Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad chased down 246 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on 12 April 2025, winning by 8 wickets to complete one of the more convincing victories of the IPL season. Punjab Kings had posted 245/6 after winning the toss and batting first, a total built on an explosive powerplay of 89/1 and a solid middle phase of 88 runs. SRH's reply was calm and controlled throughout: 83 without loss in the powerplay, then 122 runs for just 1 wicket across the middle overs. By the time the death arrived, the game was already settled. Abhishek Sharma took the Player of the Match award.

Punjab Kings did much of what you would want from a batting side at this ground. Their powerplay score of 89 was more than twice the venue's historical average of 43 runs, and their overall total of 245/6 cleared the average first-innings score of 192 by over 50 runs. The problem was that SRH answered every phase. Their middle-overs phase, in particular, was extraordinary: 122 runs for 1 wicket across overs 7 to 15 effectively ended the contest before the death overs began.

The result tightens SRH's head-to-head record against Punjab Kings to 17 wins from 25 meetings. It was also their latest victory at a venue where the chase success rate sits at 54%, a figure that continues to climb on evidence like this.