. Shreyas: 53* (23), Wadhera: 23* (19)
Shreyas Iyer completed his fifty off 22 deliveries only. It is his fastest fifty in the history of the Indian Premier League.
Punjab Kings are at 149/2 after 12 overs. Shreyas: 48* (21), Wadhera: 17* (15)
Shreyas Iyer has now started to accelerate and is now going all guns blazing. The PBKS skipper has already smashed a four and five sixes.
Punjab Kings are at 120/2 after 10 overs. Shreyas: 24* (13), Wadhera: 13* (11)
In spite of losing the two hard-hitting openers, PBKS has maintained a run rate of 12 runs per over. Both Shreyas Iyer and Nehal Wadehra have been in great form in the season and can certainly amp up the rate if they get set.
Punjab Kings are at 92/2 after 7 overs. Shreyas: 10* (5), Wadhera: 1* (1)
Eshan Malinga making his debut in the IPL has struck in his first over by dismissing Prabhsimran Singh.
Punjab Kings are at 89/1 after 6 overs. Prabhsimran: 41* (20), Shreyas: 9* (3)
The visitors have started the match on the best note possible. Shreyas Iyer opted to bat first after winning the toss and has received great backing from his two opening batters. The pitch is looking pretty flat so PBKS would want to continue this momentum.
Punjab Kings are at 66/1 after 4 overs. Prabhsimran: 28* (11)
The PBKS openers have absolutely lit up the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Both the young batters look in great touch and will be keeping an eye on reaching their respective fifties. Shami after bowling a 14-run over to start the game was once again taken to the cleaners as he conceded 23 runs in his second. Harshal Patel came into the attack to bowl the fourth over and picked up the first wicket of the match by dismissing Priyansh Arya after conceding 13 runs off his first five balls.
Punjab Kings are at 30/0 after 2 overs. Priyansh: 12* (5), Prabhsimran: 17* (7)
The rookie opening batters from Punjab Kings have treated the batting experienced international bowling duo of Pat Cummins and Mohammed Shami with absolute disdain. Prabhsimran Singh smashed three fours on the trot to end the first over from Shami. Priyansh Arya after scoring a century in the previous game struck a six and a four against Pat Cummins.
PBKS won the toss and elected to bat first at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, Eshan Malinga
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shreyas Iyer (C), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal
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