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Rahul Tripathi hit a match-winning half-century and saved the house followers on their ft as  Sunrisers Hyderabad registered its first win of the  IPL 2023 season, defeating  Punjab Kings by eight wickets on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.

Chasing 144 runs, Tripathi shouldered accountability and scored a superb half-century in 36 balls – his first of the season and eleventh general within the IPL. The batter completed unbeaten on 74 off 48 balls, laced with 10 boundaries and three sixes.

Tripathi was free-flowing with the willow, enjoying to the benefit of the ball and punishing the bowlers after they erred in size. Batting with a barely wider stance, Tripathi bided time and adjusted to the tempo and bounce of the wicket earlier than breaking free. Tripathi additionally used his ft effectively towards the spinners, using the sweep shot to perfection.

SRH tinkered with its batting line-up as soon as once more, this time by selling Harry Brook to open the innings. Brook and Mayank Agarwal supplied a sedate begin earlier than Arshdeep Singh offered the breakthrough by castling the Englishman with a knuckleball. Brook had discovered a liking to the tempo of Punjab bowlers by hitting three boundaries.

Agarwal was handed a life whereas batting on 14 as wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma dropped the opener, however that didn’t harm Punjab as Rahul Chahar ended the opener’s scratchy keep on the wicket. Skipper Aiden Markram then joined fingers with Tripathi because the duo solid an unbeaten 100-run stand in 52 deliveries handy Punjab its first lack of the season.

-V.S. Aravind

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