IPL 2024 PBKS vs SRH Highlights: Sunrisers survive crazy finish, win by 2 runs as Ashutosh, Shashank bring Punjab close

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Two teams got off to awful starts in their innings and then they were propped up to totals they had seemingly no chance of reaching thanks to lesser known names. The big stars may draw the big bucks in the IPL auction but it is these lesser known names that have really been doing the job, especially in the case of the Kings who are currently dealing with a practically non-existent opening partnership. The whole game came to a crescendo in an extraordinary final over where there was some rank poor catching, some rank poor bowling and some glorious drama thanks to all of it. The protagonists in that were the batter Ashutosh, bowler Unadkat, dropper No.1 Redddy, dropped No.2 Samad and dropper No.3 Tripathi. All four of them regulars in the domestic circuit and never or rarely scene in international cricket. That, right there, is the IPL.

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: "For me it's like a big contribution for my team and myself. I have been telling myself that I should believe in myself. Seamers were bowling really well, I didn't want to take on them. I knew that the spinners would come and I wanted to attack them, I just did that. The whole tournament, they are bowling slow bouncers and it's really working. I also used the dimensions. I just want to continue to perform for my team."

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: “Was a great game of cricket, they bowled really well at the start, we did well to get to 180. Got too close. Always tried to be positive. They bowled exceptionally with the new ball. With 150, you are going to lose nine out of ten times. We were pretty happy with 180. Conditions maybe (on taking the new ball). Bhuvi and I tried to take a couple of wickets with the new ball. (On Nitish) He was awesome, fantastic in the field, bowled three overs.”

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: “I feel that Shashank and Ashutosh played a great knock, we restricted them to a good total, but we couldn't cash in on the first 6 overs, lost 3 wickets and that's where we fell behind and it cost us in the end. When the wicket wasn't offering a lot of bounce, every individual will have to look back and change their approach. We dropped a catch off the last ball, we could have kept them down by 10-15 runs, but batting let us down. It's great to see youngsters chipping in with such consistency (on Shashank and Ashutosh). There was always hope that they could finish the game, but we got so close and that'll give us confidence going into the future games, but we'll have to do better going ahead.”

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: An utterly mad finish to the match. Tripathi drops a straightforward catch off the second last ball to give Ashutosh yet another life but then that resulted in PBKS needing 8 to win off the last ball. Ashutosh hits it into the stands back over the bowler's head anyhow. That means that Punjab Kings finish on 180/6. There were three wides and three dropped catches in that utterly crazy last over. Kudos to Ashutosh and Shashank, they helped PBKS come close in a match where they were seemingly dead and buried once again but this time, getting them over the line was impossible. Ashutosh finishes on 33 off 15, Shashank on 46 off 25. Their stands finishes unbeaten on 66 off 27 balls.

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Ashutosh on strike, he gets six off the first ball but that is only because Nitish has palmed the shot over the boundary! Then Unadkat bowls two consecutive wides and then the fielder at long off palms the next shot over the boundary! Two dropped catches, two wides, are SRH losing the plot here? 

PBKS need 15 to win from the last four!

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Natarajan gives just 10 in the 19th, is this job done for SRH is there more in this match. Jaydev Unadkat bowling the 20th. What a stand this is from Shashank and Ashutosh.

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 154/6 in 19 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: It couldn't possibly happen for a second match in a row but at the moment, it is. PBKS need 39 to win off the last 12. Ashutosh with back to back fours off the second and third balls.

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 144/6 in 18 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Is it on? Is another Shashank-Ashutosh comeback on for PBKS? Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowling the 17th, Shashank hits two back to back boundaries off the first two balls of the over. A couple of singles and then another four from Shashank off the fifth ball. Then Bhuvi bowls two wides and then a single, which effectively makes it three off the last ball. Shashank is on 33 off 19, Ashutosh on two off three, PBKS need 50 to win off 18. Pat Cummins to bowl the 18th over.

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 133/6 in 17 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Nitish gets a wicket! Jitesh smashes a six off the second ball but then holes out at fine leg off the next. PBKS need 69 off 27 now.

Jitesh c Abhishek b Reddy 19 (11)

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 114/6 in 15.3 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: And Punjab Kings need a big over pronto. They need 78 to win off the last 30 balls. Three singles off the first three balls of the 15th with both Shashank and Nitish just not able to get the ball to the boundary. Then Jitesh finally sends the fourth over extra cover and sends it to the boundary. A single off the last ball and that makes it 8 runs off the over. Jitesh on 11 off eight, Shashank on 18 off 13.

