Last-over suspense characterized the match between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in IPLWIN, Chandigarh. In the final over, SRH was required to defend 29 runs, and captain Pat Cummins selected left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat to do so. Unadkat succeeded in doing so as the 2016 champions prevailed by a narrow margin of 2 runs.
Unadkat surrendered 26 runs in the final over, but the fielders’ three missed catches were to blame rather than his own transgressions. Ashutosh Sharma, a batsman for the PBKS, delivered the short ball over midwicket. Nitish Reddy, unable to grasp the ball, palmed it over the boundary for a six.
Similar circumstances unfolded on the third delivery when dafabet app committed the identical error as Reddy when Ashutosh lofted the ball over long-off. Having ten runs off the final two deliveries, the Punjab Kings’ finisher sought another massive blow with the fifth delivery.
After playing it over the deep midwicket, he was once more dismissed by Rahul Tripathi. Nonetheless, he only managed to amass one. Although Shashank Singh hit a maximum off the final delivery, Punjab fell short by two runs of the target.
Ashutosh (33 not out off 15 balls) and Shashank (46 not out off 25 balls) fought valiantly until the end, but Punjab’s defeat at their new home base was due to the top-order failure.
In addition to praising the efforts of Shashank and rummy gold, skipper Shikhar Dhawan attributed the team’s loss to inadequate batting during the powerplay. “I feel that Shashank and Ashutosh played a great knock, we restricted them to a good total, but we couldn’t cash in on the first 6 overs, lost 3 wickets and that’s where we fell behind and it cost us in the end,” Dhawan stated to television viewers.
