Delhi: The 27th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Saturday, 12 April. In this match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, Punjab won the toss and decided to bat. Captain Shreyas Iyer’s decision also proved to be correct and the team scored 245 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 6 wickets. However, this target also became small for SRH and he won by 8 runs.
Pbks shift
Priyansh Arya and Prabhasimran Singh started the innings of Punjab in a very fast way. Priyansh scored 36 runs off 13 balls, including 4 fours and 2 sixes. At the same time, Prabhasimran played a brilliant innings of 42 runs in 23 balls. Both of them had brought the team to around 90 in the first 6 overs.
Subsequently, captain Shreyas Iyer again batted in a stormy style. He scored 82 runs in just 36 balls which included 6 fours and 6 sixes. His innings became the biggest reason in taking the team’s score to 240. Apart from this, Nehal Vadhera scored 27 runs and Marcus Stoinis hit 34 not out in 11 balls. In the last over, the team scored a big score of 245 with Stoinis and Jansen’s fast innings.
Talking about the bowling of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Harshal Patel was the most successful bowler, who took 3 important wickets for 42 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Sri Lankan young bowler Ishaan Malinga also impressed in his debut season. He took 2 wickets. Mohammed Shami, Cummins and Ansari did not get any success.
SRH’s innings
Chasing the target of 146 runs, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head made a great start and shared a 171 -run opening in just 12.2 overs. In this match, opener Abhishek Sharma did such a stormy batting that the audience was also surprised to see. He scored 141 runs off just 55 balls, including 14 sixes and 10 fours. It was one of the most explosive innings in IPL history.
Travis Head also scored 66 runs off 37 balls while batting aggressively. Punjab’s bowling flopped completely. Whether it is Yuzvendra Chahal or Arshdeep Singh, all the bowlers were washed away by SRH batsmen. Hyderabad’s run rate did not stop even after the head was dismissed. Heinrich Klassen and Ishan Kishan easily won the team.
Playing XI of both teams
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | Punjab Kings (PBKS) |
|---|---|
| 1. Travis Head | 1. Prabhasimran Singh (wicketkeeper) |
| 2. Abhishek Sharma | 2. Priyansh Arya |
| 3. Ishaan Kishan | 3. Shreyas Iyer (Captain) |
| 4. Nitish Kumar Reddy | 4. Nehal Vadhera |
| 5. Heinrich Klassen (wicketkeeper) | 5. Shashank Singh |
| 6. Aniket Verma | 6. Glenn Maxwell |
| 7. Ishaan Mallings | 7. Marcus Stoinis |
| 8. Pat Cummins (Captain) | 8. Marco Yansen |
| 9. Zeeshan Ansari | 9. Yuzvendra Chahal |
| 10. Harshal Patel | 10. Arshdeep Singh |
| 11. Mohammed Shami | 11. Lockey Ferguson |
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