PBKS vs SRH – IPL Report: Sunrisers bag 4 in 4

PBKS vs SRH – Match 28 – IPL 2022 Report: Sunrisers Hyderabad charged themselves to their fourth straight win in the 2022 edition of Indian Premier League.

Liam Livingstone waged a lone battle for Punjab Kings who were put to bat first by Kane Williamson. SRH pacers kept picking wickets at regular interavls as they reduced PBKS to 61-4 including a wicket to spinner Jagadeesha Suchith – that of former SRH batsman Jonny Bairstow.

Liam Livingstone and Shahrukh put on a 71-run stand for the fifth wicket. Livingstone was absolutely brutal in his approach as he smashed yet another quickfire fifty in the tournament. Shahrukh Khan departed after scoring 26 runs at a strike rate of 92.86. Odean Smith struggled to put bat on ball except for one six off Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Bhuvi picked the big wicket of Livingstone in the last ball of his bowling spell.

Umran Malik bowled a maiden in the final over of PBKS innings and picked three wickets to his name excluding a last ball run out. Punjab were bowled out for 151 runs from 132-4 in 16 overs. Last Over: 0 W 0 W W W

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s usual suspects Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran finished the proceedings for the team with 7 balls remaining.

Toss: Kane Williamson (SRH) won the toss and elect to bowl

Playing XIs:

Punjab Kings:

Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Umran Malik, T Natarajan

Venue: Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

PBKS vs SRH – IPL 2022 – Match Summary

PBKS 151 all out in 20 overs

Prabhsimran Singh 14 (11) – 2 fours

Jonny Bairstow 12 (10) – 2 fours

Liam Livingstone 60 (33) – 5 fours & 4 sixes

Shahrukh Khan 26 (28) – 1 four & 2 sixes

Odean Smith 13 (15) – 1 six

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-22-33

T Natarajan 4-0-38-1

Jagadeesha Suchith 4-0-28-1

Umran Malik 4-1-28-4

SRH 152-3 in 18.5 overs

Abhishek Sharma 31 (25) – 3 fours & 1 six

Rahul Tripathi 34 (22) – 4 fours & 1 six

Aiden Markram 41*(27) – 4 fours & 1 six

Nicholas Pooran 35*(30) – 1 four & 1 six

Result: SRH won by 7 wickets

Player of the Match: Umran Malik

POINTS TABLE:

SRH – 8 points – 4th spot

PBKS – 6 points – 7th spot