Right then, Sunrisers Hyderabad have a humongous task ahead of them to register their second win of the season. The big names Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan haven't quite lit up with the bat, and this is the perfect opportunity for them to get back in the groove. Sure, it is a steep hill to climb, but we have seen wild things happen in the IPL. Stay tuned for the run chase.
The Sunrisers though, did well to pick up wickets at regular intervals after that and reduced PBKS to 168/4 from 164/2, and managed to fight back well. It was Harshal Patel who snagged a superb 4-fer, but couldn't get the support in the backend. It was then the Marcus Stoinis show in the last over, who smashed four sixes against Mohammad Shami, and helped PBKS to smash 68 runs in the last 5 overs, with 27 coming in the last over itself. Mohammad Shami finished with his most expensive figures i
Marcus Stoinis is in for a chat. He shares that it is nice to make a contribution and although itâs been a slow start to the season for him personally, itâs heartening to see the team doing well and that, he says, is the main thing. Mentions that there seemed to be a bit of spin and bounce early on, and it took him a few deliveries to get going. Reflecting on the total, he feels itâs a very good score but adds that much will depend on how they start with the ball in the Powerplay.
The centurion from the last game, Priyansh Arya, was the first one to depart after a quickfire cameo, alongside Prabhsimran Singh as they smashed 89 runs in the Powerplay. After that, skipper Shreyas Iyer took the mantle and put on an onslaught in the middle overs, forming a crucial 73-run stand with Nehal Wadhera, with the latter equally batting aggressively.
Aren't you all entertained? This Saturday has just gotten spicier as Punjab Kings post a mammoth 245 runs on the board, thanks to Marcus Stoinis' whirlwind batting in the last over. To be precise, 18 fours and 16 sixes struck in this innings, which has helped PBKS to register their highest score against SRH in the IPL.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Oh, my word! Four sixes in a row from Marcus Stoinis to finish the innings! Mohammad Shami changes his angle of attack and looks to get the yorker in. Ends up serving a juicy full toss, on the pads, Stoinis disdainfully parks it behind deep backward square leg. 27 runs off the final over and Punjab Kings finish with 245 on the board!
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Hat-trick of sixes! The Aussie is on a rampage! Shami pulls the length back and bowls it on middle, Marcus Stoinis just waits on the back foot and picks the bones out of it. Smokes it over wide long on for a biggie.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, MORE! Two in two for Marcus Stoinis! Yorker gone wrong from Shami, low full toss, on the pads, Marcus gets low and picks it up nicely. Hits it towards deep mid-wicket for a flat six.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Clean as a whistle!
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, In the air....but it falls safely! On a length, on middle, Marcus looks to go down the ground with a straight bat. Skies it straight up in the vacant mid-wicket region. Aniket Verma comes charging in off the ropes and even puts the dive in but the ball drops short. Two runs taken.
Mohammad Shami to Marco Jansen, Spots Jansen backing away but Shami holds his line, on middle and leg, on a length, Marco looks to force it away on the off side but gets an inside edge to deep mid-wicket for one.
Mohammad Shami (3-0-48-0) to wrap the first innings.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, ! The over ends well from a PBKS perspective! Pat misses his yorker, something he cannot afford with mid off inside the circle. Allows Stoinis to get under it and Marcus lofts it over mid off for a boundary. Still only 8 runs off the over.
Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, So far, so good from Cummins! Another yorker, at the stumps, Marco can only jam it out wide of cover for one more.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, At 142.8 kph, on off, Stonis firms the drive on the bounce to mid off and takes a single. Just 8 runs in the last 10 balls.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, Nails the yorker, at the base of the off stump, Stoinis can only dig this one out back to the bowler.
Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Leg bye.
Sunrisers Hyderabad use their impact player as Abhinav Manohar is swapped in for Eshan Malinga. Pat Cummins to bowl the penultimate over. He is 3-0-33-0 so far.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, Cummins goes very full, at 139.4 kph, on off, Marcus squeezes it out in front of extra cover for one.
Harshal Patel to Marco Jansen, Low full toss, on middle and leg, Marco clips it off the pads to the left of the man at deep mid-wicket and comes sprinting back for the second run. Excellent over from Harshal. Two wickets and just the 5 runs off it.
Harshal Patel to Marcus Stoinis, Short and wide on off, cut away to deep point for one by Marcus.
Harshal Patel to Marco Jansen, Angling into the pads, on a length, Jansen wrists it to deep mid-wicket for a run.
Marco Jansen is in at number 8.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, ! TAKEN! Double strike from Harshal Patel and the Sunrisers could not have asked for it to come at a better time!
Harshal Patel to Marcus Stoinis, On a hard length, on off, pushed in front of extra cover for a single by Stoinis.
Marcus Stoinis is in at number 7.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, ! b Harshal Patel.
Harshal Patel (3-0-37-2) is back on to wrap his spell.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Hat-trick of boundaries from the PBKS skipper! 18 runs off the over. Slower one by Eshan, on the fuller side, on off, Iyer waits on it and just lifts it over extra cover for the fourth boundary of the over.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! And again! Low full toss, on the pads with fine leg inside the circle, asking to be hit. Iyer does not miss out as he swats it to the right of the man there at short fine leg for the third boundary of the over.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Easy pickings! Eshan errs for the second time in the over. Strays on the pads and it is a low full toss, Shreyas just helps it fine to the right of short fine leg for four more.
Eshan Malinga to Glenn Maxwell, Lands it on a back of a length, outside off, Maxwell frees his arms and cuts it to deep cover for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Gets it to tail back into the right-hander, on a length, on middle, whipped through square leg for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Up and over! Eshan goes searching for the yorker but misses his mark. Serves it around off, Iyer gets under the ball and thumps it over the mid off fielder inside the circle for a boundary.
Strategic Break. Sunrisers Hyderabad have slightly pulled things back a bit in the last few overs, but still, PBKS are sitting at a comfortable run rate, touching 12 runs per over. And with Shreyas Iyer unbeaten and Glenn Maxwell at the other end, they would be aiming for a very strong finish in these last four overs.
Zeeshan Ansari to Glenn Maxwell, Zeeshan ends his spell with a dot! Bowled with a lower trajectory, on off, on a nagging length, Glenn stays leg side of the ball and swings to go down town. Gets beaten as the ball spins past the bat and the keeper, Heinrich Klaasen, is quick to take the bails off but Maxwell has his back leg grounded inside the crease.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Fuller and quicker, at the stumps, pushed to long on for one.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, No run.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Wide! Turning away and this goes beyond the wide tramline on off. Iyer lets it go.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! High and handsome! Pushed through, on off, on a nagging length, Iyer backs away to go inside out. Does not quite get to the pitch of the ball, but still goes through with the shot. Tonks it over wide long off for a six.
Zeeshan Ansari to Glenn Maxwell, Drags the length back and slows it down, around off, Maxwell watchfully pushes it in front of cover for one.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Sliding onto the pads, on a nagging length, Iyer nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, Straight on, full and on off, Shreyas Iyer drills it down to long on for a single only.Â
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, A low full toss angling on the pads, Shreyas Iyer whips across to deep backward square leg, where a slight fumble from Abhishek Sharma allows the second run.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, On the pads, on a length, worked into the leg side for a single.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, FIVE WIDES! Oopsie! Harshal overtries and slips in a full toss, down leg, Glenn Maxwell misses to whip it away and the ball races away to the deep fine leg fence, beating Heinrich Klaasen to his left to the fence.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, Fuller and around off, Glenn Maxwell leans on it but mistimes the drive off the inside half of the bat, straight back to the bowler.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, Straight and full, on middle, blocked off.
Glenn Maxwell is in at number 6.
Harshal Patel to Shashank Singh, ! An appeal for LBW, but the umpire shakes his head. Harshal Patel spears it in fuller and on the middle stump line. Shashank Singh looks to work across with a straight bat, but misses and plays over the line as the ball nips back in a touch. It passes close to the bat and clips the front pad. UltraEdge shows no bat involved, and the Ball Tracking comes up with three reds as the ball clips the leg stump.
Harshal Patel (2-0-28-1) is back on and replaces Mohammad Shami.
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, Full and straight on off, Shashank Singh whips to deep backward square leg for a single. Just 7 runs off it and a wicket. An excellent over from Eshan Malinga as his figures read 3-0-27-2 so far.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, A searing yorker, curving in on middle, Shreyas Iyer jams it out to the cover region for a quick single.Â
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, A full ball, on off drilled to mid on for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, WIDE! Down leg on a length. Wide called.
Shashank Singh is in at number 5.Â
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! LBW! Eshan Malinga gets his second wicket on his debut and breaks a crucial 73-run partnership!
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! Cleverly done! Landed fuller and outside off, Nehal Wadhera shuffles across the stumps and sits across on his knee, keeping his head still, and paddles it, just over the stumps, and to the right of the keeper for a boundary.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Wide of off, too full, Nehal Wadhera misses to carve it out.
Eshan Malinga is back on. He is 2-0-19-1 so far and replaces Zeeshan Ansari.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, Slower bouncer, on off, pulled behind to deep fine leg for a single.
Whoa! Nehal Wadhera pulls out of the shot, right at the moment when Mohammad Shami was about to deliver the ball. It was a yorker and just crashed into the stumps.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, ! Done with ease from Wadhera! A slower one, on a good length, on the pads, Nehal Wadhera knows where the gap is, waits, and helps it through deep fine leg for a boundary.
Mohammad Shami to Shreyas Iyer, Back of a length, on off, flat batted down to long off for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Shreyas Iyer, ! Smartly done! Outside off, to full at 140.7 kph, Shreyas Iyer opens the face of the blade and slices it through deep third for a boundary. FIFTY FOR SHREYAS IYER!Â
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, Shortish and on the pads, pulled behind to deep fine leg for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, No run.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, AND ! Abhishek Sharma has made an absolute meal of a catch at long off! Darted full and outside off, Shreyas Iyer takes his front foot out and tries to clear long off, but mistimes it a bit aerially, as the bat turns at the point of contact. It sails high and descends down to long off where Abhishek Sharma, unaware of the boundary ropes, tries to take the catch with a reverse cup, but the ball pops in and out of his palms and lobs behind the rop
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated fuller and on middle, clipped down to long on for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Pitched short and on the top of middle, Shreyas Iyer pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Drifting down leg on a length, Shreyas Iyer misses to tuck across. Wide called. This brings the 50-run stand up between Wadhera and Iyer.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! Brilliant batting! A loosener, full toss on off, Shreyas Iyer is quick to switch his stance and reverses it over backward point for a boundary.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! Smashed aerially! Fuller and just around off, into the slot, Shreyas Iyer smashes it over long off for a cracking six.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Dishes out a flatter one, full and outside off, Nehal Wadhera skips forward and drills it down to long on for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, An appeal for LBW from Cummins, but not entertained by the umpire! Another one with a searing pace, full and angling onto the pads, Shreyas Iyer misses to whip across and wears onto the front pad.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Cannons in a yorker, outside off, Shreyas Iyer tries to squeeze it through short third, but the inside edge rolls the ball to the bowler.
