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In the final league match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Punjab Kings (PBKS) finished their campaign with a comfortable victory against SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH).
Riding on Liam Livingstone‘s blistering unbeaten knock of 49 off 22 deliveries, PBKS chased down the paltry 158-run target in 15.1 overs with five wickets in hand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Apart from Livingstone, Shikhar Dhawan (39 off 32), Shah Rukh Khan (19 off 10), and Jitesh Sharma (19 off 7) chipped in with valuable contributions to help the Kings move to the 6th spot in the IPL 2022 points table, leapfrogging Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) with 14 points from 14 matches.
Earlier, Harpreet Brar‘s magnificent bowling restricted Sunrisers at 157/8 in their allotted 20 overs. The left-arm spinner bagged a three wicket haul while conceding 26 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Pacer Nathan Ellis also picked up꧃ three scalps but ended up giving away 40 runs in 4 overs.
For the Sunrisers, Abhishek Sharma (43 off 32), Washington Sundar (25 off 19), and Romario Shepherd (26 not out🐟) made notable contributions to steer the 2016 ch๊ampions to a respectable total of 157/8.
“As a batting unit, we lost wickets in a cluster. We have been a very positive unit. Lot of it we will discuss now after the IPL. We were here, and we meant business and looked to execute things to the best of our ability,” said PBKS skipper Mayank Agarwal after the match.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
That's that from Match 70 as end their campaign on a winning note. Win by 5 wickets in 15.1 overs.
Scorecard –
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Clinical win for Hope they come back strong🙈er next year🤞
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
…and we sign off in style ❤️
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
For one last time with the lads ❤️🦁
— Liam Livingstone (@liaml4893)
Thank you for an absol🌟utely incredible experience. The past couple of months have been the stuff of dreams❤️. Memories and friendships I will cherish a lifetime. As always, grateful for the love and support from a🌺ll the fans.🥰
— Bhanuka Rajapaksa (@BhanukaRajapak3)
Punjab Kings secure a consolation win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Scorecard:— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
A s🦩hame, Punjab couldn’t make it to the Playoffs this year in spite of having Livingsto🌊ne in such murderous mood
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Liam Livingstone in IPL 2022:
14 matches
437 runs
36.41 average
182.08 strike rate
4 fifties
29 fours
34 sixes
6 wicketsA Livingstone show, the monster.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Punjab Ki💯ngs points after finishing league stage since IPL 2018:
2018 – 12 Points.
2019 – 12 Points.
2020 – 12 Points.
2021 – 12 Points.
2022 – 14 Points.— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
win by five wickets.
160/5 in 15.1 ovs
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers)