Dhawan's knock in vain as Hyderabad post first win

Sunrisers Hyderabad notched up their first win of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season as they beat Punjab Kings by eight wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday night.

Asked to bat, Punjab posted 143 for nine in their 20 overs and in response Hyderabad overhauled the target in 17.1 overs to finish on 145 for two.

Punjab started off poorly as they were reduced to 22 for three. Then a 41 run fourth wicket stand between skipper Shikhar Dhawan and Sam Curran. That revived the innings to some extent. The innings slipped from 63 for three to 78 for eight and then 88 for nine in 15 overs. Then for the final wicket Dhawan added 55 runs for the final wicket with Mohit Rathee. Dhawan remained unbeaten on 99 off 66 balls with 12 boundaries and five sixes. For Hyderabad the best bowlers were Mayank Markande (4-15), Marco Jansen (2-16) and Umran Malik (2-32).

In their response Hyderabad started off cautiously. Mayank Agarwal and Harry Brook fell soon enough. Then there was a 100 run unbroken third wicket stand between Rahul Tripathi and captain Aiden Markram. Tripathi remained unbeaten on 74 off 48 balls with 10 boundaries and three sixes. Skipper Markram remained unbeaten on 37 off 21 balls with six boundaries. Hyderabad overhauled the target in 17.1 overs to finish on 145 for two. 

Match Summary

Punjab Kings: 143-9 (20)
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Prabhsimran Singh-0.1 ov), 2-10 (Matthew Short-1.2 ov), 3-22 (Jitesh Sharma-3.5 ov), 4-63 (Sam Curran, 8.5 ov), 5-69 (Sikandar Raza-9.5 ov), 6-74 (M Shahrukh Khan-10.4 ov), 7-77 (Harpreet Brar-11.2 ov), 8-78 (Rahul Chahar-12.5 ov), 9-88 (Nathan Ellis-14.6 ov)

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 145-2 (17.1)
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Harry Brook-3.5 ov), 2-45 (Mayank Agarwal-8.3 ov)

Playing XIs

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Prabhsimran Singh (wicket-keeper), Matthew Short, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Mohit Rathee, Arshdeep Singh; Subs: Abdul Samad, Mayank Dagar, Upendra Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Akeal Hosein

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (captain), Heinrich Klaasen (wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan; Subs: Sikandar Raza, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Rishi Dhawan, Atharva Taide

Match Details
Toss: Sunrisers Hyderabad, elected to field
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Start time: 1400 hrs GMT
Match officials: Bruce Oxenford, Ulhas Gandhe (On-field Umpires); Jayaraman Madanagopal (TV Umpire); Pranav Joshi (Reserve Umpire); Manu Nayyar (Match-referee)

Picked beautifully and launched out of the ground ??@SunRisers fans, what do you make of Rahul Tripathi's confidence with the bat tonight? ??

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