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SRH opt to bowl against Punjab Kings, Dhawan's 99 not out takes PBKS to 143/9 against SRH

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and opted to bowl first against Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Sunday.

Hyderabad | Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and opted to bowl first against Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Sunday.

Teams:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (capt), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short, Jitesh Sharma(wk), Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Mohit Rathee, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

Dhawan's 99 not out takes PBKS to 143/9 against SRH 

Skipper Shikhar Dhawan slammed an unbeaten 99 off 66 balls to singlehandedly take Punjab Kings to 143 for nine against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match here on Sunday.

Dhawan played a lone hand, hitting 12 fours and five sixes, while Sam Curran (22) was the other batter to reach double digit, as other PBKS batters cut a sorry figure after being asked to take first strike.

Mayank Markande (4/15) scalped four wickets, while the pace duo of Marco Jansen (2/16) and Umran Malik (2/32) took two wickets each.

Brief Scores:

Punjab Kings: 143 for 9 in 20 overs (S Dhawan 99 not out; M Markande 4/15).

Scoreboard of the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Sunday.

Punjab Kings Innings:

Prabhsimran Singh lbw b Bhuvneshwar 0

Shikhar Dhawan not out 99

Matthew Short lbw b Marco Jansen 1

Jitesh Sharma c Markram b Marco Jansen 4 Sam Curran c Bhuvneshwar b Markande 22

Sikandar Raza c Mayank Agarwal b Umran Malik 5 Shahrukh Khan lbw b Markande 4

Harpreet Brar b Umran Malik 1

Rahul Chahar lbw b Markande 0

Nathan Ellis b Markande 0

Mohit Rathee not out 1

Extras: (LB-1, W-5) 6

Total: (9 wkts, 20 Overs) 143

Fall of Wickets: 0-1, 10-2, 22-3, 63-4, 69-5, 74-6, 77-7, 78-8, 88-9.

Bowler: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-33-1, Marco Jansen 3-1-16-2, Natarajan 4-0-40-0, Washington Sundar 1-0-6-0, Mayank Markande 4-0-15-4, Umran Malik 4-0-32-2. 

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