PBKS vs SRH, IPL 2024 Highlights: Sunrisers prevail in a thriller after Nitish Reddy's heroics

Nitish Reddy : For me it's like a big contribution for my team and myself. I have been telling myself that I should believe in myself. Seamers were bowling really well, I didn't want to take on them. I knew that the spinners would come and I wanted to attack them, I just did that. The whole tournament, they are bowling slow bouncers and it's really working. I also used the dimensions. I just want to continue to perform for my team.

Pat Cummins | SRH captain: Was a great game of cricket, they bowled really well at the start, we did well to get to 180. Got too close. Always tried to be positive. They bowled exceptionally with the new ball. With 150, you are going to lose nine out of ten times. We were pretty happy with 180. Conditions maybe (on taking the new ball). Bhuvi and I tried to take a couple of wickets with the new ball. (On Nitish) He was awesome, fantastic in the field, bowled three overs.

Nitish Reddy is awarded Player of the Match for his all-round show today. He scored 64 runs off 37 balls which include 4 fours and 5 sixes. While bowling, he got the wicket of Jitesh Sharma and his bowling figures read 3-0-33-1. He also took a great catch of Prabhsimran Singh on Bhuvneshwar Kumar's delivery.

Shikhar Dhawan | PBKS captain: I feel that Shashank and Ashutosh played a great knock, we restricted them to a good total, but we couldn't cash in on the first 6 overs, lost 3 wickets and that's where we fell behind and it cost us in the end. When the wicket wasn't offering a lot of bounce, every individual will have to look back and change their approach. We dropped a catch off the last ball, we could have kept them down by 10-15 runs, but batting let us down. It's great to see youngsters chipping in with such consistency (on Shashank and Ashutosh). There was always hope that they could finish the game, but we got so close and that'll give us confidence going into the future games, but we'll have to do better going ahead.

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 2 runs in another IPL last-over finish. Punjab came close to the target and scored 180 runs in their 20 overs but couldn't get past the winning line. Ashutosh Sharma and Shashank Singh did their best to get their team to the finish line but 29 runs in the last over turned out to be one too many for them. Shashank Singh was the top scorer for Punjab with 46 runs not out. Bhubaneshwar got 2 wickets in his spell. Cummins, Natarajan, Nitish Reddy and Unadkat got one wicket each. 

Cummins complete his spell with figures 4-0-22-1. Punjab need 39 runs in 12 balls. Punjab's last match duo Ashutosh Sharma and Shashank Singh are at the crease.

PBKS - 144/6 in 18 overs

Sunrisers are in total control of this game as they get another Punjab batsman caught out. Jitesh Sharma becomes prey to Nitish Reddy. PBKS need 67 runs in 24 balls.

PBKS - 116/6 in 16 overs

Sunirsers get to their 100 in 14.2 overs at the loss of 5 wickets. Shashank Singh and Jitesh Sharma are at the crease for Punjab. Punjab needs 78 runs in 30 balls to win this match.

PBKS - 105/5 in 15 overs

Sunrisers get another wicket right after Strategic timeout. Raza departs after a short innings of 28 runs in 22 balls. Unadkat gets his first wicket of the match.

PBKS - 91/5 in 13.1 overs

Cummins takes a stunning catch at mid-off to dismiss Sam Curran. Natrajan gets the 4th wicket for Sunrisers. Curran departs after making 29 runs in 22 balls. Punjab's last match hero Shashank Singh comes to the crease.

PBKS - 60/4 in 9.3 overs

Chasing 183 runs, Punjab didn't get a good start as they lost 3 wickets inside their powerplay. Bhubaneshwar got 2 while Cummings struck once. Sikander Raza and Sam Curran are on the crease for Punjab.

PBKS - 27/3 in 6 overs

Punjab loses their 3rd wicket in their captain Shikhar Dhawan. Bhuvneshwar Kumar gets his 2nd wicket. Klassen showed great hands and got Dhawan stumped out as he was caught out of his crease.

PBKS - 20/3 in 5 overs

Punjab's impact sub Prabhsimram Singh departs on Bhuvneshwar Kumar's delivery as Nitish Reddy takes a brilliant running catch. Sam Curran comes in at 4 for Punjab.

PBKS - 11/2 in 3 overs

SRH strikes early as Pat Cummins gets Bairstow's wicket. 

PBKS - 2/1 in 2 overs

Shikhar Dhawan and Johnny Bairstow are out in the middle for PBKS. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowls the first over of the Punjab's innings and only conceded 1 run.

PBKS - 1/0 in 1 over

Sunrisers get to a competitive score of 182 runs on the back of Nitish Reddy's 64 runs innings. Arshdeep Singh gets 4 wickets for Punjab. Sam Curran and HArshal got 2 each. Rabada got the only wicket in Pat Cummins. To win the game, Punjab needs to score 183 runs in their 20 over. Stay tuned for Punjab's innings.

