Sunrisers Hyderabad's account finally opened in IPL 2023 (IPL 2023). The team captained by Aiden Markram defeated the Punjab Kings (SRH v PBKS) at their home. Hyderabad bowlers bowled brilliantly in this match. Later, Rahul Tripathi showed his strength in batting. This is the first defeat of the Punjab Kings in the current season while Hyderabad has got its first win. Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan's unbeaten 99-run innings went in vain. Spinner Mayank Markande also played an important role in Hyderabad's victory, who took a total of 4 wickets in the match.
Punjab Kings had set a target of 144 runs in front of Sunrisers Hyderabad, which Aiden Markram's team scored 145 runs for 2 wickets in 17.1 overs. Rahul Tripathi scored 74 not out. Tripathi hit 10 fours and 3 sixes in 48 balls. Captain Aiden Markram returned unbeaten after scoring 37 runs off 21 balls. Mayank Agarwal got out after scoring 21 runs.
Shikhar Dhawan played an unbeaten inning of 99 runs
Earlier, captain Shikhar Dhawan played an unbeaten inning of 99 runs despite not getting support from the other end, which helped Punjab Kings to score a respectable score of 143 for 9 wickets even after the deadly bowling of leg-spinner Mayank Markande. Dhawan kept one end in check from start to finish. He played 66 balls in his innings and hit 12 fours and five sixes.
Mayank Markande took 4 wickets
Markande took 4 wickets for 15 runs from the Sunrisers. Apart from them, Marco Janson and Umran Malik took two wickets each. Sunrisers, who won the toss and decided to field first, got off to a great start by taking wickets in the first two overs of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Janson.
