The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) team is having a great run in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). They have been successful in winning five out of their seven games in the tournament and are currently placed in the second position on the points table. They managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat against the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and are brimming with confidence.
In the last game against at home, the visiting bowlers dictated terms to the SRH batsmen as Ankit Rajpoot nipped out the prized scalps of Kane Williamson and Shikhar Dhawan and registered a 5-wicket haul in the game as well which brought the home team under pressure. Thereafter, Shakib Al Hasan and Manish Pandey churned out a half-century partnership, which threatened to take the game away from Ravichandran Ashwin and his team.
However, the Punjab bowlers held their nerves and restricted the hosts to an under-par score. During their run chase, Chris Gayle and KL Rahul, yet again, blazed away as the Sunrisers stared down the barrel for their third defeat.
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Rashid Khan gave the breakthrough to the SRH squad when he bowled a classical delivery which ripped past the outside edge of Rahul and cannoned into the stumps. In the addition of the suffering To the agony of the Sunrisers, Chris Gayle was nipped out by Basil Thampi, which brought the hosts back into the game. The remaining Punjab batting collapsed as the Sunrisers kept bamboozling one after the another.
The Orange Army eventually registered yet another comprehensive win. Following the win, the team celebrated the same with a cake-party and Manish Pandey getting a cake facial and he team has been seen jubilated. In the video, Zoravar, Dhawan’s son smears cake on Pandey’s head. He is also seen wearing the Sunrisers helmet.
Here’s the post by Manish Pandey:
