Brushing apart the first-ball dismissal of the explosive Travis Head, his opening companion Abhishek Sharma showcased an incredible vary of stroke-play to make sure Sunrisers Hyderabad completed off its league engagements within the IPL in fashion with a four-wicket win over Punjab Kings on the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium on Sunday.
Chasing a goal of 215, Sunrisers batting depth got here to the fore as first Rahul Tripathi set the tone earlier than Abhishek served one other reminder of his rising stature as a future India star.
The way in which he stood up and swung Rishi Dhawan and later carted spinner Harpreet Brar for 2 large sixes was actually symbolic of his authority, class and timing in opposition to tempo and spin alike.
HIGHLIGHTS | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings
Nitish Kumar Reddy and Heinrich Klaasen got here up with superbly-paced knocks to assist the group’s trigger on one more good batting strip right here.
Earlier, southpaw Atharva Taide and Prabhsimran Singh ensured a brisk begin for Punjab, placing on 97 in 9.1 overs earlier than the previous slashed a large ball from left-arm pacer T. Natarajan straight to the fielder.
The opening pair batted with nice freedom and the way in which Atharva straight drove Cummins effortlessly was a deal with to observe.
Even Prabhsimran confirmed his class by pulling Cummins to the fence and whipping the identical bowler effortlessly over the square-leg for a six.
The stage was set for the harmful Rilee Rossouw and he got here good with some lusty blows, with a penchant for the pull stroke.
Prabhsimran and Rossouw placed on 54 runs for the second wicket earlier than the previous was snapped up brilliantly by wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen of leggie Vijayakanth Viyaskanth within the fifteenth over.
Punjab misplaced the way in which within the final 5 overs scoring 55 runs and shedding three wickets together with that of Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma.
Captain Jitesh Sharma’s cameo, together with two large sixes off the final two balls of the innings from the costliest bowler, Nitish, propped up the entire.