Hyderabad won due to Abhishek’s first century | अभिषेक के पहले शतक से जीता हैदराबाद: पंजाब के खिलाफ 18.3 ओवर में 246 रन चेज किए; हर्षल को 4 विकेट
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Sunrisers Hyderabad showed the second largest run in IPL history. In the second match on Saturday, the team achieved a target of 246 against Punjab Kings in 18 overs. Opener Abhishek Sharma scored his first century from the team, he scored 141 runs.
Travis Head also scored 67 runs from Hyderabad, he partnered 171 runs with Abhishek. Harshal Patel took 4 wickets. Captain Shreyas Iyer from Punjab Kings, scoring 82 runs, took the team to 245 runs. Punjab also chose batting at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium.
SRH chased the second largest run in IPL history. Earlier in 2024, Punjab Kings had chased 262 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders. The amazing thing is that then Kolkata captain was also Shreyas Iyer. That is, 2 most successful runs in IPL history were against the teams captained by Shreyas.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. Player of the Match
Abhishek Sharma gave SRH a fast start to chasing the target of 246 runs. In Powerplay, he was caught on no ball against Yash Thakur. From here he played big shots and pushed Punjab Kings on the backfoot. Abhishek scored the first century of his IPL career off 40 balls. He was dismissed for 141 runs.
2. Hero of victory
- Ishaan Malinga: Malinga, who is making IPL debut, bowled in the middle overs. He took 2 wickets. He sent Prabhasimran Singh and Nehal Wadhera to the pavilion.
- Harshal Patel: Harshal took 4 wickets while bowling in the middle overs. He sent Shreyas Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Priyansh Arya and Shashank Singh to the pavilion. His bowling stopped Punjab at a low score.
- Travis Head: The head, who came out to open with Abhishek, put a fifty. He scored 67 runs and kept the team’s scoring rate fast.
3. Fighter of the Match
Captain Shreyas Iyer from Punjab Kings was seen showing the fight. He scored 82 runs off 36 balls and took the team to a big score of 245 runs. However, he did not get the support of the bowlers and the team lost in the 19th over.
4. Turning point
Hyderabad openers Abhishek and Head batting very fast in front of the target of 246 runs. Both of them took the team’s score to 150 runs in the 11th over itself. After the head of the head, both of them broke the partnership of 171 runs. However, both of them had completely taken away the match from Punjab’s hands.
5. Orange Cap near Puran
Nicholas Puran of Lucknow won the team on Saturday by putting a fifty. They have orange cap. Noor Ahmed of Chennai has the most wickets. Delhi Capitals are still at the top of the points table.
