Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kings XI Punjab by 69 runs at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai yesterday night and clinched their third win of the season while Kings XI Punjab suffered their fifth loss.
Earlier Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bat first. Jonny Bairstow and David Warner gave a good start and scored over 50 runs in the power play. They had got set and went on to smash all Punjab bowlers all over the park. Both the batsmen also brought up their respective fifties and their record 160 runs opening partnership set the platform for a big score. Although after Warner and Bairstow's dismissal Hyderabad couldn't score quick runs and eventually they finished on 201/6 in 20 overs. Jonny Bairstow played 97 runs knock while Warner scored 52 runs.
In reply Kings XI Punjab had a poor start as Mayank Agarwal got run out for just 9 runs. Simran Singh and KL Rahul also struggled and after some time both got out and at 58/3 Punjab were in big trouble. Nicholas Pooran counter-attacked and brought up his maiden IPL fifty in just 17 balls but he had no support from other end and in the 17th over Punjab got all out for just 132 runs and suffered a 69 runs loss. Nicholas Pooran scored 77 runs off 37 balls and for Hyderabad Rashid Khan took 3 wickets.
All the major stats and facts from the 22nd match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab in Dubai :
3/12 - Rashid Khan's bowling figures of 3/12 are his best bowling figures in the Indian Premier League.
Best Bowling Figures for Rashid Khan in IPL -
3/12 vs KXIP at Dubai, 2020
3/14 vs DC at Abu Dhabi, 2020
3/19 vs GL at Hyderabad, 2017
3/19 vs KXIP at Hyderabad, 2018
3/19 vs KKR at Kolkata, 2018
5 - Number of hundred runs partnerships David Warner and Jonny Bairstow have shared in IPL - the joint four most by a pair in IPL.
Most 100 plus runs partnerships in IPL -
9 - V Kohli / AB de Villiers
9 - V Kohli / C Gayle
6 - D Warner / S Dhawan
5 - G Gambhir / R Uthappa
5 - D Warner / J Bairstow
9 - David Warner scored his 9th consecutive fifty against Kings XI Punjab in IPL. His last 9 scores against KXIP are (most recent first) - 52, 81, 70*, 51, 70*, 52, 59, 81 and 58.
Most consecutive fifty-plus scores against a team in IPL -
9* - David Warner vs KXIP (2015-20)
7 - David Warner vs RCB (2014-2016)
5 - David Warner vs CSK (2014-19)
17 - Nicholas Pooran scored his maiden IPL fifty in just 17 balls - the fastest fifty of this IPL season and overall second fastest fifty for KXIP in IPL.
Fastest fifties for KXIP in IPL (By balls) -
14 - KL Rahul vs DC at Mohali, 2018
17 - N Pooran vs SRH at Dubai, 2020
19 - KL Rahul vs CSK at Mohali, 2019
19 - D Miller vs RR at Sharjah, 2014
50 - David Warner became the first-ever batsman to score 50 fifty-plus scores in IPL.
Most fifty-plus scores in IPL -
50 - David Warner
42 - Virat Kohli
39 - Suresh Raina / Rohit Sharma
38 - AB de Villiers
37 - Shikhar Dhawan
69 - Runs win is the third biggest win for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League in terms of runs.
Biggest wins for SRH in IPL (By runs) -
118 vs RCB at Hyderabad, 2019
85 vs MI at Visakhapatnam, 2016
69 vs KXIP at Dubai, 2020
48 vs KKR at Hyderabad, 2017
45 vs KXIP at Hyderabad, 2019
97 - Jonny Bairstow's 97 is the fourth-highest individual score for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL.
Highest individual scores for SRH in IPL -
126 - D Warner vs KKR at Hyderabad, 2017
114 - J Bairstow vs RCB at Hyderabad, 2019
100* - D Warner vs RCB at Hyderabad, 2019
97 - J Bairstow vs KXIP at Dubai, 2020
93* - D Warner vs GL at Delhi, 2016