Achi news desk-
SunRisers Hyderabad Jaydev Unadkat was mercilessly targeted by Punjab Kings batsmen Ashutosh Sharma and Shank Singh in the final round of the IPL 2024 clash between the two teams at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Tuesday, April 9.
SunRisers Hyderabad registered their third win of the season with a narrow two-run win against Punjab Kings. After posting a total of 182/9, thanks to some amazing batting by debutant Nitish Reddy, SRH managed to restrict PBKS to 180/6. Ashutosh Sharma played a valiant knock of 46 off 25 balls while his batting partner Shashank Singh scored an unbeaten 33 off 15 balls.
However, Ashutosh and Sheshank gave SunRisers Hyderabad a real scare at the end of the game. Skipper Pat Cummins brought Jadev Unadkat into the attack as PBKS required 29 runs from 6 balls to win the match. But, Unadkat conceded 26 runs in ending the PBKS’s chase.
Unadkat was smashed for six by Ashutosh Sharma, thanks to Nitish Reddy’s error in dropping a catch near the boundary line. The SRH pacer took two wides in the next two deliveries before the ball was bowled over the ropes after Abdul Samad miscued the catch.
In the third and fourth deliveries, Jaydev Unadkat gave just two runs each, after which he bowled the third wide of his last over. In the fifth ball, Rahul Tripathi dropped an easy catch offered by Ashutosh at deep mid-wicket. With nine runs off one ball needed to win, Shashank Singh smashed a six against Unadkat to hand SRH a run of just two wins.
Punjab Kings were 154/6 in 19 overs and the carnage of Ashutosh Sharma and Shashank Singh took the visitors to 180/6 in 20 overs.
