IPL 2025: Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Match Preview, IPL 2025

27th T20 • Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium • Hyderabad

Punjab Kings

245/6 (20)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

247/2 (18.3)

SRH won by 8 wickets

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Date & Time

12 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

27th T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Akshay Totre (India), Keyur Kelkar (India), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Shakti Singh (India)

Toss

Punjab Kings elected to bat

Pitch Report

Pommie reckons "It's not hot, which is a good thing, all the players will be happy, normally it's steamy here. The surface area: the dimensions are 77m down the ground, 63m and 69m on either side of the square of the wicket." Clarke says, "It's good to be a batter, the only bit of grass I found on this wicket is behind the stumps. It's an absolute belter, it's going to be consistent. It's a high scoring ground. I'm thinking 230-240 is par score, win the toss and bat. It's the pitch number two that is being used tonight. We haven't seen much of dew, not expecting much tonight. Toss is not going to play a big part."

1st Innings

168Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

141.42Avg SR

2nd Innings

155Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

141.35Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SRH

7- 3

PBKS

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Punjab Kings

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Shreyas Iyer

PBKS . BAT

159 Runs

3 Matches

Heinrich Klaasen

SRH . WK

152 Runs

5 Matches

Travis Head

SRH . BAT

148 Runs

5 Matches

Top Bowlers

Arshdeep Singh

PBKS . BOWL

6 Wkts

3 Matches

Mohammad Shami

SRH . BOWL

5 Wkts

5 Matches

Zeeshan Ansari

SRH . BOWL

4 Wkts

3 Matches

Player of the Match Abhishek Sharma

141(55)

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PBKS

SRH

Info

Punjab Kings

245/6 (20)

Batters

Priyansh Arya

276.92

c Reddy b Patel

Prabhsimran Singh

182.61

c Cummins b Malinga

Shreyas Iyer

227.78

c Head b Patel

Nehal Wadhera

122.73

lbw b Malinga

Shashank Singh

66.67

lbw b Patel

Glenn Maxwell

42.86

b Patel

Marcus Stoinis

309.09

Not out

Marco Jansen

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 12)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 12.25)

245/6

Did not Bat

Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Yash Thakur

Bowlers

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Mohammad Shami

18.75

Pat Cummins

10.00

Harshal Patel

10.50

Eshan Malinga

11.25

Zeeshan Ansari

10.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Priyansh Arya

c Reddy b Patel

1-66

3.6

Prabhsimran Singh

c Cummins b Malinga

2-91

6.5

Nehal Wadhera

lbw b Malinga

3-164

13.3

Shashank Singh

lbw b Patel

4-168

14.1

Glenn Maxwell

b Patel

5-205

17.1

Shreyas Iyer

c Head b Patel

6-206

17.3

Sunrisers Hyderabad

247/2 (18.3)

Batters

Travis Head

178.38

c Maxwell b Chahal

Abhishek Sharma

141

256.36

c (sub Dubey) b Singh

Heinrich Klaasen

150.00

Not out

Ishan Kishan

150.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(18.3 Ov, RR: 13.35)

247/2

Did not Bat

Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Shami, Zeeshan Ansari, Abhinav Manohar

Bowlers

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Arshdeep Singh

9.25

Marco Jansen

19.50

Yash Thakur

2.3

16.00

Glenn Maxwell

13.33

Lockie Ferguson

0.2

3.00

Marcus Stoinis

0.4

9.00

Yuzvendra Chahal

14.00

Shashank Singh

13.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Travis Head

c Maxwell b Chahal

1-171

12.2

Abhishek Sharma

c (sub Dubey) b Singh

2-222

16.2

Match Info

Date & Time

12 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

27th T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Akshay Totre (India), Keyur Kelkar (India), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Shakti Singh (India)

Toss

Punjab Kings elected to bat

0 6 4 1 1 1

Over 16

Runs: 13

4 W 0 1 0 1

Over 17

Runs: 6

4 1 4 1 0 6

Over 18

Runs: 16

2 1 4

Over 19

Runs: 7

All Overs

Player of the Match Abhishek Sharma

141(55)

Lucky Winner gagangupta0674

Commentary

Phew! Have you caught your breath back, folks? That was a bit of a whirlwind, wasn't it? It has been a joy bringing this thrilling spectacle to you. And guess what? There are a couple of similarly mouthwatering contests lined up for tomorrow too. Yes, it is a double header. In the afternoon, it is a 'Battle Royale" — Rajasthan Royals go up against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. In the evening, Delhi Capitals lock horns with Mumbai Indians. Team Sportskeeda will be there to call the action. Do join us. For now, it is the duo of Darpan and Pradeep signing off. Sayonara!

Abhishek Sharma (Player of the Match): "It is not easy for any player going through that form and then switch it around. But thank you to the team and the captain for the support. I knew I had it in me. I talked to Travis about it. I never play anything behind the wicket. But I invented some shots today as they were trying to bowl outside off. It was a good wicket to execute them. (Points towards his parents) We all were waiting for my parents (to come to a game). They are lucky for our team. We (him and Travis Head) did not talk anything. We want to accelerate from the first ball. That is what we have been trying for first match. The partnership I had with Travis spurred me on. Losing four matches back to back is tough. I wanted to break the losing streak. The atmosphere in the team has still been good. Special thank you to Yuvi Paaji (Yuvraj Singh) as well as Suryakumar Yadav. They have been in touch.

