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Match-14 Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

 And the sun has finally risen and there's a shining bright orange...

David Warner led Sunrisers Hyderabad is finally here with their first win of the IPL 2021 Season after 3 consecutive defeats today against the Punjab Kings at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium at Chepauk. KL Rahul led team saw a series of low scores as the middle order batsman fail to strike a good total restricting the team to a total of 120 in 20 overs. What was a complete team effort by the #orangearmy also saw the Sunrisers' bowlers all charged up for the game with Khaleel Ahmed's 3 wicket haul 3/21 (4) and combined efforts of Abhishek Sharma's 2/24 (4) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 1/16 (3)


The bowling unit for Punjab Kings fall short of the dangerous and in-form Jonny Bairstow's 63* (56) and Captain David Warner's 37(37) as they are able to reach the total in 18.4 overs and finish at 121/1 to win their first game by 9 wickets.

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