Pat Cummins to Nehal Wadhera, A slower bumper, on off, Nehal Wadhera waits and pulls it through square leg for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, An in-drifting full toss on the pads, Shreyas clips it to the right of long on for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, ! Just admire that! Back of a length, looking to take the pace off, on off, Shreyas Iyer stands tall, and pulls it comfortably over long on for a massive six. Shreyas moves into his 30s now!
Pat Cummins to Nehal Wadhera, Spears in a yorker from around the stumps, Nehal Wadhera clips it to deep backward square leg for a single.
Pat Cummins (2-0-24-0) is back on. He replaces Eshan Malinga.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A flatter googly, across off, Nehal Wadhera mistimes the reverse sweep to short third for a single.Â
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Landed on off and middle, on a length, Shreyas Iyer hangs back and pulls it wide of long on for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A slider, full and outside off, Nehal Wadhera cuts it wide of backward point for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A wrong'un, on a length, across off, Nehal Wadhera hangs back and punches to the cover fielder.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated up, full and on the leg stump, swept away, but straight to short fine leg.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Length, drifting on the pads, Shreyas Iyer works it down to long on for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! Pulled away with absolute ease! Banged short onto the pads, Nehal Wadhera swivels and picks it up with ease, and pulls it behind deep fine leg for a cracking six.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Into the blockhole, on off, Shreyas carves it out to the off side and runs a quick single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Sails just over! A slower one, full and on off, Shreyas Iyer weighs forward and whips it over deep mid-wicket for a six. Just for a moment, Ishan Kishan was in play for the catch, but it sails just over the leaping fielder.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Leg bye.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Half-tracker, on the pads, Shreyas Iyer nudges it to deep square leg for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Oh, a sharp bumper, nipping back into the batter, but over the batter's head. Shreyas sways away from the line. Wided.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, A full toss, just below the waist height, on off, tucked across into the leg side for a single. The 100 is up for Punjab Kings!
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Across off, flat and full, cut away through backward point for a single. Two back-to-back good overs for SRH. 7 off it, and 10 off the last two overs, without a boundary.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Fuller on off, drilled down to long off for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, OVERTHROWS! Length, on off, worked to the cover-point fielder for a quick single. The fielder misses to score the direct hit at the non-striker's end and with no backup on the leg side, it allows them to cross for the second.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated full, on off, driven through cover for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Quick run! Looped up, full on middle, spinning away, Shreyas Iyer leans and tries to flick, but closes the bat face early. The leading edge is found as the ball rolls in front of cover. They cross for a quick single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Outside off, full, sliced away to deep cover for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari is into the attack now. He replaces Harshal Patel.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Off the mark! Brilliant over from Eshan! No boundary conceded! Too full across off, carved through cover for a single.
Nehal Wadhera is in at number 4.
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, ! GONE! CAUGHT! The debutant, Eshan Malinga gets his first IPL wicket and is thrilled to bits. A crucial, crucial wicket for SRH!
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, An inswinging yorker, at 141.8 kph, on middle, Shreyas Iyer jams it out and squeezes it away to deep third for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Good delivery! A slower one by the looks of it, at 111.6 kph, outside off and too full, Shreyas Iyer bends to carve it away but misses.
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, Speared in on the legs, Prabhsimran Singh gets a bit of an inside edge onto the pads, and the ball rolls in front of mid-wicket. They cross for a single.
Strategic Break. Well, it has been one-way traffic so far and as it was expected, runs are flowing at knots for the Punjab Kings on this belter of a wicket. Priyansh Arya, continuing his form from the previous game, launched an offensive while Prabhsimran Singh too, found his groove quite early. With three world-class bowlers, SRH have leaked runs at an alarming rate, and only Harshal Patel has got the lone success. A couple of quick wickets is what will give some respite to SRH. The debutant,
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, Starts off with a loosener, but gets away with it. A full toss, on off, smashed away, but straight to the cover fielder.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, ! High and long enough!
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Back of a length and over the stumps, Singh looks to advance and mistimes the pull through mid-wicket for one.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, That was hit at a rate of knots but Abhishek Sharma manages to get a hand to it.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Hard length over middle, Singh comes forward and backs away before dabbing it down to backward point for a quick single.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, Good length, angling into the batter, Iyer looks to drive on the up but mistimes it uppishly to mid on for another single.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Raw power from Singh!
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Misfield! Full and straight again, Shreyas Iyer drives the low full toss back past the bowler and to the left of mid on where Ishan Kishan circles around and lets it through. The batters end up picking up a couple of runs.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Full again and at the pads, Singh looks to advance and just ends up punching it away wide of mid on where Ishan Kishan puts in a huge dive and keeps it down to a single.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and straight, tailing back into the pads, Prabhsimran Singh looks to swing it away but gets an inside edge onto the pads.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Hammered!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, WIDE! Full and wide, right on the money it seems but a wide is called.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Following the batter! Cummins sees Prabhsimran Singh backing away and looks to dart one in but ends up bowling a high full toss right at the body. Singh can't quite get it away as he gets cramped for room.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, No run.
PBKS skipper, Shreyas Iyer is in at number 3. Also, a switch of ends for Pat Cummins. Went for 16 off his first, and he replaces Mohammad Shami.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, ! CAUGHT! Harshal Patel has done the trick for his team and gets the huge wicket of Priyansh Arya. Pace-off from Patel, bowling it a bit into the pitch and angling it well across off. Priyansh Arya shuffles a bit across the off stump and tries to fetch and pull across the line. The ball ends up being sliced up high and just beyond the mid-wicket region. Nitish Kumar Reddy backtracks and takes a fine tumbling reverse-cup catch. Finally some respite for S
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, WIDE! Full and wide outside off, spraying it beyond the tramline for a wide.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, ! Slower delivery, bowled full and on off, Priyansh Arya reads it well and tonks it back over the bowler's head and straight into the boundary cushion for a six.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Mistimed! Banged in short and over middle, pace on this time, Singh climbs into the pull but hits it aerially towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Excellent adjustment! Harshal sees the batter coming down the track and bowls a slower bumper. But Prabhsimran Singh halts in his tracks and is able to make the adjustment and ramp it over short third for a boundary.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, Gets away with it! Starts around the wicket and with a very high full toss outside off, Arya leans ahead and mistimes the lofted shot wide of sweeper cover for just a single.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! The over ends just the way it started, with a six, 23 off it! Short again from Shami, over middle, not much intent behind it. Prabhsimran Singh picks the length early and swings the pull over deep square leg for a biggie. 50 up for Punjab in just 3 overs!
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Short of a length and angled into the body, Singh fails to work it away.
Harshal Patel is introduced into the attack, and replaces Pat Cummins.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Bowled shorter and over leg, Priyansh Arya stands tall and pulls it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Back of a length, bowled around leg, Arya nudges it off the hips and gets it on the bounce to short fine leg.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! Oh, that should have been stopped!
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! This is sensational from the young man! Over the wicket now, bowling it a tad short and outside off, Priyansh Arya stands tall and just hits it flat over covers and the ball travels the distance yet gain for a biggie.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! Priyansh Arya is fearless!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Uppish but in the gap! Slower one, floated wide outside off, Prabhsimran Singh reaches out for the cut but then waits well and just manages to tap it away between short third and backward point for a boundary to end the over. 16 off it!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Back to over the wicket for the right-hander. On the fuller side, sliding back in from around middle, Singh clips it straight to mid-wicket.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, Around the wicket now and gets the straight yorker spot on. Arya just blocks it back on the deck and scampers through for a single.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, WIDE! Two fielders out on the leg side and Cummins looks to dart one in at the toes but spills it down leg for a wide.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, ! Nicely done! Fuller one, sliding into the pads, Arya just tickles it away fine and the ball races away into the fine leg fence.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, ! Up, up and away! Marginally short, around the hips, Priyansh Arya nonchalantly picks it up and flicks it into the stands over the square leg fence.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, Begins from over the wicket, bowling it on a good length around middle, Arya blocks it off the front foot.
Skipper Pat Cummins to operate from the far end.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Make that a hat-trick of fours to end the first over, PBKSÂ are 14/0!
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Flat-batted! Hard length around the top of off, Prabhsimran Singh takes a step forward and crunches the ball flat and just wide of mid off for another boundary. Not a bad ball, just great intent and execution from Singh.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Aggression from Prabhsimran!
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, Good length in and around off, just nibbling away from the right-hander, Singh watchfully pushes it out on the off side.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, Wow, what happened there? Ishan Kishan makes a good stop but then fails to find it as it gets camouflaged in the advertising on the field. Pitched up on off, Prabhsimran Singh punches it back past Shami and to the right of mid off. The batters eventually get two runs but then, a short run is called. So, after all of that, it is just a single.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Up and running right away! Short of a good length, swinging in from around leg, Priyansh Arya tucks it off the hips to deep backward square leg for a single.
Now then, down in Hyderabad, we are all in readiness for Match 27 to get underway, as the two umpires walk out to the middle. Pat Cummins leads his troops out as the Sunrisers Hyderabad spread out to their fielding positions. Priyansh Arya, the centurion from the previous game, is accompanied by Prabhsimran Singh to open for the Punjab Kings. Mohammad Shami has the new ball for SRH and is raring to go. The countdown goes off and here we go...
JUST IN - Up in Lucknow, the home team Lucknow Super Giants have handed Gujarat Titans their second defeat of the season, winning by 6 wickets. It got much closer than expected as GT did snag a few quick wickets in between, but the impact player Ayush Badoni finished well for LSG in the end, with just 3 balls to spare.
The captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Pat Cummins, says he doesn't mind bowling first as he confidently says they can chase anything. Admits it hasn't been an ideal start for them, but they are training really well. Tells that everyone in the team is in a good headspace. Informs one change as Eshan Malinga comes in for his debut in place of Kamindu Mendis.
The captain of Punjab Kings, Shreyas says that they will bat first. Adds that they batted first in the last couple of games and they have been able to just go after the bowlers and that's their mindset at the moment. Reckons that they don't have a great record in the Powerplay but need to ensure that it's not there in the back of their mind. Mentions that it is important to stay in the present and the individuals are told to back their instincts. Informs that they are going with the same team.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI) - Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Mohammad Shami, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga (On debut and in for Kamindu Mendis).
Punjab Kings (Unchanged Playing XI) - Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(WK), Shreyas Iyer(C), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
TOSS UPDATE - The flip of the coin lands in favor of Punjab Kings and Shreyas Iyer elects to BAT first.
Right then, Sunrisers Hyderabad have a humongous task ahead of them to register their second win of the season. The big names Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan haven't quite lit up with the bat, and this is the perfect opportunity for them to get back in the groove. Sure, it is a steep hill to climb, but we have seen wild things happen in the IPL. Stay tuned for the run chase.