Pat Cummins (Sunrisers Hyderabad captain): "Amazing. As a bowling group, we know what we are going to get (on this pitch). But we try to hold on. It is a good wicket. Any over under 10 runs feels like a win. That was phenomenal. It is amazing that you feel that you could chase 250. As I said before the match, we are happy with the way everyone has been going in training. It was only a matter of clicking. Abhishek showed it today. As a captain, you don't have to say much. 12-13 runs an over, go out and chase it."

Arshdeep Singh gets the award for bowling the most dot balls.

Abhishek also gets the award for hitting the most sixes as well as the one for most fours.

Abhishek Sharma gets the award for earning the most fantasy points.

Marcus Stoinis gets the award for having the highest strike rate.

Travis Head [Sunrisers Hyderabad]: "Not bad, nice to get the win — it was an exceptional night, and we really needed it. At the halfway point, the work was cut out for us, but I'm happy we ended up on the winning side. We gave ourselves a chance. I was a bit more patient in the first couple of overs — they came at me with a plan, but I took my time and then went after it post powerplay. In different games and different situations, you play accordingly, and the partnership really helped. We just structured it the way we could — we complemented each other with a clear mindset. On that wicket, 280 or 290 might be a par score. The opposition had already put up some high scores, and everything needs to go right when you're chasing 240. It's always good fun playing against your teammates — they always bring out the best in you. Just some friendly banter, nothing serious."

Shreyas Iyer [Punjab Kings captain]: "In a nutshell, we didn't bowl the way we wanted. We want to go back to the drawing board and see what can be changed. The way Abhishek smashed the ball — they didn’t give us much. But if I have to say, I felt the over-rotation could’ve been better from my side, along with the execution. It was a big impact, to be honest. He’s someone who can get you wickets — it's a big blow. (On Ferguson's injury) He’s someone who clicks 140 plus. Niggles are part and parcel of the game, but other bowlers are equally capable of taking wickets. When we were discussing out there — myself and Wadhera while batting — we thought 230 was a good score. It was slower in the first half. But with the dew coming in, it made the ball harder, and their batters made it harder for us. One of the best knocks from Abhishek."

11:18 PM IST | Sunrisers Hyderabad win by 8 wickets with 9 balls to spare.

Abhishek Sharma 141 (55) | Harshal Patel 4/42 (4)
Shreyas Iyer 82 (36) | Arshdeep Singh 1/37 (4)

A couple of nights ago, it was a Bengaluru boy who delivered the knockout punch to the Bengaluru franchise. Tonight, a boy from Punjab did the same to PBKS. Abhishek Sharma could have worn a blindfold and walked through a highway tonight, he would have still come off unscathed. Such was his luck. He was caught at deep square leg when he was on 28, it turned out to be a no-ball. Then Chahal put him down on 56. However, it does not take away from the fact that that was some of the cleanest and most belligerent ball-striking you would ever see. Travis Head scored 37-ball-66 in typical Travis Head fashion. But Abhishek's knock completely overshadowed him. That is how good he was!

Don't be surprised if someone in Hyderabad proposes building him a statue. The fans in the stands were intoxicated. They might have sore throats and struggle to speak for the rest of the week, but tonight Abhishek gave them memories that they might be telling their grandchildren about.

We expected a run-fest, didn't we? Two explosive batting line-ups going head to head on a wicket that was touted as a batter's paradise. Yet, it was the unbridled intensity of it which left us awe-struck.

Having got 245, things had to go really wrong for PBKS to lose it. And they did. Lockie Ferguson hobbled off the field after bowling 2 balls, the miscued shots fell in no man's land. The befuddlement is not due to the fact that they lost the match. It is because how paltry was 245 made to seem.

Perhaps, they should forget the last 90-minutes like they never happened and do what every skipper says they will do after losing a match, "take the positives and move forward". Plenty of them from the first innings tonight. Shreyas Iyer's sumptuous 82 (36), the bold intent and the immaculate execution their openers exhibited and Marcus Stoinis' 11-ball-34 will be at the fore of it.

18.3 Yash Thakur to Heinrich Klaasen, FOUR! THAT'S IT! SRH AND ABHISHEK DECIMATE KINGS AT UPPAL! Abhishek Sharma's blazing ton powers Sunrisers to a crushing 8-wicket win with plenty in the tank! Dishes out a low full toss, wide of off-stump. Klaasen reaches and slices it through point, races away to the boundary to seal the deal.

18.2 Yash Thakur to Ishan Kishan, length delivery outside the off-stump, Kishan strides and smacked it down to long-off for one.

18.1 Yash Thakur to Ishan Kishan, low full toss on off-stump, Kishan clipped it past mid-wicket and they hare back for a couple. Just 4 needed now!

While the game blazes to a forgone conclusion, here is something that might make PBKS fans make feel a bit better:-

Marcus Stoinis clobbers Mohammad Shami for four consecutive sixes in 20th over in SRH vs PBKS IPL 2025 match [Watch]

overs

240 /2 score

runs

Heinrich Klaasen *

17 (13)

Ishan Kishan

6 (4)

Shashank Singh

0 /27

17.6 Shashank Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, SIX! KABOOM! Monstrous hit to finish the over. Slower one, short delivery, sits up nicely and Klaasen deposits this one way over deep square-leg for another maximum.

Adarsh Rai: "What a chase! PBKS gave a mountain to climb with 245, but Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma turned it into a highway! Abhishek’s 141 was pure fire — unreal hitting, total carnage!"
PBKS would rue the no-ball off which he was caught.... when he was on 28!

17.5 Shashank Singh to Heinrich Klaasen, takes all the pace of it, length delivery outside the off-stump. Klaasen reaches with a big swing and a miss.

17.4 Shashank Singh to Ishan Kishan, good length outside the off-stump, Kishan had to reach and driven it to deep covers for just a single.