Kings XI Punjab once again showed their batting might as the table-toppers chased down another 200-plus run target to comfortably beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets in an IPL match in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Chasing 206 for victory, the Punjab top-order pulled off another run feast -- their second 200-pus run chase in this IPL -- to canter to their target in 18.4 overs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Punjab batsmen struck from the word go, even after losing Virender Sehwag (4) on the second ball of the innings.
Wriddhiman Saha (54 off 26 balls) and Manan Vohra (47) managed a 91-run second-wicket partnership to provide a solid platform for the big chase.
Saha led the assault with the duo getting 20 runs from the sixth over and taking their side to 86 after the powerplays.
Saha though ran out of steam when Karn Sharma got him stumped but the leg-spinner’s joy was short—lived as Glenn Maxwell came to the crease. The current orange-cap holder belted Karn for three sixes to continue with the momentum.
Vohra was unlucky to to be run out while backing off at the non-striker’s end but Maxwell got a lucky repreive when he survived a catch with Amit Mishra bowling a no ball.