SRH’s skipper, Pat Cummins, amazed fans with an extraordinary leaping catch. It dismissed PBKS’ Sam Curran, a key moment as he’d kept their hopes alive with timely hits. The captain’s athletic feat turned the tide in a close contest.
After PBKS was reduced to 20/3, Sam Curran scored 29 (22) in an attempt to settle matters. He tried to boost the ante and died in the tenth over after trying a huge shot over mid-off. Curran did not achieve the proper elevation and force behind the shot, but Pat Cummins sprinted back, judged it well, and made an incredible catch.
You can watch the catch below:
PBKS Suffers Heartbreaking 2-Run Defeat to SRH in IPL 2024 Clash
After being selected to bat first in the contest, SRH scored a decent 182/9 in 20 overs. Nitish Reddy (64) excelled for them in the batting department, scoring a scorching fifty. Abdul Samad (25), Travis Head (21), Abhishek Sharma (16), and Shahbaz Ahmed (14*) made cameo appearances throughout the first innings.
PBKS then found themselves in serious danger at 58/4 in 9.1 overs. Shashank Singh (46) once again shown his talent, leading PBKS close to the mark with assistance from Sikandar Raza (28) and Ashutosh Sharma (33). However, the SRH bowlers remained composed and helped the visiting team win by two runs.
PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan remarked on the loss after the game, saying:
“I feel that, Shashank and Ashutosh played great knocks, I feel that we restricted them on a good total but we couldn’t cash in the powerplay, lost too many wickets and that pegged us back. Of course, wicket is not offering that bounce, we need to come up with better plans and change those shots.”
Shikhar Dhawan
He added:
“At the end, that dropped catch in the end, could’ve restricted them to 10 or 15 runs less, but the batter couldn’t step up, the top order to be precise. Great to see, youngsters coming in and stepping in, we will look to bounce back from this loss.
“There was always hope they could finish the game, they took us deep but we can always improve on many things and get better.”
Shikhar Dhawan