SRH vs PBKS, IPL 2024 Highlights: SRH beat PBKS by 4 wickets to keep their chances of sealing 2nd spot alive

Sunrisers Hyderabad have won their final league stage match against the Punjab Kings and have ensured that Rajasthan Royals will have to win their final game against the Kolkata Knight Riders to finish with 17 points. 

Harpreet Brar bowled out Heinrich Klaasen on the 2nd ball of the 18th over

Sanvir Singh joins Abdul Samad

Hyderabad needs 4 runs in 6 balls

SRH - 211/6 in 19 overs

Hyderabad reaches the foothills of winning this match; from now on, SRH only requires 15 runs to win in 14 balls. Sunrisers fans eagerly want Rajasthan to lose today, as they want their team to be in the top 2.

SRH needs 15 runs in 14 balls

Shahbaz Ahmed gets caught on covers by Shashank Singh on Arshdeep's delivery.

Abdul Samad joins Heinrich klaasen

SRH-198/5 in 17 overs

Nitish Reddy is dismissed by Harshal Patel as he gets caught on deep point by Shivam singh

Shahbaz Ahmed joins Heinrich klaasen

SRH: 176/4 in 14 overs

Heinrich klaasen and Harpreet Brar's duo troubling the opposition. Klassen smashed 2 sixes in the last over. 

SRH needs 48 in 42 balls to win

SRH: 167/3 in 13 overs

Shashank Singh dismisses Abhishek Sharma on the first delivery of the over. Punjab might find some relief after his dismissal as he was creating chaos on the ground 

Heinrich Klaasen joins Nitish Reddy

SRH- 134/3 in 11 overs

Abhishek Sharma is irritating Punjab Kings as he has smashed a 50 in 21 balls, which is quick. 

Hyderabad requires 116 runs in 72 balls to win.

SRH - 99/2 in 8 overs

Rahul Tripathi gets out on Harshal Patel's delivery and catches Arshdeep Singh on the last ball of the 5th over. 

Niteish Reddy joins Abhishek Sharma.

SRH-72/2 in 5 overs

The total for SRH is 84/2 at the end of the powerplay. Hyderabad still needs 131 runs in 84 balls.

SRH - 84/2 in 6 overs

50 comes for SRH in the 4th over; they are playing with a faster run rate in comparison with PBKS in the first half.

SRH: 50/1 IN 4 overs

Arshdeep Singh Bowled out Travis Head on the 2nd ball of 1st over. the Australian star departed too soon

Abhishek Sharma joins Rahul Tripathi 

SRH- 25/1 IN 2 overs

Arshdeep Singh has struck gold early. An outswinging delivery and Travis Head was late to cover the line with his bat and Sunrisers have lost a big wicket, very early into their innings.

At the end of the first innings, Punjab have gotten to 214/5 riding on skipper Jitesh Sharma's late strikes. Now the Sunrisers have to chase the whopping target of 215 in 20 overs. If SRH win, they will get the second spot on the points table if Rajasthan loses today.

Ashutosh Sharma gets caught at extra covers on Natrajan's delivery by Sanvir Singh. a well-taken catch by Sanvir

Shivam Singh joins captain Jitesh Sharma

PBKS - 193/5 in 18.4 overs

Pat Cummins dispatches Rilee Rosouw on 49  

Ashutosh Sharma joins captain Jitesh Sharma 

PBKS:186/4 in 18 overs.

a miscommunication has led to Shashank singh getting runout.

Captain Jitesh Sharma Joins Railee Rossouw

PBKS:174/3 in 16 overs

End of danger for SRH as Prabhsimran departs on the score of  71. he is caught by Heinrich Klaasen on Viyaskanth's ball

PBKS - 159/2 in 15 overs

 50 run partnership comes for Prabhsimran Singh and Rilee Rossouw, and Punjab crossed 150. 

PBKS - 151/1 in 14 overs

50 comes for Prabhsimran and he is constantly playing destructively and taking the game forward meanwhile the score for Punjab reaches 100 

PBKS - 109/1 in 11 overs

End of the explosive innings, Atharva Taide got out on the first ball of Natrajan's over and got caught by Sanvir Singh. 

Rilee Rossouw joins Prabhsimran

PBKS - 99/1 in 10 overs

Prabhsimran Singh and Atharva Taide have surprised many with such calculative and intelligent hitting as Sunrisers Hyderabad look flat. Despite missing so many first-choice players, the duo hasn't looked in any discomfort and have nearly scored a century-partnership and it is not even 10 overs in the innings.

The score graph for Punjab is growing steadily as the players are shifting their gears. the partnership is developing between Prabhsimran and Atharva. Hyderabad bowlers remain unsuccessful in taking any wicket at the end of the powerplay.

PBKS - 61/0 in 6 overs

Atharva Taide and Prabhsimran came out to bat after captain Jitesh Sharma opted to bat first.

There was a prediction of rain at around the start time of the match, which is 3:30 PM. However, it has subsided as of now with the toss already done. If it doesn't rain in the next hour and a half, it should be good enough for all 40 overs as SRH look to push their case for the second spot.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Jaydev Unadkat

Punjab Kings: Arshdeep Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Prince Choudhary, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Singh Bhatia

Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T Natarajan

Playing XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w/c), Ashutosh Sharma, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar

Punjab Kings' new captain Jitesh Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first saying that the pitch looked good and hard for them to have a say with the bat first. 

66m on either side, the centre pitch will be used for the final league stage game in Hyderabad. Absolutely no grass, hence the ball might not move much and should be a good surface to bat. It might spin a bit later on and hence the captain winning the toss is expected to bat first.

Punjab Kings will be led by Jitesh Sharma with Sam Curran returning home. Including Curran, six overseas players are not available for the Punjab Kings for their final league stage game against Sunrisers and hence an opportunity for the local players to showcase their talent.

Sunrisers Hyderabad will be aiming for a momentum-boosting win in their final league stage game as they lock horns with a depleted Punjab Kings outfit at home on Sunday, May 19. Welcome to our live coverage of Match No 69, SRH vs PBKS from the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium at Uppal, Hyderabad.