The Punjab Kings signed off their IPL 2022 marketing campaign with an emphatic five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Might 22. Whereas each groups had nothing to lose on this inconsequential conflict having been knocked out earlier this week, the competition noticed the one thousandth six of this match being hit by Liam Livingstone.
SRH’s stand-in captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar gained the toss and elected to bat first. After teenager Priyam Garg was dismissed cheaply, his opening companion Abhishek Sharma took the initiative of doing the majority of the scoring and likewise obtained some help from Rahul Tripathi (20) and Aiden Markram (21).
Sharma was dismissed for 43 runs from 32 deliveries and helpful knocks from Washington Sundar (25) and Romario Shepherd (26*) took Hyderabad to 157/8. Harpreet Brar (3/26) and Nathan Ellis (3/40) had been the picks of the bowlers for Punjab whereas Kagiso Rabada took one wicket.
Liam Livingstone helps PBKS in ending their marketing campaign with a win
In reply, Jonny Bairstow and Shikhar Dhawan meant enterprise straight away as they supplied a brisk begin earlier than the previous was dismissed for a 15-ball 23. Dhawan’s blistering knock additionally got here to an finish after getting nicely set within the center, scoring 39 runs off 32 balls.
Simply when SRH sensed an out of doors probability, Liam Livingstone utterly dashed their hopes within the center overs as he scored an unbeaten match-winning 22-ball 49 as PBKS obtained previous the road within the sixteenth over itself. Fazalhaq Farooqi starred with 2/32 whereas Washington Sundar, Jagadeesha Suchith, and Umran Malik picked a wicket apiece.
Dropping skipper, Bhuvneshwar Kumar mentioned:
“Good feeling (on being the captain), however it might have been higher if we had gained the match. I feel we had been lots of runs quick (with them profitable with 5 overs left), however we needed to area higher, didn’t take our probabilities and there have been fumbles, however this was the final match of the season and that does have an impact. We gained 5 on the bounce and had the momentum, but it surely didn’t go our means and we just about misplaced all our matches within the second half of the match. We must have a look at our squad and the administration must work out on the weaknesses forward of the subsequent season. Have had many positives, Umran Malik and Abhishek Sharma had been the plain positives, however now we have a good core of batting with Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran developing fairly nicely. As for me, it was a difficult season with accidents hampering me, thought I did a good job and can look to come back again higher within the subsequent season.”
Successful skipper, Mayank Agarwal mentioned:
“It’s going to be sore, in all probability going for an X-ray now. They by no means anticipated a no-ball, so he wasn’t prepared. I requested him (Malik) whether or not he was carrying a protecting gear and he shouldn’t get damage. There are lots of positives for us. The way in which Livingstone batted, Dhawan performed nicely. Bairstow because the time he began to open. If we go on the market and play the type of cricket we play, we are able to do nicely within the subsequent season. We couldn’t sew two back-to-back wins. We misplaced wickets in a cluster, and that at occasions derailed us. We have now performed an aggressive model of cricket over all. We’re going to sit and focus on now after the IPL. We had been right here to get two factors and we had been right here to get pleasure from ourselves.”
Participant of the Match, Harpreet Brar mentioned:
“After we got here right here, we thought it was a great pitch for the spinners. I’ve conceded runs and so have the opposite spinners within the match, so I needed to complete on a great word in the present day. I simply tried to bowl in the suitable areas and I needed to maintain calm underneath strain. I attempted to work on my abilities as a lot as doable. Felt good after getting his (Markram’s) wicket. I obtained some flip and bounce on that ball, happy that he obtained stumped. I’m blissful for Arshdeep, now that he’ll play for India. That’s what each participant goals of, enjoying for his or her nation someday. I would like to enhance on few areas earlier than the subsequent season. I’ve been away from residence since 3-4 months, so I need to spend a while with my household.”
Full listing of awardees from the SRH vs PBKS match
Tremendous Striker of the match – Liam Livingstone
Sport Changer of the match – Harpreet Brar
Most Sixes – Liam Livingstone
Energy Participant of the match – Shikhar Dhawan
Most Worthwhile Asset of the match – Liam Livingstone
Quickest supply of the match – Umran Malik
Most Fours – Abhishek Sharma
