2024-04-10 23:38:36
Mullanpur: Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan took a spectacular catch of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s dangerous batsman Travis Head. Catching a running back is never easy. The player has to run quickly in the opposite direction to reach the ball and at the same time judge the ball. Dhawan did both the tasks well. In the 17th season of IPL, Punjab Kings won the toss and asked Sunrisers Hyderabad to bat first at their home ground on Tuesday night. Kagiso Rabada bowled a brilliant over and put pressure on the Hyderabad batsmen, but in the third over, Travis Head released the pressure by hitting three consecutive fours. The score was 26/0.
Two wickets each in the same over
Arshdeep Singh, who gave 10 runs in his first and second over of the innings, gave a double blow to Hyderabad within three balls in the fourth over. Good length ball bowled in 3.2 overs and Travis Head tried to play the outswing ball over the mid off fielder. The ball hit the bottom of the bat and went into the air. Meanwhile, captain Shikhar Dhawan ran back and took a brilliant catch. Head was out after scoring 21 runs in 15 balls. Aiden Markram was out without opening the account on his fourth and second ball of the over. This time the batsman tried to drive the outswinger ball on the off side without taking out his feet. The ball took the outer edge of the bat and entered the gloves of wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma. Arshdeep turned the match towards Punjab by taking two wickets in a single over.
Head-Markram is in great form
With two wins and two losses in four matches, Sunrisers Hyderabad is standing at fifth position in the points table. In the last four matches, Aiden Markram has a half-century and Travis Head has also scored a fifty, although he has played one less match. Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad did not make any changes in their teams for this match. Both teams have four points each. Both teams had won their previous matches.