In a thrilling match of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Punjab Kings by 2 runs. Punjab needed 29 runs in the last over, the team could score only 26 runs and lost the close match. Punjab's start in Mohali on Tuesday was the major reason for this defeat, the team made the lowest score of the season in the powerplay. Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan was stumped for the record 8th time. Whereas SRH's Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled his 13th maiden over in the league. SRH also registered their smallest win in terms of runs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Abhishek Sharma scored 16 runs on 11 balls against Punjab. With this he also completed 1000 runs in IPL for SRH. He became only the third Indian to score more than a thousand runs for Hyderabad, before him only Manish Pandey and Shikhar Dhawan could do so. Including foreign players, he became the 7th player to score 1000 runs for SRH.
| Sr No. | Player | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shikhar Dhawan | 2518 |
| 2 | Manish Pandey | 1345 |
| 3 | Abhishek Sharma | 1007 |
Batting in the second innings, Punjab Kings scored 27 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in the first 6 overs. This was the smallest powerplay score of any team in the 17th season of IPL. Earlier, Rajasthan team had scored 31 runs against Delhi in Jaipur.
| Score | Team | Against |
|---|---|---|
| 27/3 | PBKS | SRH |
| 31/2 | RR | DC |
| 32/2 | CSK | DC |
| 40/3 | SRH | PBKS |
| 40/1 | PBKS | RCB |
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Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan was out after scoring 14 runs in 16 balls. He was stumped by Heinrich Klaasen on the ball of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Dhawan was stumped for a record 8th time in IPL. In this matter he equaled Suresh Raina and Robin Uthappa. Both these batsmen have also been stumped only 8 times in IPL.
| Player | Team | Match | Stumping |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shikhar Dhawan | PBKS | 222 | 8 |
| Robin Uthappa | CSK | 205 | 8 |
| Suresh Raina | CSK | 205 | 8 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled the 13th maiden over of IPL. He reached second place in terms of most maiden overs in the history of the tournament. Now ahead of him is only Praveen Kumar who has 14 maiden overs in his name. Trent Boult is at third place with 11 maidens.
| Player | Team | Maiden Overs |
|---|---|---|
| Praveen Kumar | Gujarat Lions | 14 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | SRH | 13 |
| Trent Boult | RR | 11 |
| Irfan Pathan | CSK | 10 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad won for the first time in IPL by a margin of 2 runs. This is the team's smallest win by margin of runs. Earlier in 2022, the team had defeated Mumbai Indians by 3 runs. However, in the first match of the season, SRH had to face a close defeat against KKR by a margin of 4 runs.
| Margin of Runs | Against | When |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Run | PBKS | 2024 |
| 3 Run | MI | 2022 |
| 4 Run | DC | 2014 |
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