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Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad's play-off chances are long gone. Even then the match was dignified for both the teams. A little consolation can be found if you win the last match. Punjab Kings have finally won this prestigious match. They lost to Hyderabad by 5 wickets. Punjab, which has never won an IPL title, finished sixth.
The focus of the match was on Umran Malik and Arshdeep Singh. Today, the two of them got a chance in the Indian team for the first time. Today's match was also a celebration of their achievements with good performance. Arshdeep did not get a wicket. Umran, however, got a wicket. Although Arshdeep did not bowl very badly. He gave 25 runs in 4 overs.
Nathan Ellis and Harpreet Brar bowled well for Punjab today. Harpreet took 3 wickets, Ellis took 2 wickets. Kagiso Rabada took 1 wicket. With their bowling power, Hyderabad could not score more than 156 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Punjab lost 5 wickets in 15.1 overs and won the match by 180 runs.
Livingstone has hit the thousandth six of this year's IPL today
Livingstone hits 1000th sixes in IPL today: IPL
For Hyderabad, Abhishek Sharma made 43 off 32 balls, Rahul Tripathi made 20 off 16 balls, Aiden Markram made 21 off 18 balls, Washington Sundar made 25 off 19 balls and Romeo Shepherd made 28 off 15 balls.
Liam Livingstone is the best batsman in Punjab. He scored 49 off 22 balls. Two boundaries and five sixes came from his bat. He hit his 1000th six in the IPL today. This is the first time that a thousand sixes have been scored in an IPL match. Shikhar Dhawan hit 39 off 32 balls. He hit two fours and sixes. Besides, Shah Rukh Khan made 19 off 10 balls, while Jitesh Sharma made 19 off 8 balls.
Umran Malik returns to Shah Rukh Khan. Fazal Haque Farooqi took 2 wickets. Jagadisha Suchith and Washington Sundar also took one wicket each.