The 49th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Punjab Kings (PBKS). In this match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday (6th May), after being invited to bat first, SRH scored a huge score of 235 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. In response, PBKS could score only 202 runs after losing 7 wickets and lost the match by 33 runs.
Cooper Connolly played an unbeaten inning of 107 runs in 59 balls but he could only reduce the margin of defeat. This was the third consecutive defeat for PBKS in the current season. At the same time, he lost his 9th consecutive match against SRH in Hyderabad. With this win, SRH has secured the top position in the points table. PBKS has now slipped to second position.
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SRH batsmen again made noise
After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head gave SRH a stormy start. Both scored 54 runs in 3.3 overs for the first wicket. Lockie Ferguson broke this dangerous pair by dismissing Abhishek. Abhishek scored 35 runs in 13 balls, hitting 2 fours and 4 sixes. Head scored 38 runs in 19 balls with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes. He became the victim of Yuzvendra Chahal after the powerplay.
After Head’s dismissal, Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen took charge. Both of them laid the foundation of a huge score by making a partnership of 88 runs for the third wicket. During this time, PBKS also gave many lives to both of them. Ishaan missed two catches. He also avoided being stumped once. Ishaan took advantage of these donations and scored 55 runs in 32 balls, which included 2 fours and 4 sixes. A catch from Klaasen was dropped. He scored 69 runs in 43 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes before getting out on the last ball of the innings. Nitish Kumar Reddy returned unbeaten after scoring 29 runs in 13 balls. He hit 2 fours and as many sixes in his innings.
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PBKS’s innings fell apart in the beginning itself
PBKS, which specializes in chasing huge targets, had a very poor start. Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh and captain Shreyas Iyer returned to the pavilion on 23 runs. Due to these 3 setbacks in the power play, PBKS could never recover and were never seen in the competition. Connolly played a century while holding one end but he could only save PBKS’s net run rate from deteriorating. For SRH, captain Pat Cummins led from the front, taking 2 wickets for 34 runs in 4 overs. Shivang Kumar also got 2 successes but he spent 45 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ishan Malinga and Saqib Hussain took 1 wicket each.
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