What, at one stage, seemed would be a straight-forward contest in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday turned out to end in a nail-biting finish. The Sunrisers Hyderabad, put into bat first against the Punjab Kings, struggled to get to 66/4 in 10 overs.
At that point it seemed like the Kings, playing at home at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in Mullanpur, were well on top and could clinch their third win of the season. But Hyderabad bounced back and managed to put up a competitive total of 182 for 9 in their 20 overs, and managed to hold onto a two-run win with the Kings falling just short on 180/6.
This was the first win away from home for the Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers, and it came in thrilling fashion with the match still open till the penultimate delivery of the game.
Hyderabad started their batting innings slowly, but managed to up the scoring in the second half of the innings, courtesy player of the match Nitish Kumar Reddy first-ever T20 half-century.
Similarly, the Kings had a slow start in the run-chase but cameos from Sam Curran (29 off 22) and Sikandar Raza (28-22) got them back into the match, before Shashank Singh’s 46 off 25 and Ashutosh Sharma’s…
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