2024-04-10 09:59:48
Mullanpur: The 23rd match of IPL 2024 is being played between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Maharaja Yadwinder Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. In this match, Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan had won the toss and decided to bowl first. In the first innings, Punjab’s star all-rounder Sam Curran did wonders. He gave wickets to Punjab Kings not because of his bowling but because of his excellent cricket sense. How, let us know.
Sam Karan’s cleverness came in handy for Punjab
Actually, fast bowler Harshal Patel was bowling the 10th over of the innings for Sunrisers Hyderabad on behalf of Punjab Kings. Rahul Tripathi was on strike on the fourth ball of his over. Harshal bowled a bouncer to Tripathi. Rahul wanted to hit an upper cut on that ball. But he could not time the ball and the ball took the edge of his bat and ended up in the keeper’s gloves.
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However, no player made a strong appeal. No one was showing much interest. But Sam Curran told captain Shikhar Dhawan that it is out, you can take DRS. Gabbar did the same. He took DRS on Karan’s insistence. Then it was clearly seen on the big screen that the ball took the edge of Rahul’s bat and went to wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma. In this way, due to Karan’s cleverness, Punjab got the wicket of Rahul. Rahul Tripathi was out after scoring just 11 runs in 14 balls.
Hyderabad gave target of 183 runs to Punjab
After losing the toss, Sunrisers Hyderabad, batting first, could not start their innings so well. The top order of the team disintegrated. But after this Nitish Reddy and Abdul Samad took the responsibility on their shoulders. Both of them beat Punjab badly. Reddy scored 64 runs in 37 balls while Samad scored 25 runs in 12 balls. In the end Shahbaz Ahmed also hit some good shots. In this way SRH scored 182 runs for 9 wickets.