The Sunrisers though, did well to pick up wickets at regular intervals after that and reduced PBKS to 168/4 from 164/2, and managed to fight back well. It was Harshal Patel who snagged a superb 4-fer, but couldn't get the support in the backend. It was then the Marcus Stoinis show in the last over, who smashed four sixes against Mohammad Shami, and helped PBKS to smash 68 runs in the last 5 overs, with 27 coming in the last over itself. Mohammad Shami finished with his most expensive figures i
Marcus Stoinis is in for a chat. He shares that it is nice to make a contribution and although itâs been a slow start to the season for him personally, itâs heartening to see the team doing well and that, he says, is the main thing. Mentions that there seemed to be a bit of spin and bounce early on, and it took him a few deliveries to get going. Reflecting on the total, he feels itâs a very good score but adds that much will depend on how they start with the ball in the Powerplay.
The centurion from the last game, Priyansh Arya, was the first one to depart after a quickfire cameo, alongside Prabhsimran Singh as they smashed 89 runs in the Powerplay. After that, skipper Shreyas Iyer took the mantle and put on an onslaught in the middle overs, forming a crucial 73-run stand with Nehal Wadhera, with the latter equally batting aggressively.
Aren't you all entertained? This Saturday has just gotten spicier as Punjab Kings post a mammoth 245 runs on the board, thanks to Marcus Stoinis' whirlwind batting in the last over. To be precise, 18 fours and 16 sixes struck in this innings, which has helped PBKS to register their highest score against SRH in the IPL.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Oh, my word! Four sixes in a row from Marcus Stoinis to finish the innings! Mohammad Shami changes his angle of attack and looks to get the yorker in. Ends up serving a juicy full toss, on the pads, Stoinis disdainfully parks it behind deep backward square leg. 27 runs off the final over and Punjab Kings finish with 245 on the board!
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Hat-trick of sixes! The Aussie is on a rampage! Shami pulls the length back and bowls it on middle, Marcus Stoinis just waits on the back foot and picks the bones out of it. Smokes it over wide long on for a biggie.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, MORE! Two in two for Marcus Stoinis! Yorker gone wrong from Shami, low full toss, on the pads, Marcus gets low and picks it up nicely. Hits it towards deep mid-wicket for a flat six.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Clean as a whistle!
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, In the air....but it falls safely! On a length, on middle, Marcus looks to go down the ground with a straight bat. Skies it straight up in the vacant mid-wicket region. Aniket Verma comes charging in off the ropes and even puts the dive in but the ball drops short. Two runs taken.
Mohammad Shami to Marco Jansen, Spots Jansen backing away but Shami holds his line, on middle and leg, on a length, Marco looks to force it away on the off side but gets an inside edge to deep mid-wicket for one.
Mohammad Shami (3-0-48-0) to wrap the first innings.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, ! The over ends well from a PBKS perspective! Pat misses his yorker, something he cannot afford with mid off inside the circle. Allows Stoinis to get under it and Marcus lofts it over mid off for a boundary. Still only 8 runs off the over.
Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, So far, so good from Cummins! Another yorker, at the stumps, Marco can only jam it out wide of cover for one more.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, At 142.8 kph, on off, Stonis firms the drive on the bounce to mid off and takes a single. Just 8 runs in the last 10 balls.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, Nails the yorker, at the base of the off stump, Stoinis can only dig this one out back to the bowler.
Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Leg bye.
Sunrisers Hyderabad use their impact player as Abhinav Manohar is swapped in for Eshan Malinga. Pat Cummins to bowl the penultimate over. He is 3-0-33-0 so far.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, Cummins goes very full, at 139.4 kph, on off, Marcus squeezes it out in front of extra cover for one.
Harshal Patel to Marco Jansen, Low full toss, on middle and leg, Marco clips it off the pads to the left of the man at deep mid-wicket and comes sprinting back for the second run. Excellent over from Harshal. Two wickets and just the 5 runs off it.
Harshal Patel to Marcus Stoinis, Short and wide on off, cut away to deep point for one by Marcus.
Harshal Patel to Marco Jansen, Angling into the pads, on a length, Jansen wrists it to deep mid-wicket for a run.
Marco Jansen is in at number 8.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, ! TAKEN! Double strike from Harshal Patel and the Sunrisers could not have asked for it to come at a better time!
Harshal Patel to Marcus Stoinis, On a hard length, on off, pushed in front of extra cover for a single by Stoinis.
Marcus Stoinis is in at number 7.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, ! b Harshal Patel.
Harshal Patel (3-0-37-2) is back on to wrap his spell.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Hat-trick of boundaries from the PBKS skipper! 18 runs off the over. Slower one by Eshan, on the fuller side, on off, Iyer waits on it and just lifts it over extra cover for the fourth boundary of the over.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! And again! Low full toss, on the pads with fine leg inside the circle, asking to be hit. Iyer does not miss out as he swats it to the right of the man there at short fine leg for the third boundary of the over.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Easy pickings! Eshan errs for the second time in the over. Strays on the pads and it is a low full toss, Shreyas just helps it fine to the right of short fine leg for four more.
Eshan Malinga to Glenn Maxwell, Lands it on a back of a length, outside off, Maxwell frees his arms and cuts it to deep cover for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Gets it to tail back into the right-hander, on a length, on middle, whipped through square leg for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Up and over! Eshan goes searching for the yorker but misses his mark. Serves it around off, Iyer gets under the ball and thumps it over the mid off fielder inside the circle for a boundary.
Strategic Break. Sunrisers Hyderabad have slightly pulled things back a bit in the last few overs, but still, PBKS are sitting at a comfortable run rate, touching 12 runs per over. And with Shreyas Iyer unbeaten and Glenn Maxwell at the other end, they would be aiming for a very strong finish in these last four overs.
Zeeshan Ansari to Glenn Maxwell, Zeeshan ends his spell with a dot! Bowled with a lower trajectory, on off, on a nagging length, Glenn stays leg side of the ball and swings to go down town. Gets beaten as the ball spins past the bat and the keeper, Heinrich Klaasen, is quick to take the bails off but Maxwell has his back leg grounded inside the crease.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Fuller and quicker, at the stumps, pushed to long on for one.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, No run.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Wide! Turning away and this goes beyond the wide tramline on off. Iyer lets it go.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! High and handsome! Pushed through, on off, on a nagging length, Iyer backs away to go inside out. Does not quite get to the pitch of the ball, but still goes through with the shot. Tonks it over wide long off for a six.
Zeeshan Ansari to Glenn Maxwell, Drags the length back and slows it down, around off, Maxwell watchfully pushes it in front of cover for one.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Sliding onto the pads, on a nagging length, Iyer nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, Straight on, full and on off, Shreyas Iyer drills it down to long on for a single only.Â
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, A low full toss angling on the pads, Shreyas Iyer whips across to deep backward square leg, where a slight fumble from Abhishek Sharma allows the second run.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, On the pads, on a length, worked into the leg side for a single.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, FIVE WIDES! Oopsie! Harshal overtries and slips in a full toss, down leg, Glenn Maxwell misses to whip it away and the ball races away to the deep fine leg fence, beating Heinrich Klaasen to his left to the fence.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, Fuller and around off, Glenn Maxwell leans on it but mistimes the drive off the inside half of the bat, straight back to the bowler.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, Straight and full, on middle, blocked off.
Glenn Maxwell is in at number 6.
Harshal Patel to Shashank Singh, ! An appeal for LBW, but the umpire shakes his head. Harshal Patel spears it in fuller and on the middle stump line. Shashank Singh looks to work across with a straight bat, but misses and plays over the line as the ball nips back in a touch. It passes close to the bat and clips the front pad. UltraEdge shows no bat involved, and the Ball Tracking comes up with three reds as the ball clips the leg stump.
Harshal Patel (2-0-28-1) is back on and replaces Mohammad Shami.
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, Full and straight on off, Shashank Singh whips to deep backward square leg for a single. Just 7 runs off it and a wicket. An excellent over from Eshan Malinga as his figures read 3-0-27-2 so far.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, A searing yorker, curving in on middle, Shreyas Iyer jams it out to the cover region for a quick single.Â
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, A full ball, on off drilled to mid on for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, WIDE! Down leg on a length. Wide called.
Shashank Singh is in at number 5.Â
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! LBW! Eshan Malinga gets his second wicket on his debut and breaks a crucial 73-run partnership!
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! Cleverly done! Landed fuller and outside off, Nehal Wadhera shuffles across the stumps and sits across on his knee, keeping his head still, and paddles it, just over the stumps, and to the right of the keeper for a boundary.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Wide of off, too full, Nehal Wadhera misses to carve it out.
Eshan Malinga is back on. He is 2-0-19-1 so far and replaces Zeeshan Ansari.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, Slower bouncer, on off, pulled behind to deep fine leg for a single.
Whoa! Nehal Wadhera pulls out of the shot, right at the moment when Mohammad Shami was about to deliver the ball. It was a yorker and just crashed into the stumps.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, ! Done with ease from Wadhera! A slower one, on a good length, on the pads, Nehal Wadhera knows where the gap is, waits, and helps it through deep fine leg for a boundary.
Mohammad Shami to Shreyas Iyer, Back of a length, on off, flat batted down to long off for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Shreyas Iyer, ! Smartly done! Outside off, to full at 140.7 kph, Shreyas Iyer opens the face of the blade and slices it through deep third for a boundary. FIFTY FOR SHREYAS IYER!Â
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, Shortish and on the pads, pulled behind to deep fine leg for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, No run.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, AND ! Abhishek Sharma has made an absolute meal of a catch at long off! Darted full and outside off, Shreyas Iyer takes his front foot out and tries to clear long off, but mistimes it a bit aerially, as the bat turns at the point of contact. It sails high and descends down to long off where Abhishek Sharma, unaware of the boundary ropes, tries to take the catch with a reverse cup, but the ball pops in and out of his palms and lobs behind the rop
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated fuller and on middle, clipped down to long on for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Pitched short and on the top of middle, Shreyas Iyer pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Drifting down leg on a length, Shreyas Iyer misses to tuck across. Wide called. This brings the 50-run stand up between Wadhera and Iyer.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! Brilliant batting! A loosener, full toss on off, Shreyas Iyer is quick to switch his stance and reverses it over backward point for a boundary.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! Smashed aerially! Fuller and just around off, into the slot, Shreyas Iyer smashes it over long off for a cracking six.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Dishes out a flatter one, full and outside off, Nehal Wadhera skips forward and drills it down to long on for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, An appeal for LBW from Cummins, but not entertained by the umpire! Another one with a searing pace, full and angling onto the pads, Shreyas Iyer misses to whip across and wears onto the front pad.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Cannons in a yorker, outside off, Shreyas Iyer tries to squeeze it through short third, but the inside edge rolls the ball to the bowler.
