Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Highlights: Punjab Kings have defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 6 wickets. In this match played in New Chandigarh, Sunrisers Hyderabad team batted first and scored 219 runs in 20 overs. In reply, Punjab registered victory with 7 balls remaining. This is Punjab’s third win in 4 matches in IPL 2026. Shreyas Iyer, playing the captaincy innings, scored 69 runs in 33 balls.
SRH’s stalwarts collapse
Sunrisers Hyderabad, batting first, had scored a huge score of 219 runs. Abhishek Sharma wreaked havoc and played an inning of 74 runs in 28 balls. Whereas Travis Head scored 38 runs.
When Hyderabad came to defend the target of 220 runs, on the other hand, for Punjab Kings, Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh wreaked havoc on the SRH bowlers. On one hand, Priyansh played an explosive inning of 57 runs in 20 balls, on the other hand, Prabhasimran scored 21 runs in 25 balls. Together they had also scored 93 runs in the powerplay. Hyderabad bowlers made a comeback after the powerplay, as Punjab team could score 31 runs in the next 4 overs and lost the wickets of both the openers.
Shreyas Iyer looted the party
At one time, Punjab Kings’ score in 10.2 overs was 128 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. He still had to score 92 runs in 58 balls to win. This score could have been easily chased, but 3 wickets had fallen in successive intervals and the run rate had also started slowing down.
In such a situation, captain Shreyas Iyer took the responsibility on his shoulders and completed his half-century in 24 balls. Iyer returned unbeaten after scoring 69 runs in 33 balls. On the other end, Nehal Wadhera played a cameo inning of 14 runs and Shashank Singh played a cameo inning of 16 runs in 9 balls. This is the third win of Punjab Kings in 4 matches, one of their matches was lost due to rain. The finalist team of IPL 2025 has also made a great start to the 2026 season.