SRH vs PBKS 1st Innings Full Highlights: In the 49th league match of IPL 2026, Sunrisers Hyderabad, batting first, scored 235 runs on the board at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Heinrich Klaasen played the biggest innings for the team, scoring 69 runs in 43 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes. Rest Ishan Kishan scored 55 runs in 32 balls while playing a half-century innings. Finally, Nitish Reddy, who came at number five, stole the show by scoring 29* runs in 13 balls at a strike rate of 223.
Let us tell you that till now Punjab has not won a single match against Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Hyderabad is leading 8-0 since 2015. Now it will be interesting to see whether Punjab will be able to create history today or not.
In the match, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer had won the toss and decided to bowl. Hyderabad, which got the invitation to bat first, has put a good total on the board. Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, who came in the opening, gave a good start to the team. Both made a partnership of 52 runs in just 21 balls for the first wicket. Abhishek scored 35 runs in just 13 balls. Head scored 38 runs in 19 balls.
Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen maintained the good start and helped the team reach a big total by making a partnership of 88 runs in 48 balls for the third wicket. This partnership ended with the wicket of Ishan Kishan. Even Hyderabad had put 172 runs on the board in 14.4 overs.
After this, Nitish Reddy, who came to the crease for batting, supported Klaasen very well. Both of them made a partnership of 63 runs in 32 balls for the third wicket and helped the team cross the total of 230 runs.
Punjab’s biggest run chase in IPL history
It is noteworthy that Punjab Kings holds the record for the biggest successful run chase in the history of IPL. The team had chased the score of 264/2 runs against Delhi Capitals in the same season.
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