The Sharjah Cricket Stadium is set to host Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad today. The pitch favoured the bowlers more than batsman today. Both the teams did not capitalize on a good innings. The bowlers stole the limelight more so. Sunrisers Hyderabad win the toss and decide to bowl first. Punjab Kings set a total of 125/7 (20) after a low string of scores from Aiden Markram and KL Rahul getting just 27 and 21 runs respectively. Jason Holder of Hyderabad gets 3/19 (4) with Abdul Samad and Rashid Khan getting one each to quickly send the batsmen back to the dressing room. Guess what! Jason Holder also gets to 47* (29) and Wriddhiman Saha has 2000 IPL runs to his kitty allowing the Sunrisers Hyderabad to be back in action. Although the Sunrisers are not just getting well with their game. They fail to get past the total and Punjab Kings win the game by just 5 runs! Now it's time that the Hyderabad Orange Army works on some much required areas to bounce back stronger in their upcoming games!
The Sheik Zayed Stadium hosted the final game of the Indian Premier League this season. The match is played between the Delhi Capitals and the Royal Challengers Bangalore. Virat Kohli wins the toss and decides to bowl against Rishabh Pant's squad. Openers Prithvi Shaw and Shikhar Dhawan get their partnership going. It has been a fine start for both the players. Prithvi gets 48 runs off 31 deliveries and unfortunately misses out on his half century. But soon as Shikhar Dhawan as he gets 43 runs off 35 balls to his credit. Shimron Hetmyer plays an interesting can you to get 29 runs for the Capitals. On the other hand Miyan Magic has done it for the Challengers, Siraj gets 2 wickets for 25 runs in his spell. He is supported brilliantly by his team mates- Dan Christian and Yuzvendra Chahal. By the end of the first innings Delhi is at 164/5 (20 overs) Virat Kohli's squad has been on the top of their game this season. They have been trying to make the changes, get the right variation
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