Harshal Patel the reason for Punjab’s defeat? Reactions of team players on the mistake made on the last ball went viral

IPL 2024, PBKS vs SRH: The 23rd match of IPL 2024 played between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad was very exciting. In this match, Hyderabad won against Punjab Kings by 2 runs. Shikhar Dhawan made a big mistake by taking the wicket of Travis Head on the first ball of the innings, while Harshal Patel dropped the catch on the last ball. SRH batsman Nitish Reddy batted brilliantly in the middle overs, on the other hand, Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma once again impressed after the top order disappointed in Punjab’s innings. Many things remained the center of attraction in this match but the catch dropped by Harshal Patel proved to be the turning point of the match.

Punjab Kings lost to Hyderabad by just two runs

On the last ball of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s innings, Jaydev Undakat hit a big shot towards Sam Curran. Harshal Patel ran towards the ball at long on but could not catch it. Along with dropping the catch, Hershel also helped in taking the ball out of the boundary. In this way, Sunrisers Hyderabad team managed to reach the score of 176 to 182. If Harshal Patel had taken that catch, Punjab Kings could have won this match. In this match, Punjab had to face defeat by just 2 runs. Even if there had been a four on the last ball, Punjab could have won this match.

After Harshal Patel dropped this catch, the reactions of the team players are going viral.

After losing the toss and batting first, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 182 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs on the basis of a half-century from Nitish Reddy (64). Apart from Nitish, no SRH batsman could cross the 25-run mark. While bowling for Punjab, Arshdeep took four wickets. Apart from this, Sam Curran and Harshal Patel got 2 successes each.

Punjab Kings lost 3 wickets for just 27 runs in the powerplay.

While chasing this score, Punjab Kings had a very bad start. In the powerplay, the team lost 3 wickets for just 27 runs. After this, Sam Curran and Sikandar Raza tried to control the team but could not stay at the crease for long. In such a situation, once again the responsibility of making the team win fell on Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma. Shashank scored 46 runs on 25 balls and Ashutosh scored 33 runs on 15 balls and took the team closer to the target, but they could not help the team win. In this match, Punjab had to face defeat by 2 runs.