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The 69th match of IPL 2024 was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. The match was organized at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Punjab Kings Innings:
Punjab Kings was captained by Jitesh Sharma today. Rilee Rossouw was the only foreigner in the starting eleven of Punjab Kings in this match. Prabhsimran Singh and Atharva Taide came to open for Punjab Kings. Both batted well. In the powerplay, they played some great shots. At the end of the first 6 overs of the powerplay, Punjab Kings scored 61 runs without losing any wickets.
Even after the end of the powerplay, they were batting similarly aggressively. They put on a partnership of 97 runs off 55 balls. T Natarajan broke the partnership in the 10th over. He dismissed Atharva Taide. Atharva Taide scored 46 off 27 balls and he hit 5 fours and 2 sixes. At the end of 10 overs, Punjab Kings scored 99 runs for 1 wicket.
Rilee Rossouw came to bat after that. Prabhsimran Singh was batting similarly aggressively even after the partnership was broken. He was ably supported by Rilee Rossouw. They put on a partnership of 54 runs off 31 balls. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth broke this partnership in the 14th over. He dismissed Prabhsimran Singh and wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen took the catch. He dived forward to take the catch. Prabhsimran Singh scored 71 runs off 45 balls with 7 fours and 4 sixes. At the end of fifteen overs, Punjab Kings scored 159 runs for 2 wickets.
Shashank Singh was run out in the 16th over due to a miscommunication between Rilee Rossouw and Shashank Singh. Rilee Rossouw was dismissed in the 18th over. He was playing brilliantly but could not score a fifty for 1 run. He scored 49 runs in 24 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. Punjab Kings scored 19 runs in the 20th over, in this over Jitesh Sharma hit 2 sixes and 1 four. Jitesh Sharma scored an unbeaten 32 off 15 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. At the end of 20 overs, Punjab Kings scored 214 runs for 5 wickets.
Among the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers, T Natarajan took 2 wickets and Pat Cummins and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth took 1 wicket each.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings:
For Sunrisers Hyderabad two devastating openers – Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma came to open. But in the first ball of the first over, Arshdeep Singh dismissed Travis Head for 0. After that, Rahul Tripathi came to bat. The batting of the Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen did not seem to have any effect even after the dismissal of Travis Head In the first over. Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi batted brilliantly in the powerplay. Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 50 runs in 4 overs.
Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi put on a partnership of 72 runs off 29 balls. Harshal Patel broke this partnership on the last ball of the 5th over. He dismissed Rahul Tripathi. Rahul Tripathi scored 33 runs off 18 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. At the end of 6 overs of power play, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 84 runs for 2 wickets.
Nitish Reddy came to bat after that. Abhishek Sharma was hitting all the extraordinary shots. He hit a boundary to reach to his fifty in the 8th over off just 21 balls. Nitish Reddy also batted well. At the end of 10 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 129 runs for 2 wickets.
Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Reddy put on a partnership of 57 runs off 31 balls. Abhishek Sharma got out on the first ball of the 11th over. He was dismissed by Shashank Singh. Abhishek Sharma scored 66 runs off 28 balls with 5 fours and 6 sixes. Heinrich Klaasen came to bat after that. He also played great in this match. Nitish Reddy and Heinrich Klaasen put on a 23-ball partnership of 47 runs. Harshal Patel dismissed Nitish Reddy in the last ball of the 14th over. Nitish Reddy scored 37 off 25 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes. At the end of 15 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 182 runs for 4 wickets.
After that, Shahbaz Ahmed was dismissed in the 17th over, he was dismissed by Arshdeep Singh. At the end of the 17th over, Sunrisers Hyderabad needed 17 runs off 18 balls to win. Heinrich Klaasen was dismissed on the 2nd ball in the 19th over. He was bowled while scoping through the back of the wicket. He was dismissed by Harpreet Brar. Heinrich Klaasen scored 42 runs off 26 balls. He hit 3 fours and 2 sixes. Abdul Samad and Sanvir Singh remained unbeaten on 11 and 6 runs respectively till the end and Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 215 runs for 6 wickets in 19.1 overs to win the match by 4 wickets.
Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel took 2 wickets each and Harpreet Brar and Shashank Singh took 1 wicket each for Punjab Kings.
The summary of the scorecard of this match is given below.
Scorecard Summary:
| Punjab Kings Innings (214/5 in 20 overs) | Sunrisers Hyderabad Bowling |
| Prabhsimran Singh 71(45) | T Natarajan 33/2 (4 overs) |
| Rilee Rossouw 49 (24) | Pat Cummins 36/1 (4 overs) |
| Atharva Taide 46 (27) | Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 37/1 (4 overs) |
| Jitesh Sharma 32* (15) | |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad Innings (215/6 in 19.1 overs) | Punjab Kings Bowling |
| Abhishek Sharma 66 (28) | Arshdeep Singh 37/2 (4 overs) |
| Heinrich Klaasen 42 (26) | Harshal Patel 49/2 (4 overs) |
| Nitish Reddy 37 (25) | Shashank Singh 5/1 (1 over) |
| Rahul Tripathi 33 (18) | Harpreet Brar 36/1 (3 overs) |
Result:
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 4 wickets.
Player Of The Match:
Abhishek Sharma was the player of the match.
I have uploaded a review of this match on YouTube keeping in mind the Bengali audience and listeners. If you want, you can watch that video. The link is given below.