Pat Cummins to Nehal Wadhera, A slower bumper, on off, Nehal Wadhera waits and pulls it through square leg for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, An in-drifting full toss on the pads, Shreyas clips it to the right of long on for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, ! Just admire that! Back of a length, looking to take the pace off, on off, Shreyas Iyer stands tall, and pulls it comfortably over long on for a massive six. Shreyas moves into his 30s now!
Pat Cummins to Nehal Wadhera, Spears in a yorker from around the stumps, Nehal Wadhera clips it to deep backward square leg for a single.
Pat Cummins (2-0-24-0) is back on. He replaces Eshan Malinga.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A flatter googly, across off, Nehal Wadhera mistimes the reverse sweep to short third for a single.Â
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Landed on off and middle, on a length, Shreyas Iyer hangs back and pulls it wide of long on for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A slider, full and outside off, Nehal Wadhera cuts it wide of backward point for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A wrong'un, on a length, across off, Nehal Wadhera hangs back and punches to the cover fielder.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated up, full and on the leg stump, swept away, but straight to short fine leg.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Length, drifting on the pads, Shreyas Iyer works it down to long on for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! Pulled away with absolute ease! Banged short onto the pads, Nehal Wadhera swivels and picks it up with ease, and pulls it behind deep fine leg for a cracking six.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Into the blockhole, on off, Shreyas carves it out to the off side and runs a quick single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Sails just over! A slower one, full and on off, Shreyas Iyer weighs forward and whips it over deep mid-wicket for a six. Just for a moment, Ishan Kishan was in play for the catch, but it sails just over the leaping fielder.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Leg bye.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Half-tracker, on the pads, Shreyas Iyer nudges it to deep square leg for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Oh, a sharp bumper, nipping back into the batter, but over the batter's head. Shreyas sways away from the line. Wided.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, A full toss, just below the waist height, on off, tucked across into the leg side for a single. The 100 is up for Punjab Kings!
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Across off, flat and full, cut away through backward point for a single. Two back-to-back good overs for SRH. 7 off it, and 10 off the last two overs, without a boundary.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Fuller on off, drilled down to long off for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, OVERTHROWS! Length, on off, worked to the cover-point fielder for a quick single. The fielder misses to score the direct hit at the non-striker's end and with no backup on the leg side, it allows them to cross for the second.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated full, on off, driven through cover for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Quick run! Looped up, full on middle, spinning away, Shreyas Iyer leans and tries to flick, but closes the bat face early. The leading edge is found as the ball rolls in front of cover. They cross for a quick single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Outside off, full, sliced away to deep cover for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari is into the attack now. He replaces Harshal Patel.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Off the mark! Brilliant over from Eshan! No boundary conceded! Too full across off, carved through cover for a single.
Nehal Wadhera is in at number 4.
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, ! GONE! CAUGHT! The debutant, Eshan Malinga gets his first IPL wicket and is thrilled to bits. A crucial, crucial wicket for SRH!
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, An inswinging yorker, at 141.8 kph, on middle, Shreyas Iyer jams it out and squeezes it away to deep third for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Good delivery! A slower one by the looks of it, at 111.6 kph, outside off and too full, Shreyas Iyer bends to carve it away but misses.
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, Speared in on the legs, Prabhsimran Singh gets a bit of an inside edge onto the pads, and the ball rolls in front of mid-wicket. They cross for a single.
Strategic Break. Well, it has been one-way traffic so far and as it was expected, runs are flowing at knots for the Punjab Kings on this belter of a wicket. Priyansh Arya, continuing his form from the previous game, launched an offensive while Prabhsimran Singh too, found his groove quite early. With three world-class bowlers, SRH have leaked runs at an alarming rate, and only Harshal Patel has got the lone success. A couple of quick wickets is what will give some respite to SRH. The debutant,
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, Starts off with a loosener, but gets away with it. A full toss, on off, smashed away, but straight to the cover fielder.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, ! High and long enough!
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Back of a length and over the stumps, Singh looks to advance and mistimes the pull through mid-wicket for one.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, That was hit at a rate of knots but Abhishek Sharma manages to get a hand to it.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Hard length over middle, Singh comes forward and backs away before dabbing it down to backward point for a quick single.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, Good length, angling into the batter, Iyer looks to drive on the up but mistimes it uppishly to mid on for another single.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Raw power from Singh!
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Misfield! Full and straight again, Shreyas Iyer drives the low full toss back past the bowler and to the left of mid on where Ishan Kishan circles around and lets it through. The batters end up picking up a couple of runs.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Full again and at the pads, Singh looks to advance and just ends up punching it away wide of mid on where Ishan Kishan puts in a huge dive and keeps it down to a single.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and straight, tailing back into the pads, Prabhsimran Singh looks to swing it away but gets an inside edge onto the pads.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Hammered!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, WIDE! Full and wide, right on the money it seems but a wide is called.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Following the batter! Cummins sees Prabhsimran Singh backing away and looks to dart one in but ends up bowling a high full toss right at the body. Singh can't quite get it away as he gets cramped for room.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, No run.
PBKS skipper, Shreyas Iyer is in at number 3. Also, a switch of ends for Pat Cummins. Went for 16 off his first, and he replaces Mohammad Shami.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, ! CAUGHT! Harshal Patel has done the trick for his team and gets the huge wicket of Priyansh Arya. Pace-off from Patel, bowling it a bit into the pitch and angling it well across off. Priyansh Arya shuffles a bit across the off stump and tries to fetch and pull across the line. The ball ends up being sliced up high and just beyond the mid-wicket region. Nitish Kumar Reddy backtracks and takes a fine tumbling reverse-cup catch. Finally some respite for S
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, WIDE! Full and wide outside off, spraying it beyond the tramline for a wide.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, ! Slower delivery, bowled full and on off, Priyansh Arya reads it well and tonks it back over the bowler's head and straight into the boundary cushion for a six.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Mistimed! Banged in short and over middle, pace on this time, Singh climbs into the pull but hits it aerially towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Excellent adjustment! Harshal sees the batter coming down the track and bowls a slower bumper. But Prabhsimran Singh halts in his tracks and is able to make the adjustment and ramp it over short third for a boundary.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, Gets away with it! Starts around the wicket and with a very high full toss outside off, Arya leans ahead and mistimes the lofted shot wide of sweeper cover for just a single.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! The over ends just the way it started, with a six, 23 off it! Short again from Shami, over middle, not much intent behind it. Prabhsimran Singh picks the length early and swings the pull over deep square leg for a biggie. 50 up for Punjab in just 3 overs!
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Short of a length and angled into the body, Singh fails to work it away.
Harshal Patel is introduced into the attack, and replaces Pat Cummins.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Bowled shorter and over leg, Priyansh Arya stands tall and pulls it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Back of a length, bowled around leg, Arya nudges it off the hips and gets it on the bounce to short fine leg.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! Oh, that should have been stopped!
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! This is sensational from the young man! Over the wicket now, bowling it a tad short and outside off, Priyansh Arya stands tall and just hits it flat over covers and the ball travels the distance yet gain for a biggie.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! Priyansh Arya is fearless!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Uppish but in the gap! Slower one, floated wide outside off, Prabhsimran Singh reaches out for the cut but then waits well and just manages to tap it away between short third and backward point for a boundary to end the over. 16 off it!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Back to over the wicket for the right-hander. On the fuller side, sliding back in from around middle, Singh clips it straight to mid-wicket.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, Around the wicket now and gets the straight yorker spot on. Arya just blocks it back on the deck and scampers through for a single.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, WIDE! Two fielders out on the leg side and Cummins looks to dart one in at the toes but spills it down leg for a wide.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, ! Nicely done! Fuller one, sliding into the pads, Arya just tickles it away fine and the ball races away into the fine leg fence.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, ! Up, up and away! Marginally short, around the hips, Priyansh Arya nonchalantly picks it up and flicks it into the stands over the square leg fence.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, Begins from over the wicket, bowling it on a good length around middle, Arya blocks it off the front foot.
Skipper Pat Cummins to operate from the far end.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Make that a hat-trick of fours to end the first over, PBKSÂ are 14/0!
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Flat-batted! Hard length around the top of off, Prabhsimran Singh takes a step forward and crunches the ball flat and just wide of mid off for another boundary. Not a bad ball, just great intent and execution from Singh.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Aggression from Prabhsimran!
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, Good length in and around off, just nibbling away from the right-hander, Singh watchfully pushes it out on the off side.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, Wow, what happened there? Ishan Kishan makes a good stop but then fails to find it as it gets camouflaged in the advertising on the field. Pitched up on off, Prabhsimran Singh punches it back past Shami and to the right of mid off. The batters eventually get two runs but then, a short run is called. So, after all of that, it is just a single.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Up and running right away! Short of a good length, swinging in from around leg, Priyansh Arya tucks it off the hips to deep backward square leg for a single.
Now then, down in Hyderabad, we are all in readiness for Match 27 to get underway, as the two umpires walk out to the middle. Pat Cummins leads his troops out as the Sunrisers Hyderabad spread out to their fielding positions. Priyansh Arya, the centurion from the previous game, is accompanied by Prabhsimran Singh to open for the Punjab Kings. Mohammad Shami has the new ball for SRH and is raring to go. The countdown goes off and here we go...
JUST IN - Up in Lucknow, the home team Lucknow Super Giants have handed Gujarat Titans their second defeat of the season, winning by 6 wickets. It got much closer than expected as GT did snag a few quick wickets in between, but the impact player Ayush Badoni finished well for LSG in the end, with just 3 balls to spare.
The captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Pat Cummins, says he doesn't mind bowling first as he confidently says they can chase anything. Admits it hasn't been an ideal start for them, but they are training really well. Tells that everyone in the team is in a good headspace. Informs one change as Eshan Malinga comes in for his debut in place of Kamindu Mendis.
The captain of Punjab Kings, Shreyas says that they will bat first. Adds that they batted first in the last couple of games and they have been able to just go after the bowlers and that's their mindset at the moment. Reckons that they don't have a great record in the Powerplay but need to ensure that it's not there in the back of their mind. Mentions that it is important to stay in the present and the individuals are told to back their instincts. Informs that they are going with the same team.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI) - Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Mohammad Shami, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga (On debut and in for Kamindu Mendis).
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247/2(18.3 Overs)
Right then, Sunrisers Hyderabad have a humongous task ahead of them to register their second win of the season. The big names Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan haven't quite lit up with the bat, and this is the perfect opportunity for them to get back in the groove. Sure, it is a steep hill to climb, but we have seen wild things happen in the IPL. Stay tuned for the run chase.
The Sunrisers though, did well to pick up wickets at regular intervals after that and reduced PBKS to 168/4 from 164/2, and managed to fight back well. It was Harshal Patel who snagged a superb 4-fer, but couldn't get the support in the backend. It was then the Marcus Stoinis show in the last over, who smashed four sixes against Mohammad Shami, and helped PBKS to smash 68 runs in the last 5 overs, with 27 coming in the last over itself. Mohammad Shami finished with his most expensive figures i
Marcus Stoinis is in for a chat. He shares that it is nice to make a contribution and although itâs been a slow start to the season for him personally, itâs heartening to see the team doing well and that, he says, is the main thing. Mentions that there seemed to be a bit of spin and bounce early on, and it took him a few deliveries to get going. Reflecting on the total, he feels itâs a very good score but adds that much will depend on how they start with the ball in the Powerplay.
