Punjab Kings underneath the management of Jitesh Sharma performed their ultimate match of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) in opposition to Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Sunday, Might 19, on the Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Stadium in Hyderabad.
Batting first within the match, Punjab Kings’ top-order showcased a batting masterclass. Prabhsimran Singh smashed a superb 71 runs whereas Rilee Rossouw (49) and Atharva Taide (46) additionally made nice contributions. In the long run, Jitesh Sharma got here up with a superb cameo of 32 runs to assist his group publish an enormous whole of 214/5 on the board.
With the ball, Arshdeep Singh cleaned up Travis Head on the primary ball, however Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi performed counterattack knocks to place PBKS underneath strain. After that, PBKS bowlers saved bowling poor traces and lengths and allowed SRH to chase down the goal in 19.1 overs.
After the match, Jitesh Sharma got here out to talk to the commentators with an enormous smile on his face. Jitesh Sharma stated that he loved his captaincy debut and lauded his gamers for exhibiting an important battle within the match.
Jitesh Sharma additionally stated that they performed a pleasant recreation regardless of the absence of many abroad cricketers from the enjoying XI. Jitesh Sharma elaborated:
“It was enjoyable on the market. The boys fought actually arduous and we loved quite a bit. Good recreation with out the abroad gamers. The dialogue will not assist until you suggest on the bottom. We’ve got to play in response to the wicket and plan accordingly.”
In the meantime, with the 4-wicket loss in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings completed their IPL marketing campaign on a low yet one more time. They completed on the ninth spot on the 10-team factors desk, solely above Mumbai Indians. In IPL 2024, PBKS received simply 5 out of 14 video games and had a poor Internet Run Charge of -0.353.
Why Jitesh Sharma Led Punjab Kings In Their Last IPL 2024 Match
Punjab Kings fielded a depleted aspect with just one foreigner – Rilee Rossouw – in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad as a result of loads of gamers had been unavailable for choice. 6 abroad gamers of the group, together with Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Sikandar Raza, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada and Chris Woakes had been both absent attributable to damage or their worldwide commitments.
Amongst these misses, the most important one was Sam Curran, who was main the group within the ongoing version of the league for over a month within the absence of unique skipper Shikhar Dhawan. The veteran left-handed batsman suffered a shoulder damage whereas fielding through the match in opposition to the Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on April 9 at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh. It was anticipated that Dhawan would return to the group for his or her final two league fixtures, however it did not occur.
As each Dhawan and Sam Curran had been declared unavailable, the Punjab Kings administration handed the captaincy to star wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh Sharma, who additionally attended the captains’ photoshoot earlier than the beginning of the event.
