In the 14th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), Sunrisers Hyd𒉰erabad (SRH) defeated Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 8 wickets at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Sunday.
Put in to bat, PBKS struggled in their innings and only managed to score 143 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Shikhar Dhawan was the only batter who stood out, smashing an unbeaten 99 runs off 66 balls with 12 fours and 5 sixes. Mayank Markande was the most successful bowler for Sunrisers Hyderabad, taking 4 wickets for 15 runs in his 4 over༺s.
In response, the Sunrisers comfortably chased down the target of 144 runs in just 17.1 overs, with 8 wickets in hand. Batter Rahul Tripathi was the star of the innings, scoring an unbeaten 74 runs off 48 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes. Captain Aiden Markram chipped in with undefeated 37 runs off 21 balls. Arshdeep Singh and Rahul Chahar took 1 wicket each for Punjab Kings.
Hundred partnerships for the third wicket for SRH:
- 140* – Manish Pandey & Vijay Shankar vs RR, Dubai, 2021
- 135 – Kane Williamson & Manish Pandey vs RCB, Bangalore, 2018
- 133* – David Warner & Vijay Shankar vs GL, Kanpur, 2017
- 111 – KL Rahul & David Warner vs MI, Dubai, 2014
- 100 – Rahul Tripathi & Aiden Markram, Hyderabad, today
Here is how Twitter reacted:
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔 𝗪𝗜𝗡!👌 👌
1⃣st victory of the 2023 for as they beat by 8⃣ wꦕickets in Hyderabad ☂👏 👏
Scorecard 👉 |
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
What a day in the ! 💜
Rinku, Venkatesh, Nitish, Shu🐷bman, and now, Rahul Tripathi. The batch 𒐪of 2021! 🥹
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
Captain’s knock ki asli Paribhasha 👏 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Rahul Tripathi putting on a masterclass in relation to jud꧅ging the length on a tricky deck.
He gauged the conditi🍃ons before playing a volley of shots.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
What a knock by Rahul Tripathi.
74* (48) with 10 f🌼ours and 3 sixes. Tremendous innings by Tripathi in the Run Chase, great to see him with r💃uns!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Rahul Tripathi blitz propels SRH to victory!
— betvisa69.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
What an inn jatt ji 👌 class kaptaaan sahb
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Shikhar Dhawan won lots of awards including the player of the match✅ for his terrific 99*.
Dhawan is back.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Rahul Tripathi has 500+ runs with the strik🧜e rate of 15꧟0+ in IPL since 2022.
He 🥃is one of the best batters in IPL in thꦉe last few seasons.
— Tanuj Singh (@ImTanujSingh)
Rahul tripathi smashing
— Karthikeya (@naidu7kartikeya)
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