Unbeaten Punjab Kings (PBKS) take on bottom of the table Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on April 9. Punjab Kings beat Rajasthan Royals in Match 8 of the IPL 2023 at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati to make it two wins in two and are now one of only two teams with a hundred percent record this season.
Captain Shikhar Dhawan led from the front with a perfectly paced 86* off 56 balls after an explosive start by Prabhsimran Singh (60 off 34) as PBKS posted a competitive 197/4. Nathan Ellis then bowled an incisive spell of 4/30 while Curran held his nerve and defended 16 off the last over to help PBKS win by five runs in a tense finish after Hetmyer (36 off 18) and Dhruv Jurel (32* off 15) had led RR’s revival. Dhawan will hope that his team can notch up another win and pile more misery on an already beleaguered SRH side.