The centurion from the last game, Priyansh Arya, was the first one to depart after a quickfire cameo, alongside Prabhsimran Singh as they smashed 89 runs in the Powerplay. After that, skipper Shreyas Iyer took the mantle and put on an onslaught in the middle overs, forming a crucial 73-run stand with Nehal Wadhera, with the latter equally batting aggressively.
Aren't you all entertained? This Saturday has just gotten spicier as Punjab Kings post a mammoth 245 runs on the board, thanks to Marcus Stoinis' whirlwind batting in the last over. To be precise, 18 fours and 16 sixes struck in this innings, which has helped PBKS to register their highest score against SRH in the IPL.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Oh, my word! Four sixes in a row from Marcus Stoinis to finish the innings! Mohammad Shami changes his angle of attack and looks to get the yorker in. Ends up serving a juicy full toss, on the pads, Stoinis disdainfully parks it behind deep backward square leg. 27 runs off the final over and Punjab Kings finish with 245 on the board!
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Hat-trick of sixes! The Aussie is on a rampage! Shami pulls the length back and bowls it on middle, Marcus Stoinis just waits on the back foot and picks the bones out of it. Smokes it over wide long on for a biggie.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, MORE! Two in two for Marcus Stoinis! Yorker gone wrong from Shami, low full toss, on the pads, Marcus gets low and picks it up nicely. Hits it towards deep mid-wicket for a flat six.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Clean as a whistle!
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, In the air....but it falls safely! On a length, on middle, Marcus looks to go down the ground with a straight bat. Skies it straight up in the vacant mid-wicket region. Aniket Verma comes charging in off the ropes and even puts the dive in but the ball drops short. Two runs taken.
Mohammad Shami to Marco Jansen, Spots Jansen backing away but Shami holds his line, on middle and leg, on a length, Marco looks to force it away on the off side but gets an inside edge to deep mid-wicket for one.
Mohammad Shami (3-0-48-0) to wrap the first innings.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, ! The over ends well from a PBKS perspective! Pat misses his yorker, something he cannot afford with mid off inside the circle. Allows Stoinis to get under it and Marcus lofts it over mid off for a boundary. Still only 8 runs off the over.
Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, So far, so good from Cummins! Another yorker, at the stumps, Marco can only jam it out wide of cover for one more.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, At 142.8 kph, on off, Stonis firms the drive on the bounce to mid off and takes a single. Just 8 runs in the last 10 balls.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, Nails the yorker, at the base of the off stump, Stoinis can only dig this one out back to the bowler.
Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Leg bye.
Sunrisers Hyderabad use their impact player as Abhinav Manohar is swapped in for Eshan Malinga. Pat Cummins to bowl the penultimate over. He is 3-0-33-0 so far.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, Cummins goes very full, at 139.4 kph, on off, Marcus squeezes it out in front of extra cover for one.
Harshal Patel to Marco Jansen, Low full toss, on middle and leg, Marco clips it off the pads to the left of the man at deep mid-wicket and comes sprinting back for the second run. Excellent over from Harshal. Two wickets and just the 5 runs off it.
Harshal Patel to Marcus Stoinis, Short and wide on off, cut away to deep point for one by Marcus.
Harshal Patel to Marco Jansen, Angling into the pads, on a length, Jansen wrists it to deep mid-wicket for a run.
Marco Jansen is in at number 8.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, ! TAKEN! Double strike from Harshal Patel and the Sunrisers could not have asked for it to come at a better time!
Harshal Patel to Marcus Stoinis, On a hard length, on off, pushed in front of extra cover for a single by Stoinis.
Marcus Stoinis is in at number 7.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, ! b Harshal Patel.
Harshal Patel (3-0-37-2) is back on to wrap his spell.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Hat-trick of boundaries from the PBKS skipper! 18 runs off the over. Slower one by Eshan, on the fuller side, on off, Iyer waits on it and just lifts it over extra cover for the fourth boundary of the over.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! And again! Low full toss, on the pads with fine leg inside the circle, asking to be hit. Iyer does not miss out as he swats it to the right of the man there at short fine leg for the third boundary of the over.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Easy pickings! Eshan errs for the second time in the over. Strays on the pads and it is a low full toss, Shreyas just helps it fine to the right of short fine leg for four more.
Eshan Malinga to Glenn Maxwell, Lands it on a back of a length, outside off, Maxwell frees his arms and cuts it to deep cover for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Gets it to tail back into the right-hander, on a length, on middle, whipped through square leg for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Up and over! Eshan goes searching for the yorker but misses his mark. Serves it around off, Iyer gets under the ball and thumps it over the mid off fielder inside the circle for a boundary.
Strategic Break. Sunrisers Hyderabad have slightly pulled things back a bit in the last few overs, but still, PBKS are sitting at a comfortable run rate, touching 12 runs per over. And with Shreyas Iyer unbeaten and Glenn Maxwell at the other end, they would be aiming for a very strong finish in these last four overs.
Zeeshan Ansari to Glenn Maxwell, Zeeshan ends his spell with a dot! Bowled with a lower trajectory, on off, on a nagging length, Glenn stays leg side of the ball and swings to go down town. Gets beaten as the ball spins past the bat and the keeper, Heinrich Klaasen, is quick to take the bails off but Maxwell has his back leg grounded inside the crease.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Fuller and quicker, at the stumps, pushed to long on for one.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, No run.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Wide! Turning away and this goes beyond the wide tramline on off. Iyer lets it go.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! High and handsome! Pushed through, on off, on a nagging length, Iyer backs away to go inside out. Does not quite get to the pitch of the ball, but still goes through with the shot. Tonks it over wide long off for a six.
Zeeshan Ansari to Glenn Maxwell, Drags the length back and slows it down, around off, Maxwell watchfully pushes it in front of cover for one.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Sliding onto the pads, on a nagging length, Iyer nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, Straight on, full and on off, Shreyas Iyer drills it down to long on for a single only.Â
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, A low full toss angling on the pads, Shreyas Iyer whips across to deep backward square leg, where a slight fumble from Abhishek Sharma allows the second run.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, On the pads, on a length, worked into the leg side for a single.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, FIVE WIDES! Oopsie! Harshal overtries and slips in a full toss, down leg, Glenn Maxwell misses to whip it away and the ball races away to the deep fine leg fence, beating Heinrich Klaasen to his left to the fence.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, Fuller and around off, Glenn Maxwell leans on it but mistimes the drive off the inside half of the bat, straight back to the bowler.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, Straight and full, on middle, blocked off.
Glenn Maxwell is in at number 6.
Harshal Patel to Shashank Singh, ! An appeal for LBW, but the umpire shakes his head. Harshal Patel spears it in fuller and on the middle stump line. Shashank Singh looks to work across with a straight bat, but misses and plays over the line as the ball nips back in a touch. It passes close to the bat and clips the front pad. UltraEdge shows no bat involved, and the Ball Tracking comes up with three reds as the ball clips the leg stump.
Harshal Patel (2-0-28-1) is back on and replaces Mohammad Shami.
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, Full and straight on off, Shashank Singh whips to deep backward square leg for a single. Just 7 runs off it and a wicket. An excellent over from Eshan Malinga as his figures read 3-0-27-2 so far.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, A searing yorker, curving in on middle, Shreyas Iyer jams it out to the cover region for a quick single.Â
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, A full ball, on off drilled to mid on for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, WIDE! Down leg on a length. Wide called.
Shashank Singh is in at number 5.Â
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! LBW! Eshan Malinga gets his second wicket on his debut and breaks a crucial 73-run partnership!
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! Cleverly done! Landed fuller and outside off, Nehal Wadhera shuffles across the stumps and sits across on his knee, keeping his head still, and paddles it, just over the stumps, and to the right of the keeper for a boundary.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Wide of off, too full, Nehal Wadhera misses to carve it out.
Eshan Malinga is back on. He is 2-0-19-1 so far and replaces Zeeshan Ansari.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, Slower bouncer, on off, pulled behind to deep fine leg for a single.
Whoa! Nehal Wadhera pulls out of the shot, right at the moment when Mohammad Shami was about to deliver the ball. It was a yorker and just crashed into the stumps.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, ! Done with ease from Wadhera! A slower one, on a good length, on the pads, Nehal Wadhera knows where the gap is, waits, and helps it through deep fine leg for a boundary.
Mohammad Shami to Shreyas Iyer, Back of a length, on off, flat batted down to long off for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Shreyas Iyer, ! Smartly done! Outside off, to full at 140.7 kph, Shreyas Iyer opens the face of the blade and slices it through deep third for a boundary. FIFTY FOR SHREYAS IYER!Â
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, Shortish and on the pads, pulled behind to deep fine leg for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, No run.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, AND ! Abhishek Sharma has made an absolute meal of a catch at long off! Darted full and outside off, Shreyas Iyer takes his front foot out and tries to clear long off, but mistimes it a bit aerially, as the bat turns at the point of contact. It sails high and descends down to long off where Abhishek Sharma, unaware of the boundary ropes, tries to take the catch with a reverse cup, but the ball pops in and out of his palms and lobs behind the rop
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated fuller and on middle, clipped down to long on for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Pitched short and on the top of middle, Shreyas Iyer pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Drifting down leg on a length, Shreyas Iyer misses to tuck across. Wide called. This brings the 50-run stand up between Wadhera and Iyer.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! Brilliant batting! A loosener, full toss on off, Shreyas Iyer is quick to switch his stance and reverses it over backward point for a boundary.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! Smashed aerially! Fuller and just around off, into the slot, Shreyas Iyer smashes it over long off for a cracking six.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Dishes out a flatter one, full and outside off, Nehal Wadhera skips forward and drills it down to long on for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, An appeal for LBW from Cummins, but not entertained by the umpire! Another one with a searing pace, full and angling onto the pads, Shreyas Iyer misses to whip across and wears onto the front pad.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Cannons in a yorker, outside off, Shreyas Iyer tries to squeeze it through short third, but the inside edge rolls the ball to the bowler.
Pat Cummins to Nehal Wadhera, A slower bumper, on off, Nehal Wadhera waits and pulls it through square leg for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, An in-drifting full toss on the pads, Shreyas clips it to the right of long on for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, ! Just admire that! Back of a length, looking to take the pace off, on off, Shreyas Iyer stands tall, and pulls it comfortably over long on for a massive six. Shreyas moves into his 30s now!
Pat Cummins to Nehal Wadhera, Spears in a yorker from around the stumps, Nehal Wadhera clips it to deep backward square leg for a single.
