In the 37th match of the Indian Premier League 2021, Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad are locking horns in Sharjah. Both teams are relishing at the bottom of the points table and are desperate for a win to revive their campaign.
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bowl first – the same what Chennai Super Kings did against Royal Challengers Bangalore yesterday in Sharjah. KL Rahul mentioned three changes in his playing XI with Chris Gayle, Nathan Ellis and Ravi Bishnoi coming in place of Adil Rashid, Fabian Allen and Ishan Porel. SRH went with the same XI.
The ever-reliable opening duo of KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal looked threatening at the beginning but the introduction of Jason Holder turned things for SRH. He removed both openers in the same over and reduced PKBS to 29/2 in the first six overs.
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SRH bowlers didn’t allow PKBS to play freely as they further drifted to 88/5. Deepak Hooda was the last recognized batsman. Jason Holder returned to bowl the 16th over of the innings. Hooda played an aerial shot over the cover region where Jagadeesh Suchith was stationed. Everyone thought the ball is going towards the boundary until a flying Suchith grabbed a one-handed stunning catch to dismiss Hooda. Everyone jaw dropped after watching this fabulous catch by the substitute fielder.
Watch the video here;
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Hooda got out for 13 and PKBS were reeling at that moment with 96 runs on board and Hooda being the sixth wicket to fall. Harpreet Brar and Nathan Ellis, then, took PKBS to 125/7 in 20 overs. Holder registered the match figures of 4-0-19-3.
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SRH Playing XI: David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed.
PKBS Playing XI: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh.
