Live report - PBKS vs SRH - Arshdeep Singh takes four to check SRH

23 days ago

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PBKS need 152 runs in 82 balls.

Current RR: 4.89

• Required RR: 11.12

• Last 5 ov (RR): 29/3 (5.80)

Win Probability:PBKS

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1s ago

Dhawan dropped, but stumped!

SRH had the wicketkeeper Klaasen come up to the stumps to Bhuvneshwar after the first ball of the fifth over. Reddy, the man at slip, stayed back at a deepish position. Dhawan went driving at this length ball angling across, and got an outside edge, only for Reddy to put down a sitter, and the ball running away for four to deep third.

Two balls later, Dhawan decides to take a risk. He skips down with the keeper up, and Bhuvneshwar pulls his length back to go on the shorter side. The ball moves away and ends around sixth stump, as Dhawan looks to drive but misses. Klaasen stumps the PBKS captain. SRH's third wicket in the powerplay.

18m ago

Cummins vs Bairstow

A bit of an Ashes rivalry at the IPL. Cummins sets up Bairstow. He bowls back of a length, and a bit wide of off on the third ball of the second over. Bairstow flashes away from his body, and is beaten.

Next ball, Cummins goes on the slightly shorter side of a length bang on off, and Bairstow misses his attempted pull to be cleaned up by that 141kph ball. Before today, Cummins had already got Bairstow twice in three innings in the IPL.

Meanwhile, that wicket has prompted PBKS to bring in Prabhsimran Singh as Impact Sub, as they replace Arshdeep. But Prabhsimran lasts all of six balls, which included a swat over mid-on for four. Bhuvneshwar then ends the third over by having the batter balloon a leading edge to point, where Reddy turns around and nabs the ball.

37m ago

What do you think?

Will PBKS chase down 183?

160 votes

Yes, their batting is strong enough, and the pitch hasn't looked tricky

No, SRH have Cummins, Bhuvi and co to check PBKS

42m ago

Catch dropped, and SRH get to 182

"Nooooo!", screams Sam Curran behind his covered face, as SRH's No. 11 Jaydev Unadkat has a heave at a length ball, and Harshal Patel at long-on drops it. What's more, the ball pops out of his hands, and lands outside the field of play.

But is 182 enough? Arshdeep, at the innings break, says there was a bit of movement initially, before some dew came into play. But the pitch looks flat and nice for scoring. In the only IPL match at Mullanpur earlier this season, PBKS chased down 175 against DC.

57m ago

Arshdeep checks SRH

Two wickets in an over for Arshdeep just when SRH seemed set for a massive total. He went far and wide outside off to Abdul Samad, who ended up flashing to deep point. Then came some luck. Seeing Reddy was sitting deep in the crease, Arshdeep angled one across but it turned out to be a full toss slightly wide of off. Never mind, Reddy still found long-off.

Before tonight, Arshdeep had only one wicket in 20 balls in the death overs this season. His economy rate was 11.70. And tonight, the 17th over goes for only six runs and gives him two wickets. This could be the reason for his confidence:

Reverse sweep for four, and a hoick over wide long-on for six. That is how Reddy starts the 15th over, which is bowled by Harpreet Brar. That first six takes him to fifty, and at 20 years and 319 days, makes him the second-youngest batter to score a fifty for SRH in the IPL, after Priyam Garg did it aged 19 years and 307 days in 2020.

Reddy is dropped next ball by Shashank at deep midwicket, and the ball after that flies over long-off. SRH picking up pace.

1h ago

Where will SRH finish?

175 The score which ESPNcricinfo's forecaster thinks SRH will get to after 20 overs. They are 111 for 5 after 14, with Reddy in flow, Samad off in a hurry, and Shahbaz still to come.

Nitish Kumar Reddy is only 20 years old, and had played just eight T20s before today. In his one and only game this IPL season, he hit Ravindra Jadeja for a four, and finished off the chase against CSK with a six. Today, he is the only SRH batter standing. From 14 off 18 balls at one stage, he has motored away to 40 from 28 so far (no jinx intended!).

Out of three sixes until now, one each have come off Rabada and Curran. Rabada was pulled over long leg, and Curran clubbed over deep square.

