SRH vs PBKS Highlights, IPL 2023: Markande, Tripathi star as Sunrisers Hyderabad bag first win of the season vs Punjab

A googly by Markande, on full length, on fourth stump. Shahrukh is on the wrong line and gets hit on the knee in front of middle and off. LBW! Shahrukh reviews, but ball tracking shows it was hitting the stumps!

Shahrukh lbw b Markande 4 (3)

A bouncer by Umran, on middle. Raza tries to ramp it, but can only send it to third man for a catch!

Raza c Mayank b Umran 5 (6)

A full delivery by Markande, on idle. Raza sweeps it behind square leg for a single.

PBKS: 64/4 (9)

A full length delivery by Markande, wider on seventh stump. Curran is not near the pitch and can only miscue his shot to short third man for a catch!

Curran c Bhuvneshwar b Markande 22 (15)

A short delivery by Markande, wider on seventh stump. Curran slams it behind point and it goes for a four!

A short delivery by Sundar, on seventh stump. Curran slams it through extra cover for a four!

Back of a length delivery by Jansen, on fourth stump. Dhawan guides it into the covers and thinks of going for a single but Curran sends him back!

PBKS: 41/3 (6)

A length delivery by Jansen, on fifth stump. Curran slams it over wide long-on for a six!

A full length delivery by Natarajan, on fifth stump. Dhawan drives it to short third man for a four!

A full length delivery by Jansen, on fourth stump. Jitesh tries to drive, but can only miscue his shot to the fielder at mid-off for a simple catch! MARKRAM TAKES IT!

Jitesh c Markram b Jansen 4 (9)

A full delivery by Jansen, wide. Sharma gets a thick edge to the third man boundary for a four!

A good length delivery by Jansen, into middle. Short fails to connect and is hit on the knee roll on the back leg. TOTALLY PLUMB AND LBW!

Short lbw b Jansen 1 (3)

Back of a length delivery by Bhuvneshwar, and it is high. Prabhsimran gets hit above the knee roll. The umpire gives lbw and Prabhsimran leaves! LBW!

Prabhsimran lbw b Bhuvneshwar 0 (1)

Dhawan and Prabhsimran to open for PBKS. Bhuvneshwar to bowl the opening over for SRH.

SRH: Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan

PBKS: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Mohit Rathee, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

After winning the toss, SRH captain Markram said, "We'll bowl first. Looks like a good surface. The atmosphere has been pretty calm, hopefully we can get a win. Two new caps are Klaasen and Mayank Markande."

Meanwhile, PBKS skipper Dhawan stated, "We wanted to bat first. We'd like to put a big total. We have a good team environment. We have a good mix of experience and youth. Short comes in for Bhanuka."

SRH captain Markram wins toss, opts to bowl vs Punjab.

Focus will be on Dhawan, with the PBKS captain being his side's highest run-scorer this season. Meanwhile, he is also fifth in the IPL 2023 Orange Cap race, with 126 runs in two matches.

The England star had given an update on his fitness in a video uploaded by Lancashire Cricket on Twitter: “I had injections last week and they've worked their magic, so hopefully in the next 48 hours I'll be on my way out to India. It's been a long time coming, but finally, there's light at the end of the tunnel for me.”

Livingstone is hence likely to be available from next week onwards.

“It is not the greatest of starts. Even I had them in my Top-4 and I still believe that they have a good side, a very good batting lineup. They have not fired. Their batting has let them down in both the matches. Even against Rajasthan Royals at their home ground, they didn't score enough runs” - on JioCinema

Last season, Umran was SRH's leading wicket-taker with 22 wickets in 14 matches. He has bagged 26 dismissals in his IPL career, with majority vs right-handed batters.

Both Dhawan and Prabhsimran have been in good form for PBKS as openers. In their previous match, Dhawan smacked an unbeaten knock of 86 off 56 balls. Meanwhile, Prabhsimran clattered 60 off 34 deliveries.

Even with the return of captain Markram vs LSG, SRH still put in a poor display. Meanwhile, Klaasen wasn't included in the XI and big money signing Brook has been jaded. The franchise really need their batting unit to click tonight!

Chahar has been brilliant vs SRH. In 53 innings, he has taken 40 wickets at an economy rate of 7.34. He has also dismissed Abhishek twice in only 11 balls.

If Rabada doesn play then Mayank will have something to be happy about. He has a good record against the pacer with a strike rate of 150 off 38 balls.