Sunrisers Hyderabad remembered this year’s IPL for their batting rampage. The batters of the team are burning in the same way today and Sunday. They also made Punjab Kings’ huge target of 214 runs trivial. After losing by 4 wickets with 5 balls in hand, they have climbed to the 2nd place in the IPL points table.

After winning the toss and batting at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, Punjab Kings collected 214 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. In reply, the devastating batsman Travis Head was dismissed for zero runs, but Hyderabad passed the target of 214 runs thrown by Punjab in 19.5 overs.

Punjab’s departure was already confirmed. Today was the last match of the league phase for both Hyderabad and Punjab teams. For Punjab, it was a regulation match, while for Hyderabad, the match was a place decider.

Pat Cummins’ team climbed to second place after defeating Punjab. At the end of 14 matches, their points are 17. KKR is at the top with 19 points in 13 matches. Rajasthan dropped to third with 16 points in 13 matches. If Rajasthan wins the last match, they will move up to the 2nd position.

After winning the toss, the early batsmen batted very well for Punjab Kings. Atharva Tide scored 46 runs off 27 balls. Prabashiram Singh scored 71 runs off 45 balls. Riley Russo scored 49 runs off 24 balls. Jitesh Sharma remained unbeaten on 32 runs off 15 balls. In the end, Punjab lost 5 wickets and collected 214 runs.

In response, Travis Head was dismissed for a golden duck. He was bowled by Arshdeep Singh. But another devastating opener Abhishek Sharma shined with the bat. He played an innings of 66 runs off 28 balls. He hit 5 boundaries and 6 sixes.

Rahul Tripathi scored 33 runs off 18 balls. Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 37 runs off 25 balls. Henrik Klaasen scored 42 runs off 26 balls. Abdul Samad scored 11 runs off 8 balls.