Pat Cummins (2-0-24-0) is back on. He replaces Eshan Malinga.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A flatter googly, across off, Nehal Wadhera mistimes the reverse sweep to short third for a single.Â
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Landed on off and middle, on a length, Shreyas Iyer hangs back and pulls it wide of long on for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A slider, full and outside off, Nehal Wadhera cuts it wide of backward point for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A wrong'un, on a length, across off, Nehal Wadhera hangs back and punches to the cover fielder.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated up, full and on the leg stump, swept away, but straight to short fine leg.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Length, drifting on the pads, Shreyas Iyer works it down to long on for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! Pulled away with absolute ease! Banged short onto the pads, Nehal Wadhera swivels and picks it up with ease, and pulls it behind deep fine leg for a cracking six.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Into the blockhole, on off, Shreyas carves it out to the off side and runs a quick single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Sails just over! A slower one, full and on off, Shreyas Iyer weighs forward and whips it over deep mid-wicket for a six. Just for a moment, Ishan Kishan was in play for the catch, but it sails just over the leaping fielder.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Leg bye.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Half-tracker, on the pads, Shreyas Iyer nudges it to deep square leg for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Oh, a sharp bumper, nipping back into the batter, but over the batter's head. Shreyas sways away from the line. Wided.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, A full toss, just below the waist height, on off, tucked across into the leg side for a single. The 100 is up for Punjab Kings!
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Across off, flat and full, cut away through backward point for a single. Two back-to-back good overs for SRH. 7 off it, and 10 off the last two overs, without a boundary.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Fuller on off, drilled down to long off for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, OVERTHROWS! Length, on off, worked to the cover-point fielder for a quick single. The fielder misses to score the direct hit at the non-striker's end and with no backup on the leg side, it allows them to cross for the second.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated full, on off, driven through cover for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Quick run! Looped up, full on middle, spinning away, Shreyas Iyer leans and tries to flick, but closes the bat face early. The leading edge is found as the ball rolls in front of cover. They cross for a quick single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Outside off, full, sliced away to deep cover for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari is into the attack now. He replaces Harshal Patel.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Off the mark! Brilliant over from Eshan! No boundary conceded! Too full across off, carved through cover for a single.
Nehal Wadhera is in at number 4.
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, ! GONE! CAUGHT! The debutant, Eshan Malinga gets his first IPL wicket and is thrilled to bits. A crucial, crucial wicket for SRH!
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, An inswinging yorker, at 141.8 kph, on middle, Shreyas Iyer jams it out and squeezes it away to deep third for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Good delivery! A slower one by the looks of it, at 111.6 kph, outside off and too full, Shreyas Iyer bends to carve it away but misses.
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, Speared in on the legs, Prabhsimran Singh gets a bit of an inside edge onto the pads, and the ball rolls in front of mid-wicket. They cross for a single.
Strategic Break. Well, it has been one-way traffic so far and as it was expected, runs are flowing at knots for the Punjab Kings on this belter of a wicket. Priyansh Arya, continuing his form from the previous game, launched an offensive while Prabhsimran Singh too, found his groove quite early. With three world-class bowlers, SRH have leaked runs at an alarming rate, and only Harshal Patel has got the lone success. A couple of quick wickets is what will give some respite to SRH. The debutant,
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, Starts off with a loosener, but gets away with it. A full toss, on off, smashed away, but straight to the cover fielder.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, ! High and long enough!
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Back of a length and over the stumps, Singh looks to advance and mistimes the pull through mid-wicket for one.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, That was hit at a rate of knots but Abhishek Sharma manages to get a hand to it.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Hard length over middle, Singh comes forward and backs away before dabbing it down to backward point for a quick single.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, Good length, angling into the batter, Iyer looks to drive on the up but mistimes it uppishly to mid on for another single.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Raw power from Singh!
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Misfield! Full and straight again, Shreyas Iyer drives the low full toss back past the bowler and to the left of mid on where Ishan Kishan circles around and lets it through. The batters end up picking up a couple of runs.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Full again and at the pads, Singh looks to advance and just ends up punching it away wide of mid on where Ishan Kishan puts in a huge dive and keeps it down to a single.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and straight, tailing back into the pads, Prabhsimran Singh looks to swing it away but gets an inside edge onto the pads.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Hammered!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, WIDE! Full and wide, right on the money it seems but a wide is called.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Following the batter! Cummins sees Prabhsimran Singh backing away and looks to dart one in but ends up bowling a high full toss right at the body. Singh can't quite get it away as he gets cramped for room.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, No run.
PBKS skipper, Shreyas Iyer is in at number 3. Also, a switch of ends for Pat Cummins. Went for 16 off his first, and he replaces Mohammad Shami.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, ! CAUGHT! Harshal Patel has done the trick for his team and gets the huge wicket of Priyansh Arya. Pace-off from Patel, bowling it a bit into the pitch and angling it well across off. Priyansh Arya shuffles a bit across the off stump and tries to fetch and pull across the line. The ball ends up being sliced up high and just beyond the mid-wicket region. Nitish Kumar Reddy backtracks and takes a fine tumbling reverse-cup catch. Finally some respite for S
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, WIDE! Full and wide outside off, spraying it beyond the tramline for a wide.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, ! Slower delivery, bowled full and on off, Priyansh Arya reads it well and tonks it back over the bowler's head and straight into the boundary cushion for a six.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Mistimed! Banged in short and over middle, pace on this time, Singh climbs into the pull but hits it aerially towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Excellent adjustment! Harshal sees the batter coming down the track and bowls a slower bumper. But Prabhsimran Singh halts in his tracks and is able to make the adjustment and ramp it over short third for a boundary.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, Gets away with it! Starts around the wicket and with a very high full toss outside off, Arya leans ahead and mistimes the lofted shot wide of sweeper cover for just a single.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! The over ends just the way it started, with a six, 23 off it! Short again from Shami, over middle, not much intent behind it. Prabhsimran Singh picks the length early and swings the pull over deep square leg for a biggie. 50 up for Punjab in just 3 overs!
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Short of a length and angled into the body, Singh fails to work it away.
Harshal Patel is introduced into the attack, and replaces Pat Cummins.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Bowled shorter and over leg, Priyansh Arya stands tall and pulls it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Back of a length, bowled around leg, Arya nudges it off the hips and gets it on the bounce to short fine leg.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! Oh, that should have been stopped!
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! This is sensational from the young man! Over the wicket now, bowling it a tad short and outside off, Priyansh Arya stands tall and just hits it flat over covers and the ball travels the distance yet gain for a biggie.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! Priyansh Arya is fearless!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Uppish but in the gap! Slower one, floated wide outside off, Prabhsimran Singh reaches out for the cut but then waits well and just manages to tap it away between short third and backward point for a boundary to end the over. 16 off it!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Back to over the wicket for the right-hander. On the fuller side, sliding back in from around middle, Singh clips it straight to mid-wicket.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, Around the wicket now and gets the straight yorker spot on. Arya just blocks it back on the deck and scampers through for a single.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, WIDE! Two fielders out on the leg side and Cummins looks to dart one in at the toes but spills it down leg for a wide.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, ! Nicely done! Fuller one, sliding into the pads, Arya just tickles it away fine and the ball races away into the fine leg fence.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, ! Up, up and away! Marginally short, around the hips, Priyansh Arya nonchalantly picks it up and flicks it into the stands over the square leg fence.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, Begins from over the wicket, bowling it on a good length around middle, Arya blocks it off the front foot.
Skipper Pat Cummins to operate from the far end.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Make that a hat-trick of fours to end the first over, PBKSÂ are 14/0!
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Flat-batted! Hard length around the top of off, Prabhsimran Singh takes a step forward and crunches the ball flat and just wide of mid off for another boundary. Not a bad ball, just great intent and execution from Singh.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Aggression from Prabhsimran!
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, Good length in and around off, just nibbling away from the right-hander, Singh watchfully pushes it out on the off side.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, Wow, what happened there? Ishan Kishan makes a good stop but then fails to find it as it gets camouflaged in the advertising on the field. Pitched up on off, Prabhsimran Singh punches it back past Shami and to the right of mid off. The batters eventually get two runs but then, a short run is called. So, after all of that, it is just a single.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Up and running right away! Short of a good length, swinging in from around leg, Priyansh Arya tucks it off the hips to deep backward square leg for a single.
Now then, down in Hyderabad, we are all in readiness for Match 27 to get underway, as the two umpires walk out to the middle. Pat Cummins leads his troops out as the Sunrisers Hyderabad spread out to their fielding positions. Priyansh Arya, the centurion from the previous game, is accompanied by Prabhsimran Singh to open for the Punjab Kings. Mohammad Shami has the new ball for SRH and is raring to go. The countdown goes off and here we go...
JUST IN - Up in Lucknow, the home team Lucknow Super Giants have handed Gujarat Titans their second defeat of the season, winning by 6 wickets. It got much closer than expected as GT did snag a few quick wickets in between, but the impact player Ayush Badoni finished well for LSG in the end, with just 3 balls to spare.
The captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Pat Cummins, says he doesn't mind bowling first as he confidently says they can chase anything. Admits it hasn't been an ideal start for them, but they are training really well. Tells that everyone in the team is in a good headspace. Informs one change as Eshan Malinga comes in for his debut in place of Kamindu Mendis.
The captain of Punjab Kings, Shreyas says that they will bat first. Adds that they batted first in the last couple of games and they have been able to just go after the bowlers and that's their mindset at the moment. Reckons that they don't have a great record in the Powerplay but need to ensure that it's not there in the back of their mind. Mentions that it is important to stay in the present and the individuals are told to back their instincts. Informs that they are going with the same team.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI) - Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Mohammad Shami, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga (On debut and in for Kamindu Mendis).
Impact players nominated by Sunrisers Hyderabad - Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Chahar and Wiaan Mulder.
Impact players nominated by Punjab Kings - Suryansh Shedge, Praveen Dubey, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar and Vyshak Vijaykumar.
Punjab Kings (Unchanged Playing XI) - Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(WK), Shreyas Iyer(C), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
TOSS UPDATE - The flip of the coin lands in favor of Punjab Kings and Shreyas Iyer elects to BAT first.
Right then, Sunrisers Hyderabad have a humongous task ahead of them to register their second win of the season. The big names Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan haven't quite lit up with the bat, and this is the perfect opportunity for them to get back in the groove. Sure, it is a steep hill to climb, but we have seen wild things happen in the IPL. Stay tuned for the run chase.
The Sunrisers though, did well to pick up wickets at regular intervals after that and reduced PBKS to 168/4 from 164/2, and managed to fight back well. It was Harshal Patel who snagged a superb 4-fer, but couldn't get the support in the backend. It was then the Marcus Stoinis show in the last over, who smashed four sixes against Mohammad Shami, and helped PBKS to smash 68 runs in the last 5 overs, with 27 coming in the last over itself. Mohammad Shami finished with his most expensive figures i
Marcus Stoinis is in for a chat. He shares that it is nice to make a contribution and although itâs been a slow start to the season for him personally, itâs heartening to see the team doing well and that, he says, is the main thing. Mentions that there seemed to be a bit of spin and bounce early on, and it took him a few deliveries to get going. Reflecting on the total, he feels itâs a very good score but adds that much will depend on how they start with the ball in the Powerplay.
