Sunrisers Hyderabad get their first win of the season, Rahul Tripathi's fifty
Today’s second match of the day was played between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. The Punjab Kings team lost the toss and came out to bat first. Punjab Kings players could not survive against the tight and powerful bowling of Hyderabad bowlers. With the help of Shikhar Dhawan’s innings of 99 runs, Punjab Kings gave a target of 144 runs. Sunrisers Hyderabad chase down the target with the loss of 2 wickets in 17.1 overs to get their first win in IPL 2023.
Shikhar and Mohit Rathi put on a 55-run partnership for the 10th wicket in the first innings. While in the second innings, there was a partnership of 50 runs between Aden Markram and Rahul Tripathi. Rahul Tripathi came into the Orange Cap race by scoring a fifty.
Performance of Punjab Kings
In the first innings Shikhar Dhawan scored 99 runs, Prabhasimran Singh 0 runs, Matthew Short 1 run, Jitesh Sharma 4 runs, Shahrukh Khan 4 runs, Sam Karan 22 runs, Harpreet Brar 1 run, Rahul Chahar 0 runs, Ellis 0 runs and Mohit Rathi scored 1 run. In the first innings, 6 sixes and 17 fours were seen. In the second innings, Punjab Kings did not give a single extra run. Arshdeep and Rahul Chahar took 1 wicket each for Punjab. Punjab Kings suffered their first loss in IPL 2023 today.
