SRH vs PBKS, Match 14 IPL 2023 Stats Review: Shikhar Dhawan’s record unbeaten 99 and more stats

A splendid bowling display from Mayank Markande (4/15) followed by an unbeaten 74-run-knock from Rahul Tripathi helped Sunrsiers Hyderabad edge over Punjab Kings to register their first win in the Indian Premier League 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. SRH defeated PBKS by eight wickets inside 18 overs. 

Invited to bat first, PBKS lost PrabhaSimran Singh on the very first ball of the innings, as he succumbed to Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s fearsome delivery. Marco Jansen then chipped in with wickets in consecutive overs to send Matthew Short and Jitesh Sharma for 1 and 4 runs, respectively.

However, Shikhar Dhawan kept the scoreboard ticking alongside Sam Curran as the duo added 41 for the fourth wicket. Markande broke the partnership by picking Sam Curran with a peach, and from thereon, the wickets kept falling at regular intervals as no batter other than Dhawan and Curran crossed the double-digit score. Dhawan kept piling runs at one end and remained unbeaten on 99 from 66 balls to help Punjab post a fighting 143. For SRH, Markande was brilliant as he picked up 4/15 in his spell of four overs.

Chasing 144, Harry Brook, who was promoted up the order, did not live up to the expectations as he was cleaned up by Arshdeep Singh for 13 runs. Mayank Agarwal had a start but was not able to convert it as SRH were put into trouble. The duo of Aiden Markram and Rahul Tripathi led the recovery in the low-scoring chase as they added an unbeaten 100-run stand to take SRH through the finish line. Tripathi aggregated unbeaten 74 from 48, with 10 fours and three sixes.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from Match 14 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League 2023:

 4 – Shikhar Dhawan became the fourth player alongside Suresh Raina, Chris Gayle and Mayank Agarwal to remain unbeaten on 99 in an IPL innings. 

4/15 – Mayank Markande registered his best bowling figures in IPL. His previous best was 4/23 against SRH in Hyderabad in 2018. 

69.22 – Shikhar Dhawan accounted for 69.22 percent of the Punjab King’s total score of 143, which the second-highest percentage of team’s runs in a completed innings. Brendon McCullum scored an unbeaten 158 off 73 against RCB in Bengaluru in 2008, which was 71.17% of KKR’s total of 222/3.

55* – Shikhar Dhawan and Mohit Rathee broke the record of the highest 10th wicket partnership in the IPL, bettering the previous best of unbeaten 31 between Tom Curran and Ankit Rajpoot against KKR. 

51 – Shikhar Dhawan registered his 51st fifty-plus score in IPL, this is second-most in the tournament. David Warner tops the list with 61.

1 – Shikhar Dhawan now has the most fifty-plus scores by an Indian batter in IPL, he surpassed Virat Kohli’s tally of 50 fifty-plus scores.

1 – Shikhar Dhawan became the first captain to remain unbeaten on 99 in an IPL innings.

100 – Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram registered the fifth-highest partnership for the third wicket for Sunrises Hyderabad.