1h ago

Harshal has Tripathi

PBKS had failed to review when Head had edged behind off the first ball of the day. But not this time. Harshal banged in a bouncer outside off, which lifted close to Tripathi's head. The latter went ramping, and a late review from Dhawan showed a faint edge. Decision Redemption System!

1h ago

Arshdeep's far better IPL

Our statsman Sampath pokes me: Arshdeep Singh had a forgettable IPL 2023, where he conceded at 10.31 runs per over across the 22 overs in the powerplay, with only six wickets. It is the worst economy recorded by any bowler during the powerplay in an IPL season for a minimum of 15 overs.

He has made a steady start this year, with four wickets in the ten powerplay overs bowled. Only Trent Boult (5) has taken more powerplay wickets than him this season so far. Arshdeep's economy rate this year in the powerplay is 7.50, the third-best among the 11 bowlers to have bowled 50-plus balls.

1h ago

SRH's worst powerplay

40 Runs scored by SRH in the powerplay is the lowest by them this season. Before this, the least they had got was 56, which came against GT. The three wickets lost are also the most, as they had never lost more than wicket in the first six overs earlier in the season.

1h ago

SRH use Impact Sub already

Positioned at cover-point, Shashank Singh goes low to pouch Abhishek Sharma. The ball was dying on to the fielder, who took it just above the ground. After cracking a glorious six over cover, and chipping over mid-on for four, Abhishek backed away and slashed at Sam Curran's short-of-a-length ball outside off. But beaten by the slower ball, Abhishek ends up mistiming it.

As a result, SRH bring in Rahul Tripathi as Impact Sub for Travis Head. The IPL never fails to surprise. We are into unfamiliar territory in Mullanpur - literally!

He had four wickets in as many games so far this season. Two of them had come in the powerplay. Tonight he has doubled that powerplay number already.

But Arshdeep needed some help from his captain Shikhar Dhawan to get Head, inviting the slap-the-thigh celebration from Dhawan. Standing at mid-off, he turned 180 degrees to his right and back-pedalled. The ball, sent high into the night by Head, dropped close to Dhawan's right shoulder. The PBKS captain did well to keep his eye on the ball all along, and gobble it. Head gone after slamming four fours in his innings of 21.

Two balls later, Aiden Markram tickles one to the keeper. His first ball was swinging away, as he pushed to cover. Next delivery, Arshdeep pulled his length back, and angled it across. Markram ended up edging behind. SRH, for a change, seem to be jolted early.

2h ago

Head gone - almost!

This is the first over of the day. The first ball from Rabada to Head, on a length, shapes in and beats Head, who closes his bat face. No one other than wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma reacts.

The second ball stays low. The third one is flung high over slip. Next delivery, Head looks clueless after one zips through to go past his bat. And it is just after that ball that some salt is rubbed into PBKS' wounds. Replays show there was a little nick on the first ball. So Head was gone had PBKS reviewed.

182 SRH batters' strike rate in the powerplay this season

That is the highest among all sides so far in IPL 2024. Their run rate of 11.67 during that phase is also the most. Never in doubt that Head and Abhishek have drilled a lot of fear into bowling line-ups.

PBKS' new-ball bowler Kagiso Rabada has been expensive too. Bowling in the first innings in the last two years, his economy rate has been 9.6.

PBKS bowl first. A mini-roar from the crowd, and a screeching noise from the mic blur Dhawan's voice. He says Livingstone "is still recovering".

Cummins would have bowled first too (does it really matter to his batters?!).

Slightly skewed square boundaries tonight: 63m to one side, and 70m to the other. 72m hit straight down the ground, with the shortest and longest pocket being 56m and 75m, respectively.

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh Impact Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Nathan Ellis, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rahul Chahar and Rishi Dhawan

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins (capt), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Jaydev Unadkat Impact Subs: Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips and Rahul Tripathi

Whatever they touch, turns to six. SRH batters have HA(c)Ked - Head, Abhishek and Klassen'ed - their way to one six after another. PBKS' Bairstow, Curran and co, on other other hand, haven't quite Bazballed yet in terms of runs. Until they found this man. Here's one Shashank presenting the other's redemption: from toiling on Mumbai's maidans to turning heads at the IPL. Both SRH and PBKS are stuck in a mid-table traffic jam - and they will gleefully pocket two points before it gets too late.

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