- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.3 first wicket of the season for Lockie. Abhishek looks to flat-bat this down town but ends up skewing it high to Shreyas at mid-off. That went a mile high. Enough time for any fielder to overthink. Nicely taken. 54/16.4 doesn't get to the pitch but goes through with the lofted hit and ends up miscuing it long-off, where Jansen moves a few steps to his left to take the skier. Well-disguised wrong'un from Chahal, got that to dip nicely on Head who was foxed by the length. 84/214.4 taken!! Finally. Shedge is at deep square leg. PBKS hold on to a catch after what seems like a day. Arsh bowled short to Kishan as well, and one at a lack of pace. Kishan shifted his weight back and went hard for the pull. But there was the longer boundary there, and Shedge did well to move to his left and grab it 172/319.6 Jansen takes it at long-off!! SRH can't touch 240. Vyshak bowled a slower delivery, and on a hittable length outside off. But all Klaasen could do was balloon it up miles in the air. Jansen moves forward and takes it low to restrict SRH to 235 235/4Extras9 (b 2, lb 2, w 5)TOTAL235/4 (20 Overs, RR: 11.75)Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Abhishek Sharma, 3.3 ov), 2-84 (Travis Head, 6.4 ov), 3-172 (Ishan Kishan, 14.4 ov), 4-235 (Heinrich Klaasen, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Arshdeep Singh 4 0 43 1 10.75 6 2 3 1 0 M Jansen 4 0 61 0 15.25 4 4 5 2 0 LH Ferguson 4 0 41 1 10.25 9 1 4 1 0 YS Chahal 4 0 32 1 8 5 2 1 1 0 V Vyshak 4 0 54 1 13.5 3 3 4 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.6 what a moment that! Malinga was strategically placed on the boundary at deep square and Priyansh Arya has fallen to the trap. This is an excellent short delivery that's angled across, Arya has to fetch it from quite some way outside off, he ends up hitting it well but perhaps didn't account for the fielder patrolling the boundary. Cummins has his arms aloft, seemingly suggesting he was merely playing to the plan all along. 4/11.1 make that two in two! PBKS are in early strife. Nitish floats one a touch fuller, the ball curls away a hint and Prabhsimran ends up getting a leading edge that loops high towards backward point. Cummins called for it, covered good ground to his left from cover and tumbled around to complete the catch. 4/23.2 is that the game? Shreyas has picked out his opposite number at mid-off! Looks to go down town but the bat face turns in his hand. Malinga goes hard length so he also hits this very high on the bat, simple catch to the skipper. Malinga is ecstatic, PBKS not so much. 23/36.4 taken on the second attempt! Not a ball that had 'wicket' written on it, but he still has one. Stoinis looks to give this a proper thrashing but this wrong'un considerably slowed down and took an age to get to him as the thick edge is pouched by Kishan. 63/411.4 well taken by Abhishek!! What a contrast between the two teams' catching today. Abhishek is at deep midwicket, and runs in considerably to take a sliding catch. Cummins bowls a cutter - a slower bouncer, in fact - and Shedge goes for the pull. But the ball takes off from the top half of the bat, as Cummins gets some extra bounce 110/512.3 taken at deep square leg. Reddy is out there at longer side of the ground. Shashank hit that hard and high, and my first impression was that it was going for six. Sakib bowled a short delivery around off which Shashank went pulling, but ended up finding Reddy 119/619.1 sliced to cover point. That will keep Connolly away from the strike. Shivang gave the ball some air, and got it to dip on a full length outside off. The ball turned away, and Jansen mistimed his attempted no-look loft 187/7Extras9 (nb 2, w 7)TOTAL202/7 (20 Overs, RR: 10.1)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Priyansh Arya, 0.6 ov), 2-4 (Prabhsimran Singh, 1.1 ov), 3-23 (Shreyas Iyer, 3.2 ov), 4-63 (Marcus Stoinis, 6.4 ov), 5-110 (Suryansh Shedge, 11.4 ov), 6-119 (Shashank Singh, 12.3 ov), 7-187 (Marco Jansen, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB PJ Cummins 4 0 34 2 8.5 10 2 2 0 1 K Nitish Kumar Reddy 2 0 11 1 5.5 4 1 0 0 0 E Malinga 4 0 36 1 9 11 2 3 1 0 Sakib Hussain 4 0 40 1 10 8 4 1 2 1 Shivang Kumar 4 0 45 2 11.25 8 3 3 2 0 HS Dubey 2 0 36 0 18 1 1 4 2 0
Match Details
Toss
Punjab Kings , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45
Match days
06 May 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sunrisers Hyderabad 2, Punjab Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 79 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Player Subs: Aniket Verma, Praful Hinge, Harshal Patel, Harsh Dubey, Liam Livingstone
- Punjab Kings Impact Player Subs: Harpreet Brar, Priyansh Arya, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Musheer Khan
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 50 runs in 3.2 overs (20 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 20 balls (Abhishek Sharma 35, TM Head 18, Ex 1)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 100 runs in 8.1 overs (49 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 107/2 in 9.0 overs (Ishan Kishan 17, H Klaasen 14)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (Ishan Kishan 20, H Klaasen 28, Ex 2)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 150 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 8
- Ishan Kishan: 50 off 28 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 182/3 in 16.0 overs (H Klaasen 39, K Nitish Kumar Reddy 7)
- Punjab Kings Impact Player Sub: Priyansh Arya in for Yuzvendra Chahal (Sunrisers Hyderabad, 15.6 ov)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 200 runs in 17.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 8
- H Klaasen: 50 off 32 balls (2 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (H Klaasen 21, K Nitish Kumar Reddy 28, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Hyderabad - 235/4 in 20.0 overs (K Nitish Kumar Reddy 29)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 3 wickets)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Player Sub: Harsh Dubey in for Travis Head ( Sunrisers Hyderabad innings, 19.6 ov)
- Punjab Kings: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (33 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 74/4 in 9.0 overs (CPL Connolly 27, Suryansh Shedge 6)
- Punjab Kings: 100 runs in 10.2 overs (64 balls), Extras 6
- CPL Connolly: 50 off 34 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Punjab Kings - 130/6 in 14.5 overs (CPL Connolly 55, M Jansen 3)
- Punjab Kings: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (101 balls), Extras 6
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (CPL Connolly 37, M Jansen 12, Ex 1)
- CPL Connolly: 100 off 57 balls (7 x 4, 7 x 6)
- Punjab Kings: 200 runs in 19.5 overs (121 balls), Extras 9
Match Coverage
All Match NewsKlaasen and Abhishek lead Orange Cap race at IPL 2026
Ishan Kishan, Cooper Connolly and Eshan Malinga also moved up the ladder after SRH beat PBKS by 33 runs in IPL 2026 on Wednesday night
Allrounder Reddy has 'found a niche' despite the impact-player rule
"The team functions better when they have an allrounder who's being able to contribute both with bat and ball," James Franklin, SRH's assistant coach, says about Nitish Kumar Reddy
'Good head on his shoulders' - Connolly's happy IPL with PBKS continues
Sairaj Bahutule credits Cooper Connolly, who scored an unbeaten 107 in 59 balls, for not giving up even when the chase against SRH was dead in the water
Ferguson, Shashank return as Punjab Kings opt to bowl
Nitish Kumar Reddy is back for SRH, replacing Aniket Verma
IPL 2026: A season when even 200-plus is not enough
The ease and frequency with which teams are putting up and chasing down 200 or more has been astounding



