Hyderabad's first win, Punjab lost the first match of the season

PBKS vs SRH: Sunrisers Hyderabad, playing with the new captain, have won the first win in IPL-2023. The team defeated Punjab Kings by 8 wickets. The hosts won the toss and decided to field first at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Batting first, Punjab scored 143 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Hyderabad achieved the target for 2 wickets in 17.1 overs.

Rahul's 74 runs over Dhawan's innings

Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan scored 99 not out in 66 balls to take Punjab to a score of 143, but Rahul Tripathi scored 74 runs in 48 balls to win his team.

This is how the wickets of Hyderabad fell.

First: Arshdeep bowled Harry Brook on the 5th ball of the fourth over.

Second: On the third ball of the 9th over, Rahul Chahar got Mayank Agarwal caught by Sack Karen.

Hyderabadis were slow in powerplay

Chasing 144 runs, the Hyderabadi batsmen got off to a slow start. The team lost the wicket of Harry Brook in scoring 34 runs in the first 6 overs. He was bowled by Arshdeep Singh.

Dhawan remained not out on 99 runs, scored 49th half-century, Punjab 143/9

The hosts won the toss and decided to field first at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Batting first after losing the toss, Punjab scored 143 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs.

Shikhar Dhawan scored the 49th half-century of his career. He missed out on scoring the third century of his career. Dhawan remained not out on 99 runs.

Dhawan the fourth batsman to remain unbeaten on 99

Dhawan is the fourth batsman to remain unbeaten on 99 runs. Before him, Suresh Raina had scored centuries against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013, Chris Gayle against Bengaluru in 2019, Mayank Agarwal against Delhi in 2021. Apart from these, Virat Kohli against Delhi in 2013, Pathvi Shaw against Kolkata in 2019, Ishan Kishan against Bengaluru in 2020, Chris Gayle against Rajasthan in 2020 and Rituraj Gaikwad against Hyderabad in 2022 were dismissed for 99 runs.

Bad start for Punjab in Powerplay

Electing to bowl first after winning the toss, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Marco Jansen got the SRH team off to a great start. Both took wickets in the first over of their spell. Matthew Short scored one run, while Prabhsimran Singh could not even open his account.

In the fourth over of the innings, Yansen bowled a wicket maiden, in this over he got Jitesh Sharma caught out. The team lost 3 wickets in scoring 41 runs in 6 overs.

Punjab's wickets fell like this...

First: The first ball of the match, Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a good length on the middle stump. Prabhsimran Singh is out LBW.

Second: Second ball of the second over, Marco Jansen bowled a fuller length, Mathew Short got LBW on a personal score of one run.

Third: Marco Jansen, the fifth ball of the fourth over, bowled a good length on the off stump. Jitesh Sharma punches but is caught at mid off. He scored 4 runs.

Fourth: Fifth ball of the 9th over, Mayank Markande bowled a fuller length on the off stump. Sam Karan was caught out at short third man. He scored 22 runs on 15 balls.

Fifth: The fifth ball of the 10th over was bowled by Umran Malik short of length. Sikandar Raza plays an upper cut but is caught at third man. He scored 5 runs.

Sixth: Shahrukh Khan was LBW by Mayank Markande on the fourth ball of the 11th over.

Seventh: Umran Malik was bowled by Harpreet Brar on the second ball of the 12th over.

Eighth: On the 5th ball of the 13th over, Markande made Rahul Chahar LBW.

Ninth: Mayank Markande bowled Nathan Ellis on the last ball of the 15th over. Alice could not even open an account.

Hyderabad fed 3 South Africans

Hyderabad captain Aiden Markram made 3 changes in the team. Mayank Markande in place of Adil Rashid, Heinrich Klaasen in place of Anmolpreet Singh and Marco Janssen in place of Fazalhaq Farooqi. In this way, 3 South African players are playing in the team as Jansen, Klaasen and Markram. The fourth foreigner is Harry Brook. Abdul Samad will join as an impact player.

Matthew Short made his debut from Punjab

Punjab made 2 changes in their team. Australian Matthew Short made his debut for Punjab Kings. He replaced Bhanuka Rajapaksa. Whereas Mohit Rathi replaced Sikandar Raza. Kagiso Rabada could be the impact player in the second innings.

See the playing-11 of both the teams...

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen (Wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik and Thangarasu Natarajan.

Impact Players: Abdul Samad, Anmolpreet Singh, Adil Rashid, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Dagar.

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Mohit Rathi, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Karan, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh.

Impact Players: Sikandar Raza, Kagiso Rabada, Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Tayde.