The centurion from the last game, Priyansh Arya, was the first one to depart after a quickfire cameo, alongside Prabhsimran Singh as they smashed 89 runs in the Powerplay. After that, skipper Shreyas Iyer took the mantle and put on an onslaught in the middle overs, forming a crucial 73-run stand with Nehal Wadhera, with the latter equally batting aggressively.
Aren't you all entertained? This Saturday has just gotten spicier as Punjab Kings post a mammoth 245 runs on the board, thanks to Marcus Stoinis' whirlwind batting in the last over. To be precise, 18 fours and 16 sixes struck in this innings, which has helped PBKS to register their highest score against SRH in the IPL.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Oh, my word! Four sixes in a row from Marcus Stoinis to finish the innings! Mohammad Shami changes his angle of attack and looks to get the yorker in. Ends up serving a juicy full toss, on the pads, Stoinis disdainfully parks it behind deep backward square leg. 27 runs off the final over and Punjab Kings finish with 245 on the board!
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Hat-trick of sixes! The Aussie is on a rampage! Shami pulls the length back and bowls it on middle, Marcus Stoinis just waits on the back foot and picks the bones out of it. Smokes it over wide long on for a biggie.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, MORE! Two in two for Marcus Stoinis! Yorker gone wrong from Shami, low full toss, on the pads, Marcus gets low and picks it up nicely. Hits it towards deep mid-wicket for a flat six.
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, ! Clean as a whistle!
Mohammad Shami to Marcus Stoinis, In the air....but it falls safely! On a length, on middle, Marcus looks to go down the ground with a straight bat. Skies it straight up in the vacant mid-wicket region. Aniket Verma comes charging in off the ropes and even puts the dive in but the ball drops short. Two runs taken.
Mohammad Shami to Marco Jansen, Spots Jansen backing away but Shami holds his line, on middle and leg, on a length, Marco looks to force it away on the off side but gets an inside edge to deep mid-wicket for one.
Mohammad Shami (3-0-48-0) to wrap the first innings.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, ! The over ends well from a PBKS perspective! Pat misses his yorker, something he cannot afford with mid off inside the circle. Allows Stoinis to get under it and Marcus lofts it over mid off for a boundary. Still only 8 runs off the over.
Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, So far, so good from Cummins! Another yorker, at the stumps, Marco can only jam it out wide of cover for one more.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, At 142.8 kph, on off, Stonis firms the drive on the bounce to mid off and takes a single. Just 8 runs in the last 10 balls.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, Nails the yorker, at the base of the off stump, Stoinis can only dig this one out back to the bowler.
Pat Cummins to Marco Jansen, Leg bye.
Sunrisers Hyderabad use their impact player as Abhinav Manohar is swapped in for Eshan Malinga. Pat Cummins to bowl the penultimate over. He is 3-0-33-0 so far.
Pat Cummins to Marcus Stoinis, Cummins goes very full, at 139.4 kph, on off, Marcus squeezes it out in front of extra cover for one.
Harshal Patel to Marco Jansen, Low full toss, on middle and leg, Marco clips it off the pads to the left of the man at deep mid-wicket and comes sprinting back for the second run. Excellent over from Harshal. Two wickets and just the 5 runs off it.
Harshal Patel to Marcus Stoinis, Short and wide on off, cut away to deep point for one by Marcus.
Harshal Patel to Marco Jansen, Angling into the pads, on a length, Jansen wrists it to deep mid-wicket for a run.
Marco Jansen is in at number 8.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, ! TAKEN! Double strike from Harshal Patel and the Sunrisers could not have asked for it to come at a better time!
Harshal Patel to Marcus Stoinis, On a hard length, on off, pushed in front of extra cover for a single by Stoinis.
Marcus Stoinis is in at number 7.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, ! b Harshal Patel.
Harshal Patel (3-0-37-2) is back on to wrap his spell.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Hat-trick of boundaries from the PBKS skipper! 18 runs off the over. Slower one by Eshan, on the fuller side, on off, Iyer waits on it and just lifts it over extra cover for the fourth boundary of the over.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! And again! Low full toss, on the pads with fine leg inside the circle, asking to be hit. Iyer does not miss out as he swats it to the right of the man there at short fine leg for the third boundary of the over.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Easy pickings! Eshan errs for the second time in the over. Strays on the pads and it is a low full toss, Shreyas just helps it fine to the right of short fine leg for four more.
Eshan Malinga to Glenn Maxwell, Lands it on a back of a length, outside off, Maxwell frees his arms and cuts it to deep cover for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Gets it to tail back into the right-hander, on a length, on middle, whipped through square leg for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Up and over! Eshan goes searching for the yorker but misses his mark. Serves it around off, Iyer gets under the ball and thumps it over the mid off fielder inside the circle for a boundary.
Strategic Break. Sunrisers Hyderabad have slightly pulled things back a bit in the last few overs, but still, PBKS are sitting at a comfortable run rate, touching 12 runs per over. And with Shreyas Iyer unbeaten and Glenn Maxwell at the other end, they would be aiming for a very strong finish in these last four overs.
Zeeshan Ansari to Glenn Maxwell, Zeeshan ends his spell with a dot! Bowled with a lower trajectory, on off, on a nagging length, Glenn stays leg side of the ball and swings to go down town. Gets beaten as the ball spins past the bat and the keeper, Heinrich Klaasen, is quick to take the bails off but Maxwell has his back leg grounded inside the crease.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Fuller and quicker, at the stumps, pushed to long on for one.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, No run.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Wide! Turning away and this goes beyond the wide tramline on off. Iyer lets it go.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! High and handsome! Pushed through, on off, on a nagging length, Iyer backs away to go inside out. Does not quite get to the pitch of the ball, but still goes through with the shot. Tonks it over wide long off for a six.
Zeeshan Ansari to Glenn Maxwell, Drags the length back and slows it down, around off, Maxwell watchfully pushes it in front of cover for one.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Sliding onto the pads, on a nagging length, Iyer nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, Straight on, full and on off, Shreyas Iyer drills it down to long on for a single only.Â
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, A low full toss angling on the pads, Shreyas Iyer whips across to deep backward square leg, where a slight fumble from Abhishek Sharma allows the second run.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, On the pads, on a length, worked into the leg side for a single.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, FIVE WIDES! Oopsie! Harshal overtries and slips in a full toss, down leg, Glenn Maxwell misses to whip it away and the ball races away to the deep fine leg fence, beating Heinrich Klaasen to his left to the fence.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, Fuller and around off, Glenn Maxwell leans on it but mistimes the drive off the inside half of the bat, straight back to the bowler.
Harshal Patel to Glenn Maxwell, Straight and full, on middle, blocked off.
Glenn Maxwell is in at number 6.
Harshal Patel to Shashank Singh, ! An appeal for LBW, but the umpire shakes his head. Harshal Patel spears it in fuller and on the middle stump line. Shashank Singh looks to work across with a straight bat, but misses and plays over the line as the ball nips back in a touch. It passes close to the bat and clips the front pad. UltraEdge shows no bat involved, and the Ball Tracking comes up with three reds as the ball clips the leg stump.
Harshal Patel (2-0-28-1) is back on and replaces Mohammad Shami.
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, Full and straight on off, Shashank Singh whips to deep backward square leg for a single. Just 7 runs off it and a wicket. An excellent over from Eshan Malinga as his figures read 3-0-27-2 so far.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, A searing yorker, curving in on middle, Shreyas Iyer jams it out to the cover region for a quick single.Â
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, A full ball, on off drilled to mid on for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shashank Singh, WIDE! Down leg on a length. Wide called.
Shashank Singh is in at number 5.Â
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! LBW! Eshan Malinga gets his second wicket on his debut and breaks a crucial 73-run partnership!
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! Cleverly done! Landed fuller and outside off, Nehal Wadhera shuffles across the stumps and sits across on his knee, keeping his head still, and paddles it, just over the stumps, and to the right of the keeper for a boundary.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Wide of off, too full, Nehal Wadhera misses to carve it out.
Eshan Malinga is back on. He is 2-0-19-1 so far and replaces Zeeshan Ansari.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, Slower bouncer, on off, pulled behind to deep fine leg for a single.
Whoa! Nehal Wadhera pulls out of the shot, right at the moment when Mohammad Shami was about to deliver the ball. It was a yorker and just crashed into the stumps.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, ! Done with ease from Wadhera! A slower one, on a good length, on the pads, Nehal Wadhera knows where the gap is, waits, and helps it through deep fine leg for a boundary.
Mohammad Shami to Shreyas Iyer, Back of a length, on off, flat batted down to long off for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Shreyas Iyer, ! Smartly done! Outside off, to full at 140.7 kph, Shreyas Iyer opens the face of the blade and slices it through deep third for a boundary. FIFTY FOR SHREYAS IYER!Â
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, Shortish and on the pads, pulled behind to deep fine leg for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Nehal Wadhera, No run.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, AND ! Abhishek Sharma has made an absolute meal of a catch at long off! Darted full and outside off, Shreyas Iyer takes his front foot out and tries to clear long off, but mistimes it a bit aerially, as the bat turns at the point of contact. It sails high and descends down to long off where Abhishek Sharma, unaware of the boundary ropes, tries to take the catch with a reverse cup, but the ball pops in and out of his palms and lobs behind the rop
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated fuller and on middle, clipped down to long on for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Pitched short and on the top of middle, Shreyas Iyer pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Drifting down leg on a length, Shreyas Iyer misses to tuck across. Wide called. This brings the 50-run stand up between Wadhera and Iyer.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! Brilliant batting! A loosener, full toss on off, Shreyas Iyer is quick to switch his stance and reverses it over backward point for a boundary.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, ! Smashed aerially! Fuller and just around off, into the slot, Shreyas Iyer smashes it over long off for a cracking six.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Dishes out a flatter one, full and outside off, Nehal Wadhera skips forward and drills it down to long on for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, An appeal for LBW from Cummins, but not entertained by the umpire! Another one with a searing pace, full and angling onto the pads, Shreyas Iyer misses to whip across and wears onto the front pad.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Cannons in a yorker, outside off, Shreyas Iyer tries to squeeze it through short third, but the inside edge rolls the ball to the bowler.
Pat Cummins to Nehal Wadhera, A slower bumper, on off, Nehal Wadhera waits and pulls it through square leg for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, An in-drifting full toss on the pads, Shreyas clips it to the right of long on for a single.
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, ! Just admire that! Back of a length, looking to take the pace off, on off, Shreyas Iyer stands tall, and pulls it comfortably over long on for a massive six. Shreyas moves into his 30s now!
