T20 2018: Hyderabad beat Punjab by 13 runs

Hyderabad cricketer Rashid Khan 2L celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Punjab cricketer Karun Nair unseen during the T20 2018 match between Hyderabad and Punjab AFPRiding on wonder spinner Rashid Khans brilliant effort Hyderabad produced an inspired bowling display to eke out a fighting 13run win over inform Punjab in a lowscoring T20 match on ThursdayRashid 319 turned out to be the star for Hyderabad once again as he along with Shakib 218 turned the tables around for the hosts in the middle overs after Manish Pandeys fighting 54 propelled them to 132 for sixBesides Rashid and Shakib Basil Thampi 214 and Sandeep Sharma 217 also rose to the occasion for the home teamEarlier young Punjab pacer Ankit Rajpoot 514 registered his careerbest bowling figures to restrict Sunrisers to the modest scoreBut the total proved enough for Hyderabad as Punjab batsmen crumbled like a pack of cards to fell short eventually and slump to their second loss in the tournamentChasing the modest target openers KL Rahul 32 and Chris Gayle 23 got Punjabs off to great start as the duo stitched quick 55 runs in just 47 ballsBut just when it looked Punjab will run away with the game Afghan legspinner Rashid got the big breakthrough when he cleaned up Rahul with a gem of a deliveryBighitting Gayle then miscued a short delivery off Thampi in the next over and the pacer accepted the chance of his own bowlingThe two wickets derailed Punjabs chase as Rashid and Shakib bowled brilliantly in the middle overs to keep Hyderabad afloat with wickets at regular intervalsRashid in particular was unplayable as the Punjab batsmen completely failed to read his variations Shakib accounted for Mayank Agarwal in the 13th over before Rashid outfoxed Karun Nair with a googly caught plumb in front of the wicketShakib then came back to dismiss dangerous Aaron Finch in the next over to make life difficult for Punjab Sandeep then dismissed Manoj Tiwary and Andrew Tye in the same over as Punjabs chase fell apart Earlier Rajpoot produced a dream opening spell which included three important wickets to dismantle Hyderabads innings after Punjab opted to bowl firstThe young pacer from Kanpur then returned back to pick up two more wickets in the final over to singlehandedly destroy the home teamFor Hyderabad Pandey 54 off 51 scored a fighting halfcentury while Shakib 28 and Yusuf Pathan 21 not out made useful contributionsOn a roll Punjab had a dream start as they reduced Sunrisers to 27 for three by the end of the fifth over with Rajpoot reigning havocHyderabads toporder failed to cope up with Rajpoots extra bounce and swing which resulted in the dismissal of teams captain Kane Williamson in the fourth ball of the innings caught by skipper Ravichandran Ashwin The pacer then removed Shikhar Dhawan 11 and Wriddhiman Saha 6 in his consecutive overs to put the team in serious troubleRajpoots extra bounce and swing first induced an edge from Dhawan which Nair gleefully accepted in the only slip and then in his next over the pacer removed Saha caught by Tye as the batsman went for a terrible crossbatted slogIt could have been more trouble for the hosts but Tye dropped a dolly from Pandey off Rajpoots next delivery to deny the bowler a hattrick chanceHyderabad received another reprieve when Shakib was caught off Barinder sran in the next over off a no ball Riding on their luck Pandey and Shakib then steadied Sunrisers sinking ship with a toiling 52run partnership for the fourth wicket that came off 53 balls before young Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman 117 cut short the association getting the wicket of Shakib in the 14th overEven though Pandey toiled to his fifty but it was not enough as Rajpoot returned back in the final over to cut short his stay and then accounted for Mohammad Nabi a ball later to help Punjab restrict Hyderabad to a chaseable targetCatch up on all the latest T20news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever