IPL 2023: First bowlers amazing, Rahul Tripathi’s bat also spoke, SRH got first win – first victory for sunrisers hyderabad in ipl 2023 vs punjab kings

With the help of leg-spinner Mayank Markandey’s brilliant bowling and Rahul Tripathi’s half-century, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Shikhar Dhawan’s unbeaten 99-run attractive innings by defeating Punjab Kings by eight wickets with 17 balls to spare in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Recorded his first win of the season. Dhawan held one end from start to finish and Punjab, who were invited to bat first, reached a respectable score of 143 for nine. He played 66 balls in his innings and hit 12 fours and five sixes. Apart from him, only Sam Karen (22 off 15 balls) reached double digits. Dhawan shared an unbroken 55-run partnership off 30 balls for the tenth wicket with Mohit Rathi. Rathi’s contribution in this was one run off two balls. Markandey took four wickets for 15 runs from Sunrisers.