Pat Cummins to Nehal Wadhera, Spears in a yorker from around the stumps, Nehal Wadhera clips it to deep backward square leg for a single.
Pat Cummins (2-0-24-0) is back on. He replaces Eshan Malinga.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A flatter googly, across off, Nehal Wadhera mistimes the reverse sweep to short third for a single.Â
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Landed on off and middle, on a length, Shreyas Iyer hangs back and pulls it wide of long on for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A slider, full and outside off, Nehal Wadhera cuts it wide of backward point for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, A wrong'un, on a length, across off, Nehal Wadhera hangs back and punches to the cover fielder.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated up, full and on the leg stump, swept away, but straight to short fine leg.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Length, drifting on the pads, Shreyas Iyer works it down to long on for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, ! Pulled away with absolute ease! Banged short onto the pads, Nehal Wadhera swivels and picks it up with ease, and pulls it behind deep fine leg for a cracking six.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Into the blockhole, on off, Shreyas carves it out to the off side and runs a quick single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, ! Sails just over! A slower one, full and on off, Shreyas Iyer weighs forward and whips it over deep mid-wicket for a six. Just for a moment, Ishan Kishan was in play for the catch, but it sails just over the leaping fielder.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Leg bye.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Half-tracker, on the pads, Shreyas Iyer nudges it to deep square leg for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, WIDE! Oh, a sharp bumper, nipping back into the batter, but over the batter's head. Shreyas sways away from the line. Wided.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, A full toss, just below the waist height, on off, tucked across into the leg side for a single. The 100 is up for Punjab Kings!
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Across off, flat and full, cut away through backward point for a single. Two back-to-back good overs for SRH. 7 off it, and 10 off the last two overs, without a boundary.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Fuller on off, drilled down to long off for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, OVERTHROWS! Length, on off, worked to the cover-point fielder for a quick single. The fielder misses to score the direct hit at the non-striker's end and with no backup on the leg side, it allows them to cross for the second.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Floated full, on off, driven through cover for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Shreyas Iyer, Quick run! Looped up, full on middle, spinning away, Shreyas Iyer leans and tries to flick, but closes the bat face early. The leading edge is found as the ball rolls in front of cover. They cross for a quick single.
Zeeshan Ansari to Nehal Wadhera, Outside off, full, sliced away to deep cover for a single.
Zeeshan Ansari is into the attack now. He replaces Harshal Patel.
Eshan Malinga to Nehal Wadhera, Off the mark! Brilliant over from Eshan! No boundary conceded! Too full across off, carved through cover for a single.
Nehal Wadhera is in at number 4.
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, ! GONE! CAUGHT! The debutant, Eshan Malinga gets his first IPL wicket and is thrilled to bits. A crucial, crucial wicket for SRH!
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, An inswinging yorker, at 141.8 kph, on middle, Shreyas Iyer jams it out and squeezes it away to deep third for a single.
Eshan Malinga to Shreyas Iyer, Good delivery! A slower one by the looks of it, at 111.6 kph, outside off and too full, Shreyas Iyer bends to carve it away but misses.
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, Speared in on the legs, Prabhsimran Singh gets a bit of an inside edge onto the pads, and the ball rolls in front of mid-wicket. They cross for a single.
Strategic Break. Well, it has been one-way traffic so far and as it was expected, runs are flowing at knots for the Punjab Kings on this belter of a wicket. Priyansh Arya, continuing his form from the previous game, launched an offensive while Prabhsimran Singh too, found his groove quite early. With three world-class bowlers, SRH have leaked runs at an alarming rate, and only Harshal Patel has got the lone success. A couple of quick wickets is what will give some respite to SRH. The debutant,
Eshan Malinga to Prabhsimran Singh, Starts off with a loosener, but gets away with it. A full toss, on off, smashed away, but straight to the cover fielder.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, ! High and long enough!
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Back of a length and over the stumps, Singh looks to advance and mistimes the pull through mid-wicket for one.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, That was hit at a rate of knots but Abhishek Sharma manages to get a hand to it.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Hard length over middle, Singh comes forward and backs away before dabbing it down to backward point for a quick single.
Harshal Patel to Shreyas Iyer, Good length, angling into the batter, Iyer looks to drive on the up but mistimes it uppishly to mid on for another single.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Raw power from Singh!
Pat Cummins to Shreyas Iyer, Misfield! Full and straight again, Shreyas Iyer drives the low full toss back past the bowler and to the left of mid on where Ishan Kishan circles around and lets it through. The batters end up picking up a couple of runs.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Full again and at the pads, Singh looks to advance and just ends up punching it away wide of mid on where Ishan Kishan puts in a huge dive and keeps it down to a single.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Full and straight, tailing back into the pads, Prabhsimran Singh looks to swing it away but gets an inside edge onto the pads.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Hammered!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, WIDE! Full and wide, right on the money it seems but a wide is called.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Following the batter! Cummins sees Prabhsimran Singh backing away and looks to dart one in but ends up bowling a high full toss right at the body. Singh can't quite get it away as he gets cramped for room.
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, No run.
PBKS skipper, Shreyas Iyer is in at number 3. Also, a switch of ends for Pat Cummins. Went for 16 off his first, and he replaces Mohammad Shami.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, ! CAUGHT! Harshal Patel has done the trick for his team and gets the huge wicket of Priyansh Arya. Pace-off from Patel, bowling it a bit into the pitch and angling it well across off. Priyansh Arya shuffles a bit across the off stump and tries to fetch and pull across the line. The ball ends up being sliced up high and just beyond the mid-wicket region. Nitish Kumar Reddy backtracks and takes a fine tumbling reverse-cup catch. Finally some respite for S
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, WIDE! Full and wide outside off, spraying it beyond the tramline for a wide.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, ! Slower delivery, bowled full and on off, Priyansh Arya reads it well and tonks it back over the bowler's head and straight into the boundary cushion for a six.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Mistimed! Banged in short and over middle, pace on this time, Singh climbs into the pull but hits it aerially towards deep mid-wicket for a single.
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Excellent adjustment! Harshal sees the batter coming down the track and bowls a slower bumper. But Prabhsimran Singh halts in his tracks and is able to make the adjustment and ramp it over short third for a boundary.
Harshal Patel to Priyansh Arya, Gets away with it! Starts around the wicket and with a very high full toss outside off, Arya leans ahead and mistimes the lofted shot wide of sweeper cover for just a single.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! The over ends just the way it started, with a six, 23 off it! Short again from Shami, over middle, not much intent behind it. Prabhsimran Singh picks the length early and swings the pull over deep square leg for a biggie. 50 up for Punjab in just 3 overs!
Harshal Patel to Prabhsimran Singh, Short of a length and angled into the body, Singh fails to work it away.
Harshal Patel is introduced into the attack, and replaces Pat Cummins.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Bowled shorter and over leg, Priyansh Arya stands tall and pulls it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Back of a length, bowled around leg, Arya nudges it off the hips and gets it on the bounce to short fine leg.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! Oh, that should have been stopped!
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! This is sensational from the young man! Over the wicket now, bowling it a tad short and outside off, Priyansh Arya stands tall and just hits it flat over covers and the ball travels the distance yet gain for a biggie.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, ! Priyansh Arya is fearless!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Uppish but in the gap! Slower one, floated wide outside off, Prabhsimran Singh reaches out for the cut but then waits well and just manages to tap it away between short third and backward point for a boundary to end the over. 16 off it!
Pat Cummins to Prabhsimran Singh, Back to over the wicket for the right-hander. On the fuller side, sliding back in from around middle, Singh clips it straight to mid-wicket.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, Around the wicket now and gets the straight yorker spot on. Arya just blocks it back on the deck and scampers through for a single.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, WIDE! Two fielders out on the leg side and Cummins looks to dart one in at the toes but spills it down leg for a wide.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, ! Nicely done! Fuller one, sliding into the pads, Arya just tickles it away fine and the ball races away into the fine leg fence.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, ! Up, up and away! Marginally short, around the hips, Priyansh Arya nonchalantly picks it up and flicks it into the stands over the square leg fence.
Pat Cummins to Priyansh Arya, Begins from over the wicket, bowling it on a good length around middle, Arya blocks it off the front foot.
Skipper Pat Cummins to operate from the far end.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Make that a hat-trick of fours to end the first over, PBKSÂ are 14/0!
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Flat-batted! Hard length around the top of off, Prabhsimran Singh takes a step forward and crunches the ball flat and just wide of mid off for another boundary. Not a bad ball, just great intent and execution from Singh.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, ! Aggression from Prabhsimran!
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, Good length in and around off, just nibbling away from the right-hander, Singh watchfully pushes it out on the off side.
Mohammad Shami to Prabhsimran Singh, Wow, what happened there? Ishan Kishan makes a good stop but then fails to find it as it gets camouflaged in the advertising on the field. Pitched up on off, Prabhsimran Singh punches it back past Shami and to the right of mid off. The batters eventually get two runs but then, a short run is called. So, after all of that, it is just a single.
Mohammad Shami to Priyansh Arya, Up and running right away! Short of a good length, swinging in from around leg, Priyansh Arya tucks it off the hips to deep backward square leg for a single.
Now then, down in Hyderabad, we are all in readiness for Match 27 to get underway, as the two umpires walk out to the middle. Pat Cummins leads his troops out as the Sunrisers Hyderabad spread out to their fielding positions. Priyansh Arya, the centurion from the previous game, is accompanied by Prabhsimran Singh to open for the Punjab Kings. Mohammad Shami has the new ball for SRH and is raring to go. The countdown goes off and here we go...
JUST IN - Up in Lucknow, the home team Lucknow Super Giants have handed Gujarat Titans their second defeat of the season, winning by 6 wickets. It got much closer than expected as GT did snag a few quick wickets in between, but the impact player Ayush Badoni finished well for LSG in the end, with just 3 balls to spare.
The captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Pat Cummins, says he doesn't mind bowling first as he confidently says they can chase anything. Admits it hasn't been an ideal start for them, but they are training really well. Tells that everyone in the team is in a good headspace. Informs one change as Eshan Malinga comes in for his debut in place of Kamindu Mendis.
The captain of Punjab Kings, Shreyas says that they will bat first. Adds that they batted first in the last couple of games and they have been able to just go after the bowlers and that's their mindset at the moment. Reckons that they don't have a great record in the Powerplay but need to ensure that it's not there in the back of their mind. Mentions that it is important to stay in the present and the individuals are told to back their instincts. Informs that they are going with the same team.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI) - Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Mohammad Shami, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga (On debut and in for Kamindu Mendis).
Impact players nominated by Sunrisers Hyderabad - Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Chahar and Wiaan Mulder.
Impact players nominated by Punjab Kings - Suryansh Shedge, Praveen Dubey, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar and Vyshak Vijaykumar.
Punjab Kings (Unchanged Playing XI) - Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(WK), Shreyas Iyer(C), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
TOSS UPDATE - The flip of the coin lands in favor of Punjab Kings and Shreyas Iyer elects to BAT first.