In the 14th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Punjab King🐲s (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 overs.
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 20ꦓ23 for as they beat by 8⃣ wickets in Hyderabad 👏 👏
Scorecard 👉 |
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
What a day in the ! 💜
Rinku, Venkatesh, Nitish,𓃲 Shubman, and now, Rahul Tripathi. The batch of 2꧑021! 🥹
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
Captain’s knock ki asli Paribhasha 👏 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Rahul Tripathi putting on🌌 a masterclass in relation to judging t✤he length on a tricky deck.
He gauged the co❀nditions before playing a volley of shots.
— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12)
What a knock by Rahul Tripathi.
74* (48) with 1෴0 fours and 3 sixes. Tremendous innings bওy Tripathi in the Run Chase, great to see him with runs!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Rahul Tripathi blitz propels SRH to victory!
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
What an inn jatt ji 👌 class kaptaaan sahb
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh)
Shikhar Dhawan won lots of aw🤡ards including the player of the match for his terrific 99*.
Dhawan is back.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Rahul Tripathi has🦩 500+ runs wit👍h the strike rate of 150+ in IPL since 2022.
He is one of the best ba෴tters in IPL in the last few seasons.
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh)
Rahul tripathi smashing
— Karthikeya (@naidu7kartikeya)
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