“Today’s matches were better than overhyped El Clasico!”- Twitter reacts as Rahul Tripathi’s brilliant knock ends SRH’s winless streak

Rahul Tripathi's unbeaten 74-run knock from 48 balls had four boundaries and three sixes. He batted at a strike rate of 154.17.

“Today’s matches were better than overhyped El Clasico!”- Twitter reacts as Rahul Tripathi’s brilliant knock ends SRH’s winless streak

Rahul Tripathi

After facing defeats in two matches, the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) finally ended their winless streak when they thrashed Punjab Kings (PBKS) by eights wicket (with 17 balls left) on Sunday (April 9) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Rahul Tripathi plundered a half-century en route to the victory.

Chasing a decent target of 144, SRH lost the wicket of Harry Brook in the fourth over off Arshdeep Singh. Brook could score just 13 runs from 14 balls. Later, Mayank Agarwal added 21 runs from 20 balls, before he was dismissed by Rahul Chahar in the ninth over.

These two were the only wickets SRH lost. The next two batters did the rest of the job and easily guided the Sunrisers to victory. Rahul Tripathi’s unbeaten 74-run knock from 48 balls had four boundaries and three sixes. He batted at a strike rate of 154.17. Skipper Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten 37 runs from 21 balls with six boundaries. They also stitched a 100-run stand between them.

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Check how Twitter reacted to Rahul Tripathi’s knock

Twitter reacts as Rahul Tripathi's brilliant knock ends SRH's winless streak
Rahul Tripathi
https://twitter.com/ItsmeAK4Tsay1/status/1645117148568883202
https://twitter.com/Rc18forever/status/1645110797188857856
https://twitter.com/daniel_farid_FU/status/1645119324879998977

Earlier, Punjab Kings produced a flop show with the bat except for skipper Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan single-handedly guided his team to 143/9. 

Unfortunately, Dhawan missed the chance to score his century by just a run. He remained unbeaten on 99 runs which he scored from 66 balls with 12 fours and five sixes. Apart from Dhawan, only Sam Curran could reach the two-digit mark, scoring 22 runs from 15 balls.

After this match, Punjab found themselves in the sixth position on the points table with two wins and one defeat from three matches. The Sunrisers, meanwhile, are in the eighth position after their first win in three matches.

Punjab Kings will play their next match against Gujarat Titans on Thursday (April 13). Sunrisers’ next assignment is against the Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday (April 14).

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