Dubai: Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab played their 22nd match of the 13th edition of the IPL on Thursday at the Dubai International Stadium. Khalil Ahmed returned to the Hyderabad team while Punjab came down to the field with three changes. Harpreet Brr, Chris Jordan and Sarfaraz Khan were replaced by wicketkeepers Simran Singh, Arshdeep Singh and Mujibur Rahman. However, Punjab could not recover from the defeat. After the partnership of David Warner and Johnny Bairstow, Hyderabad beat Punjab by seven runs due to the bowlers’ maximum. In Hyderabad’s 2017/9 reply, Punjab lost all their wickets for 132 runs in 18.5 overs. Bairstow won the Best Player of the Match award. Hyderabad jumped from sixth to third in the points table with their third win, while Punjab remained unchanged in eighth and last place with their fifth defeat.Kings XI Punjab, who chased down Mayank Agarwal’s run-out 202 in the second over, was a strong shock for Punjab. Then Priyam Garg and captain K9 Rahul returned to the pavilion with a team score of 54. However, Nicholas Puran hoped to score the fastest half-century of the current edition. He scored 24 runs in four overs and one four in one over by spinner Abdul Samad. However, Rajasthan Royals’ Sanju Samson (50 off 18 balls vs. Chennai Super Kings) trailed by 50 runs (2 fours, 4 sixes) from 16 balls. Purn also added six runs for the fourth wicket with Glenn Maxwell. Like May, however, Maxwell was run out. The team was in crisis, losing seven wickets for 104 runs. The only hope was for Punjab to be defeated by Rashid Khan in the 15th over. After losing 6 wickets for 127 runs, Punjab added 4 more runs and lost the remaining 4 wickets.
