Overview
- SRH beat PBKS in Hyderabad on Wednesday by 33 runs after piling up 235 for 4, cashing in on multiple dropped chances that kept Heinrich Klaasen and Ishan Kishan at the crease.
- Klaasen made 69 and Kishan 55 after early reprieves, Travis Head hit 38 and Abhishek Sharma 35, and Cooper Connolly’s unbeaten 107 for Punjab could not stop a third straight defeat.
- SRH’s catching and new-ball pressure removed Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh and captain Shreyas Iyer early, with Pat Cummins marshalling a steady defence to close out the chase.
- The win lifted SRH to 14 points from 11 matches at No. 1, while PBKS stayed on 13 and now face a tighter path to the playoffs in a table where big margins are shaping net run rate.
- RCB, on 12 points, visit bottom-placed LSG later Thursday with a 5–2 head-to-head edge, recent batting jitters and Phil Salt’s absence, but with Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood driving a potent seam attack.