Tripathi appropriately finishes the match with another square cut behind point that brings up a 100-run unbeaten partnership sealing an eight-wicket win with 17 balls to spare. Length ball wide outside off, latches onto this and picks the gap to seal Sunrisers' first win of the 2023 IPL.
PBKS vs SRH, 14th Match at Hyderabad, IPL, Apr 09 2023 - Match Result
SRH won by 8 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
S Dhawan and Mohit Rathee's 55-run partnership is the highest for the 10th wicket in IPL, breaking the record of 31 between Tom Curran and Ankit Rajpoot
S Dhawan and Mohit Rathee's 55-run partnership is PBKS's highest for the 10th wicket in IPL, breaking the record of 27 between Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh
10.59 pm Well how about that. It's not every day that an IPL match ends in under three and a half hours these days, let alone four. Shikhar Dhawan's very special 99 not out winds up in vain. Markande takes four wickets in the field to set up a low total before Tripathi finishes it off.
Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan: "As a batting unit, we lost too many wickets back to back and couldn't put up a big total on the ground and because of that we lost the game. 175-180 would have been a reasonable score. The wicket looked quite good but it was seaming and swinging. There's lots of learning as a team for us and we're gonna go and analyze where we can get better and come back strong. I'm enjoying the captaincy and leading the side from the front. We've got a great bunch of boys, really enjoying the tournament and taking it day by day."
Sunrisers captain Aiden Markram: "I believe we have a great fan base and they proved it tonight. It was a bit of a rough start but good to get a win in front of them tonight. Not too much panic because it was just the initial phase. We keep encouraging guys to back their options and give them the freedom to do so. [Leaving out Adil Rashid and playing Mayank Markande] It's not a nice move to make but I'm super happy for Mayank tonight. He bowled incredibly well. He got his chance and certainly took it. A lot of hype about him and rightly so. Hopefully it's the start of a great competition for him. [Tripathi's innings and partnership] We all know his ability and he showed it once again tonight. He's always a couple of balls away from doing something special. That's all we keep telling him, is to express himself because he's got all the shots. He got a feel of the wicket and he made it count for us and was there at the end. Hats off to him, it was a great knock. It's very easy [for me] to do it when you've got a guy like Rahul at the other end. It's a great franchise to be a part of. It's the first win for us and hopefully we can take some momentum going forward."
Shikhar Dhawan named Player of the Match in a losing effort ahead of Rahul Tripathi. Hmmm.... "I didn't expect that I'd reach there at the end of the game but I was playing according to the situation, still keeping positive and I hope you were happy with my strike rate... Of course it was disappointing [seeing wickets keep falling] but the way we thought the wicket was going to play, it was playing differently. It was seaming and sometimes keeping low. But that's a learning process for my batting unit and that's fine. When the water is still, you can see through it. Better to be still and see the game. I'm very very grateful for 99 because I never thought I'd reach there so I'm very happy."
That's it for today's coverage. Come back tomorrow for some more IPL action. Enjoy the rest of your Easter Sunday, wherever you are following around the world. I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!
full on middle, shovels this high over the bowler, mid-off is up in the ring so this bounces away freely to the rope.
carbon copy! Short and wide on seventh stump again, another sumptuous cut beats backward point and backspins away to the rope.
what placement! Length ball on seventh stump at 135 kph, square cut beats backward point to the rope.
fullish length on fourth stump, driven back to Ellis.
Nandagopal: "Proof that this might be the most competitive IPL ever. No unbeaten sides after just 3 rounds of matches."
133 kph delivery lands full on fourth stump, goes to drive, inside edge goes past leg stump to the fine leg rope.
slower short ball on fourth stump, cross batted down the ground for one.
Ellis to bowl after the break.
Strategic timeout called.
length ball wide outside off, slapped to the cover sweeper for one.
full on middle, flicks this through wide long-on and immediately calls for two, which they collect quite easily.
120 kph length ball on fourth stump muscled to the cover sweeper for one.
Afeef: "Markande's 4/15 today is reminding me of the 4/23 he took at this ground almost exactly 5 years ago, when he was playing for Mumbai Indians. He brought MI to the brink of a win back then, today looks like his team will win comfortably."
short on fifth stump, smashes a pull into the ground to midwicket for none.
short on fifth stump, opens the face to run this to deep third for one.
back of a length on fourth stump, punched away Dorn the
Some fans are heading to the exits. I guess they would rather beat traffic than stay to see the home side cross the line for their first victory of the season.
full and wide on eighth stump, drives this square behind point and beats the sweeper to the rope.
Required run rate now under a run a ball.
full on sixth stump, now he goes for the reverse sweep slapping it flat over point to the rope.
slogged over midwicket into the fourth row of the second tier! Floated too full on middle and leg, Tripathi slog sweeps this 94 meters deep and there's a scramble in the stands to locate the ball.
good length ball skids on toward middle and leg, fought off down the pitch and the bowler misfields diving in front of the non-striker before the ball dribbles away for one.
full and wide, on eighth stump, drives this inside out over extra cover and beats the cover sweeper to the rope.
good length ball on the stumps, taps in front of point for one but a sloppy throw by Curran to the keeper escapes his diving effort and an overthow is taken to make it two runs.
short on sixth stump, cuts this firmly to backward point where Short dives to stop a boundary.
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Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | |
Toss | Sunrisers Hyderabad, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2023 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 09 April 2023 - night (20-over match) |
PBKS Player Replacement | Impact player: in, out (1st innings, 8.5 ov) |
T20 debut | |
Umpires | |
TV Umpire | |
Reserve Umpire | |
Match Referee | |
Points | Sunrisers Hyderabad 2, Punjab Kings 0 |
Over 18 • SRH 145/2
SRH won by 8 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)