Pat Cummins: On Tuesday, the 22nd match of IPL 2024 was played between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad (PBKS vs SRH). This exciting match which continued till the last over was finally won by the visiting team Hyderabad by 2 runs. Batting first, they had scored 182/9 in the stipulated 20 overs, in response to which the red jersey team could score only 180 runs in 20 overs.

This is Sunrisers Hyderabad's third win in 5 matches, while Punjab Kings has suffered its third defeat. Let us tell you what Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins said after this match.

What did Pat Cummins say after winning the match?

After defeating Punjab Kings at their home, Pat Cummins called Impact Player beneficial from batting point of view. He also revealed how Hyderabad bowlers defeated them by learning from Punjab's bowling. During the post match presentation, Cummins said,

“It was a cricket match. They (Punjab Kings) bowled really well in the beginning, but then we also did well to reach 182 and then defend it. The beauty of Impact Player is that you feel like you have really deep batting. We try to stay positive to take the game forward.”

Pat Cummins told the importance of bowlers

30-year-old Pat Cummins told that he learned from the performance of Punjab Kings bowlers and prepared his plan. He also said great things about the young players of his team. Cummins said,

“If you get beaten 150-160, you will lose nine out of ten matches anyway. We knew that the new ball would be a crucial time. We were quite happy (with our score). Seeing the Punjab Kings bowlers doing wonders with the new ball, we thought that if Bhuvi and I could start by taking wickets, it would be good. We have a lot of left-handed and right-handed bowlers, so we are trying to give them a good chance to be successful.”

This was the condition of the competition

Punjab Kings won the toss and chose to bowl first. But his decision was not very good, because Hyderabad (Sunrisers Hyderabad) made a big score of 182/9 in 20 overs. For Orange Army, Nitish Kumar Reddy played the biggest inning of 64 runs in 37 balls with the help of 4 fours and 5 sixes. Whereas, Arshdeep Singh took maximum 4 wickets from Punjab side.

Punjab did not have a good start while chasing the target of 183 runs set by Hyderabad. But in the last overs, Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma tried to give victory to their team by playing stormy innings but they failed. Shashank Singh scored 46* runs in 25 balls with the help of 6 fours and 1 six, while Ashutosh Singh scored 33* runs in only 15 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes.