SRH vs PBKS Highlights, IPL 2026: Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Punjab Kings by 33 runs to move on top of points table

Harsh Dubey bowls the penultimate over. It's all about conserving net run rate as far as the rest of the game is concerned for Punjab. Connolly moves to 90s after hitting a four and slamming a six off the final ball. 49 needed off the final over.

PBKS: 187/6 in 19 overs

Cooper Connolly has played a great hand here for Punjab in adverse condition. While the match is as good as gone for the away team, he has ensured Punjab don't go without putting up a fight. He smokes Malinga for two back to back sixes but still it was only a 16-run over, significantly less than what PBKS need per over right now.

PBKS: 158/6 in 17 overs

Eshan Malinga back into the attack. Connolly gets a two to complete his half-century. The required rate is well over 18 now as it appears to be out of reach for Punjab batters unless we witness a wild comeback.

PBKS: 126/6 in 14 overs

Pat Cummins returns to the attack and straightaway strikes for SRH. He ends Suryansh's vigil after the latter holes out to Abhishek Sharma at deep mid-wicket. Shashank Singh joins Connolly and gets off the mark with a FOUR.

Suryansh Shedge c Abhishek Sharma b Pat Cummins 25(17)

PBKS: 114/5 in 12 overs

Harsh Dubey is in the attack for the first time tonight. Shedge gets a single to start the over. Dubey bowls two back to back wides. SIX! Finally, a boundary for Punjab, first in last 20 deliveries. Short from Dubey, Connolly has had enough; he breaks the shackles and lofts it over long-on. SIX AGAIN! One brings two! This time, over the bowler's head, picks the long-off boundary.

PBKS: 91/4 in 10 overs

Nitish Kumar Reddy returns. Five singles from his over as the required rate jumps to 14.

PBKS: 69/4 in 8 overs

Eshan Malinga bowls the last over of the PowerPlay. Cooper Connolly starts the over with a couple of FOURS, taking PBKS' run rate over 10 for the first time tonight. Malinga then makes an error in his line to bowl a wide. Malinga recovers well, bowling four back-to-back dots to give nine from his over.

PBKS: 57/3 in 6 overs

Eshan Malinga is in the attack for the first time tonight. OUT! Shreyas Iyer is the man to fall this time. Punjab are off to a terrible start in the chase of 236. Iyer slices it to Cummins at mid-off while looking to go for a big shot. Marcus Stoinis joins Connolly and he gets off the mark with a monstrous six over deep mid-wicket.

Shreyas Iyer c Pat Cummins b Eshan Malinga 5(5) [4s-1]

PBKS: 29/3 in 4 overs

Sunrisers Hyderabad got off to an emphatic start defending 235. First skipper Cummins got Priyansh Arya in the opening over and it was followed by Nitish Kumar Reddy's first ball dismissal of Prabhsmran Singh as the dangerous duo of Prabh and Arya were sent back in just the first seven deliveries. Cummins deceived Arya with a short ball as the left-hander pulled it straight to Eshan Malinga at deep square leg. Prabh, too, lost the plot as a leading edge was caught by Cummins at covers.

Priyansh Arya c Eshan Malinga b Pat Cummins 1(3); Prabhsimran Singh c Pat Cummins b Nitish Reddy 3(4)

PBKS: 10/2 in 2 overs

Vijaykumar Vyshak tasked to bowl the final over of the innings. Reddy starts the over with a single. Vyshak follows it up with a top-notch yorker, bowling a dot against Klaasen. SIX! How long can you stop Klaasen from hitting boundaries? Turns out, not much as Klaasen smacks this one over long-off with a handsome shot. FOUR! Another boundary for Klaasen. Uses his crafty wrists, flicks the full ball on the leg at short fine leg. OUT! Vyshal finally gets his man off the very last delivery of this innings. Klaasen slices it to Marco Jansen as Hyderabad manage 235 for four. Could be 15-20 short of a par total at this venue against the likes of Punjab.

SRH: 235/4 in 20 overs

Last over for Lockie Ferguson. Nitish Kumar Reddy gets a single, bringing up 200 for the home team in 17.1 overs. Klaasen gets a quick two off the following delivery to bring up his fifty in 32 deliveries. He has been such a reliable finisher for Hyderabad. SIX! Going, going and gone over the fence. Slower ball in the middle, Ferguson ends up bowling a full ball and Nitish picks it up well and smokes it over deep square leg. 13 off the over.

SRH: 212/3 in 18 overs

Yuzi Chahal has been brought back into the attack, with him bowling his last over. Iyer is looking to pounce with his wicket-taking bowler. Just three singles off the first four balls. FOUR! Full ball but on leg and Nitish Kumar Reddy brings out his sweep shot to beat the boundary rider at deep backward square-leg fence. 8 off the over. End of a good spell from Chahal as he gives 32 in his four overs, taking a wicket.

SRH: 182/3 in 16 overs

Third straight over for Vijaykumar Vyshak. SIX! Ishan Kishan moves slightly, gets under the line of the ball and pulls it with disdain. SIX MORE! Wow, Kishan is on the move here. Another slower one from Vyshak, easy pickings for Kishan who slams this one over left of long-on for a second six in a row. Make it THREE SIXES IN A ROW as Kishan gets to his fifty in 28 balls. 21 off the over.

SRH: 168/2 in 14 overs

Vyshak continues. FOUR! A boundary to start the over. Short ball on off, Kishan shuffles across, opens the blade of the bat and guides it fine through the vacant gap. A couple and four singles make this a 10-run over.

SRH: 134/2 in 12 overs

Vijaykumar Vyshak into the attack. Replaces Lockie Ferguson. A couple to start the over before Klaasen slams a FOUR, pulling the short ball at deep mid-wicket. A couple of singles and then a quick two follow. A single to finish the over. 11 runs off Vyshak's first over.

Hyderabad 118 at the halfway mark. Looks set for a 250+ total here.

SRH: 118/2 in 10 overs

Third over for Lockie Ferguson. CHANCE BUT DROPPED! Shot ball in the middle, Kishan cramped up for space, pulls it across but Cooper Connolly grasses a straight-forward catch at deep. This will stink. SIX! Kishan ends the over with a swivel-pull six, adding insult to injury for Ferguson.

SRH: 94/2 in 8 overs

Last over of the PowerPlay, Lockie Ferguson to finish it off. SIX! Head is not letting the momentum shift away from the home team after the wicket of Abhishek. Short ball in the middle, enough room for Head to swing his bat, middles it and dispatches it over deep mid-wicket. FOUR! This time it's Ishan Kishan. First boundary for him in this innings. 14 from this over as SRH post 79 in PowerPlay.

SRH: 79/1 in 6 overs

Lockie Ferguson comes in as first change bowler in place of Marco Jansen. SIX! Fourth maximum for Abhishek as he takes Sunrisers Hyderabad to fifty in just 20 deliveries. What a start this has been for the home team. OUT! And the Kiwi strikes back! Six and Wicket and he is elated! Length ball in middle, Sharma goes for another big shot but miscues it, offering an easy catch for Shreyas Iyer at mid-off. Big breakthrough for Punjab as the dangerman departs for 13-ball 35. Ishan Kishan is the new man in the middle. He plays out the rest of the over as Ferguson gives just six from his first over.

Abhishek Sharma c Shreyas Iyer b Lockie Ferguson 35(13)

SRH: 54/1 in 4 overs

Marco Jansen is into the attack from the other end. Head manages to get a single off the first ball. SIX! Sharma welcomes Jansen with a maximum. Statement shot from him as he gets under the line of the ball and uses the bat swing to deposit the ball deep into the stands at long-off. FOUR! Jansen looks for an overcorrection, ends up bowling a short ball and Sharma pulls it authority. SIX MORE! Second maximum of the over, his third and he is off to a blazing start. Over the bowler's head this time. A FOUR to end the over as 21 come from the second over.

SRH: 32/0 in 2 overs

All set for the live action as Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head open for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Arshdeep Singh has the new ball for PBKS as we are underway in Hyderabad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain.

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bowl first vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Uppal Stadium.

“When I had my back injury, some people said I would never be the same again. I asked myself, ‘why can’t I be?’ The way you shape your mindset after an injury is important. You choose what to focus on and what to ignore,” Iyer said on JioHotstar’s ‘Believe’.

“People said I would never fix my short-ball problem. That triggered me. I wanted to prove them wrong by performing well, so I worked hard on it. Earlier, I would just take a single or try to keep the ball down, but now my mindset has changed. If I see a short ball in my zone, I am going to hit it for a six. I work with Pravin Amre; I have been with him since I was young. I also talk to coaches like Abhishek Nayar. We share ideas,” said Iyer.

PBKS predicted XII: Prabhsimran Singh(wk), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak.

Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Musheer Khan, Mitchell Owen, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Shashank Singh, Yash Thakur, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash, Vishal Nishad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga, Praful Hinge, Harsh Dubey, Liam Livingstone, Sakib Hussain, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Gerald Coetzee, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Dilshan Madushanka, Krains Fuletra, Onkar Tarmale, RS Ambrish, Amit Kumar.