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 105/5 in 15 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Goes for a ramp shot first ball after the time out and he ends up hitting it right back to the wicketkeeper. 

Raza c Klaasen b Unadkat 28 (22) 

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 91/5 in 13.1 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: A slight spike in the run rate now thanks to Raza and Shashank but not enough to put the Punjab hearts at ease. Shahbaz Ahmed bowls the first over of spin and Raza smashes the fourth delivery over deep square leg for a six. Four more singles in that over apart from that. Raza is on 26 off 17, Shashank on 10 in eight. PBKS need 99 to win from 48 balls.

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 84/4 in 12 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Right here is the hero of the last couple of matches for PBKS Shashank Singh and it looks like he may have to put up another biggie to pull them out. Can he do it? 

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 74/4 in 11 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Natarajan returns from injury and gets a wicket off the first ball and a sensational bit of field placement and catching from Cummins. Curran tries to pull but it comes to him quicker than he expected, it looked like it was beyond Cummins's reach at mid off but the SRH captain leaps, takes it with one hand outstretched above his head, runs a few paces in an attempt to gain some balance upon landing, falls down and keeps it in his hands. Curran's mini-fightback ends.

Curran c Cummins b Natarajan 29 (22)

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 58/4 in 9.1 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Sam Curran playing quite a hand here. Two singles in the first four balls of the 9th over by Nitish, then Curran sends the fifth one over third man. A single off the next ball and Curran will remain on strike for which Natarajan comes in.

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 58/3 in 9 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Almost as many runs in this one over as there was in the first three for PBKS. Nitish Reddy takes the ball in his hands, he is welcomed by Curran with a four with the Englishman belting him over midwicket. A single off the third ball after which Raza edges the fifth ball through the vacant slips region and gets a four. Then Raza goes over mid off and sends the last delivery for a four as well. Raza is on eight off five, Curran on 13 off 12.

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 40/3 in 7 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Well if you thought SRH did well in the powerplay during the PBKS innings, think again. SRH going at a run rate of 4.50, which is healthy in a Test match but suicidal in T20s. Bhuvneshwar has bowled three overs, given just 15 runs and taken two wickets. Sam Curran in the middle now on eight off nine with Sikandar Raza yet to get off the mark after facing two balls at the other end.

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 27/3 in 6 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Just brilliant bowling and wicketkeeping and Shikhar Dhawan is completely done by it. Length delivery just outside off for the fourth ball, Dhawan comes down the track despite Klaasen standing up to the stumps. Beaten by the away movement, Klaasen collects it cleanly and whips off the bail all in one smooth movement. Excellent work there and PBKS are in all sorts.

Dhawan st Klaasen b Kumar 14 (16) 

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 20/3 in 4.4 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Just three runs in the fourth over and that means that PBKS have scored just 14 runs in the first four overs.

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Bowlers continuing to win the powerplay thus far today. Prabhsimran gets off the mark off the fifth ball of the third over with a four past mid-on. Then he skies the next shot and Nitish runs back from cover point to take.

Prabhsimran Singh c Nitish Reddy b Bhuvneshwar 4 (6)

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 11/2 in 3 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: 141.1kph corker from the SRH and Australia captain, it slants into off stump. Bairstow takes a swing across the line, misses it entirely and the stumps being the PBKS and England batter are a mess. What a start for SRH.

Bairstow b Cummins 0 (3)

PBKS vs SRH IPL 2024 Live score: PBKS 2/1 in 1.4 overs

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Well technically, it is a maiden. Bhuvi keeps his old India teammate Dhawan rooted to the spot.

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: Right, out walk Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow to open the innings for PBKS. Bhuvneshwar Kumar starts the bowling attack for SRH. PBKS need 183 to win

IPL Live Score 2024 PBKS vs SRH, Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: This is what our stats man Nikhil Narine had from that roller coaster of an innings.

SRH has faced defeat in 19 of the 24 matches in which it has lost 2+ wickets in the powerplay since IPL 2020

SRH's 66/4 is the second-lowest team total in the first 10 overs batting first in IPL 2024

Nitish Kumar Reddy: First 17 balls - 14 runs, SR - 82.35; Next 17 balls - 47 runs, SR - 276.5