Punjab are striking left, right and centre. Rabada comes into the attack and strikes for PBKS. SRH lose their 8th wicket in their captain Pat Cummins.

SRH - 155/8 in 17.3 overs

Another double-wicket over for Arshdeep Singh as he got the wicket of Abdul Samad and well-set batter Nitish Reddy. Nitish Reddy departs after adding 64 runs in SRH's total.

SRH - 152/7 in 17 overs

Abdul Samad falls right after a 50-run partnership with Nitish.  Arshdeep gets his 3rd wicket. Samad scored 25 runs in 12 balls with the help of 5 fours.

SRH - 151/6 in 16.3 overs

Nitish and Abdul Samad consolidate SRH's innings as their partnership reaches 50 in just 19 balls. SRH looking to put a strong total on board.

SRH - 150/5 in 16.1 overs

SRH batsman Nitish Reddy gets to his 50 with a SIX! 

SRH - 121/5 in 14.2 overs

Harshal strikes for Punjab right after Hyderabad put 100 runs on the board. SRH's half line-up have returned to the dugout now. Klassen falls on 9 runs in 9 balls.

SRH - 100/5 in 13.1 overs

SRH reaches the 100-run mark in 12.5 overs. They have lost 4 wickets. Klassen and Nitish are on the crease for them. Nitish Reddy is looking confident in the middle as he has scored 40 runs in 27 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes.

SRH - 100/4 in 13 overs

Harshal Patel gets the wicket of Hyderabad's impact sub Rahul Tripathi. Heinrich Klaasen comes to the crease at number 6. After the end of 10 overs, SRH have managed to score 66 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. 

SRH - 66/4 in 10 overs

Rahul Tripathi walks in as the impact sub after the loss of SRH's 3rd wicket, he replaces Travis Head

SRH - 47/3 in 7 overs

At the end of the powerplay, SRH managed to score only 40 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Arshdeep Singh struck twice in his 2nd over while Sam Curran only got one.

SRH - 40/3 in 6 overs

Another wicket falls for SRH as Abhishek Sharma departs. Sam Curran strikes in his first over. After getting hit for a SIX and a FOUR by Abhishek Sharma, Sam got the last laugh. Abhishek Sharma made 16 runs in 11 balls.

SRH - 39/3 in 5 overs

Arshdeep gets another wicket of South African batter Aiden Markram. Travis Head and Markram depart in the same over of Arshdeep. Punjab on top!

SRH - 27/2 in 3.4 overs

Travis Head goes for 21 as he gets out on Arshdeep's delivery. Shikhar Dhawan running from mid-off, takes a very good catch to dismiss the SRH opener. 

SRH - 27/1 in 3.2 overs

After hit-and-miss chances in the first over of Rabada, Travis Head hit the South African fast bowler for three consecutive fours in his 2nd over. Head is not out on 21 runs off 14 balls. 

SRH - 26/0 after 3 overs

Arshgdeep Singh bowled the second over of SRH's innings. SRH managed to score 6 runs in the second over.

SRH - 10/0 in 2 overs

After an eventful first over, SRH are at 4/0. Head scored a single boundary in the first over. 

The very first ball of the innings was full of drama and Rabada bowled to Head, it went past Head's bat and after collecting the ball, Jitesh Sharma went up straightaway. Umpire says not-out, after lots of discussions, Shikhar Dhawan didn't go for the review. 

SRH openers Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head are out in the middle. Kagiso Rabada has the new ball for PBKS. 

Here are the impact subs for both teams

Sunrisers Hyderabad Subs: Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi

Punjab Kings Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Nathan Ellis, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ashutosh Sharma, Sam Curran, Shashank Singh, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh

Total Matches: 21

SRH Won: 14

PBKS Won: 7

NR: 0

Pat Cummins - We would have bowled first as well. Overall happy with the way we've been going, two wins and we could have had one more game going our way. We've got good strength and some depth. Same team as the last game.

Shikhar Dhawan - We'll bowl first. The wicket will stay the same, so look to restrict them to a low score. We were lucky to have won the last match, it's good that we're not depending on any one player. We've won two games, looking forward to a good run. He's still recovering (on Liam Livingstone), we're playing the same team.

PBKS have won the toss and decided to bowl first.

SRH have announced 22-year-old Sri Lankan leg-spinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth as Wanindu Hasaranga's replacement. "Vijaykanth, a leg-spinner from Sri Lanka, has represented his country in a solitary T20 International so far. He joins the Tata IPL at his base price of INR 50 lakhs," an IPL statement

Welcome to Tata IPL Match 23 and it is Punjab Kings against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Punjab Kings are playing in their newly built home stadium. Both teams are coming with a win in their previous match. Toss in 10 mins. Stay tuned for more updates.