Nicholas Puran was unbeaten on 35 off 30 balls. Rahul Tripathi (34) and Abhishek Sharma (31) were the other notable contributors. This is Hyderabad’s fourth win in a row.
Hyderabad star pacer Umran Malik, who had earlier taken four wickets, told the story of the Punjab team. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took three wickets. Liam Livingston was Punjab’s top scorer with 60 off 33 balls.
In reply, skipper Kane Williamson was the only batsman to disappoint in the Hyderabad line-up. Williamson, who scored three runs, was handed over to Kagiso Rabada and Shikhar Dhawan. Later, Abhishek and Tripathi put on a 48-run stand at the crease. Though Rahul Chahar dismissed Tripathi and Abhishek, the Markram-Puran duo completed the target.
In the Punjab line-up, no one except Livingston has been able to put up a big performance. Shikhar Dhawan (8), Prabhsimran Singh (14), Johnny Bairstow (12), Jitesh Sharma (11), Shah Rukh Khan (26), Odeon Smith (13), Rahul Chahar (0), Vaibhav Arora (0) and Arshdeep Singh The other players’ scores are (0).
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