Hyderabad. April 10 (APP): In the Indian Premier League, Sunrisers Hyderabad easily defeated Punjab Kings by 8 wickets to win the tournament for the first time. The winning team achieved the target of 144 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in the 17th over.Rahul Tripathi of Sunrisers Hyderabad played an unbeaten smoky innings of 74 runs and played an important role in his team's victory. Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan's unbeaten innings of 99 runs could not win his team, but he was declared the man of the match for his excellent batting. The 14th match of the league played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Batting first, Punjab Kings scored 143 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs, Shikhar Dhawan played an unbeaten innings of 99 runs. Due to the excellent bowling of the bowlers of Hyderabad, 9 players of Punjab could not even cross double digits. Mayank Markande scored four, Marco Johnson and Imran Malik scored two, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar guided one player to the pavilion. In response, Sunrisers Hyderabad achieved the required target in 17.1 overs with the loss of 2 wickets. Rahul Tripathi played a storming unbeaten innings of 74 runs off 48 balls and played an important role in giving his team their first victory in the league. Skipper Aiden Markram was the other outstanding batsman with an unbeaten 37. Hyderabad's Arsdeep and Rahul Chahar were dismissed one each. Captain Shikhar Dhawan was adjudged Man of the Match.\932
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