A blistering half-century from Rahul Tripathi helped Sunrisers Hyderabad open their account in IPL 2023 on Sunday (April 9) as they beat Punjab Kings by 8 wickets. PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan hogged the limelight with an incredible innings on the night against his former franchise, but it still wasn’t enough to pull his side through as they suffered their first loss of the season.
Brief scores:
Punjab Kings 143/9 in 20 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 99*; Mayank Markande 4/15, Marco Jansen 2/16) lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad 145/2 in 17.1 overs (Rahul Tripathi 74*, Aiden Markram 37*; Arshdeep Singh 1/20) by 8 wickets
