Punjab Kings skipper Shikhar Dhawan played one of the best innings in the history of IPL. With his consistent performance, the player also won the Orange Cap in IPL. In the match, Punjab totaled 143 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Dhawan scored almost three-quarters of the runs. At one point it looked like Punjab would not even cross 100 runs.
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It was only Dhawan’s magical innings that brought the team score to 143 from 89 for 9. Dhawan added 44 runs in partnership with Mohit Rathi for the last wicket. In this, Mohit scored only 1 run from 2 balls.
He missed out on a century by a single run but scored 99 runs worth more than a century. Dhawan remained unbeaten on 99 runs off 66 balls including 12 fours and 5 sixes. In front of Mayank Markande’s bowling, Punjab collapsed. The Hyderabad spinner took 4 wickets conceding 15 runs in four overs. Marco Jansen and Umran Malik took two wickets each for Punjab. Apart from Dhawan, only Hyderabad batsman Sam Curran crossed the double. Curran scored 22 runs off 15 balls.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (captain), Henrik Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan.
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Mathew Short, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Shah Rukh Khan, Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Mohit Rathi, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
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