Shreyas Iyer State after Defeat Against Sunrisers Hyderabad: Despite scoring a big score against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer looked disappointed. After the match, he expressed his feelings during the award distribution ceremony and said, ‘I think 245 runs were quite good. I am still laughing that he (SRH) achieved the target with two overs remaining. I wish we had caught some catch. He (Abhishek Sharma) was very lucky and looked different. We did not bowl as expected. We need to change our plan back.
Chasing the target, the opening partnership between Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head on behalf of SRH was very good. He did not give much opportunities to the opposition team. Iyer appreciated these two players and said, ‘The initial partnership between Abhishek and Head was quite spectacular. He did not give us a chance to set. Over rotation from our side could have been better. Locky Ferguson could give us wickets, but he was injured, which is part of the game.
Iyer, while carrying on his point, said, ‘We cannot deny it. For us it can be learned to move forward. Me and Vadhera (Nehal Vadhera) were thinking that 230 total could prove to be good for us, but the pair of both of them (Abhishek and Head) made it difficult for us. The way he was batting both, as if he was out of the world. I have seen the most brilliant innings of life (Abhishek’s innings) so far.
Punjab batsmen also have commendable performance
Let us tell you that the Punjab Kings batsmen scored 245 runs in 20 overs, batting in the last match. Captain Shreyas Iyer played a brilliant innings of 82 runs in 36 balls. Apart from him, young batsman Priyansh Arya, who was present in the team, contributed 36 in 13 balls, while Prabhasimran Singh contributed 42 runs.
Abhishek Sharma took advantage of the life of life
During the match, the players of Punjab dripped two catches of Abhishek Sharma. For the first time he got a life on seven, while for the second time on a personal score of 56 runs. After which Abhishek Sharma hit 141 runs in 55 balls, which is the highest of an Indian batsman in T20.
Before this innings, Abhishek was seen battling for runs in the ongoing season. You can guess his initial poor performance from the fact that before the match against Punjab, he scored only 58 runs in five matches.
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