Rashid Khan and Khalil Ahmed's sharp bowling after fifties by Johnny Bairstow and David Warner.Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kings XI Punjab by 69 runs and secured third position in point table.Chasing Sunrisers' target of 202, Punjab were reduced to 132 runs.
Punjab, who faced huge scores, did not get the expected start. His first blow came in the form of Mayank Agarwal (9), who scored a century in the tournament. He was run out by Khalil Ahmed at the exact throw of David Warner. After this, Prabhasimran (11), playing his first match, was caught by Priyam Garg off Khalil Ahmed, while captain KL Rahul (11) was caught by Williamson by Abhishek Sharma and the team scored 58 for 3 wickets.
KL Rahul was dismissed, Nicholas Puran took charge of the attack and completed the half-century in just 17 balls, scoring 4 sixes and a four to Abdul Samad, who came in the 9th over. This is the fastest fifty of the season. Samad scored 28 runs in this over. However, on the one hand, where Puran was raining runs, Maxi was also expected, but he was run out on a personal score of just 7 runs.
Mandeep (6) was bowled by Rashid Khan after Maxwell. Puran, who was batting at the other end, was dismissed for 77 from 37 balls. During this, he hit 5 fours and 7 sixes. He was also implicated by the charismatic spinner Rashid Khan in his spin. Mujib ur Rehman (1) wicket to Khaleel Ahmed. After this, no batsman could survive and the entire team was reduced to 132 runs in 16.5 overs. Apart from Rashid Khan for Hyderabad, T. Natarajan and Khalil Ahmed took two wickets each, while one wicket was held by Abhishek Sharma.
Earlier, the half-century between Johnny Bairstow (97) and David Warner (52) and a century partnership between the two led Sunrisers Hyderabad to 201 for 6 against Kings XI Punjab. Bairstow also scored a 97-run partnership for the first wicket with Warner (52) in addition to playing 97 off 55 balls with six sixes and 7 fours. The Sunrisers were brought back in the final five overs by leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi (three wickets for 29 runs) and Arshadip Singh (two wickets for 33 runs) in which the Sunrisers could add only 41 runs.
Sunrisers captain Warner decided to bat first after winning the toss and teamed up with Bairstow to give the team a stormy start. Warner opened the account with two consecutive fours on Sheldon Cottrell while Bairstow also extended his innings with a four over Mujib ur Rehman. Bairstow hit three fours in Cottrell's next over. Bairstow, however, was fortunate on scoring 19 when Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul hit a difficult catch off Mohammed Shami. Warner hit two consecutive fours in the same over.
Rahul turned the ball over to Bishnai in the over in the 16th over, this proved to be the turning point. Bishnoi also lured Bairstow after Warner was caught by Maxwell on the very first ball, scoring only one run in this over. Warner faced 40 balls and hit five fours and a six. Arshdeep caught Manish Pandey (01) off his own ball in the next over, leaving Punjab losing three wickets in seven balls. Bishnoi also sent Abdul Samad (08) to the pavilion while Arshdeep ended Priyam Garg's (00) innings. Sunrisers lost five wickets within 15 runs. Kane Williamson (20 not out) hit a four and a six off Shami's successive balls in the final over which helped the team cross the 200-run mark.
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