‘Monster’: Liam Livingstone demolishes Hyderabad bowlers on the way to a comfortable victory
Liam Livingstone (Image Source: BCCI/IPL)
Hyderabad and Punjab faced off in the last match of the league stage of the Indian T20 League 2022 at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. The match was of little significance to the tournament as the four teams for the playoffs have already been decided.
Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bat in the match. They did not start their innings on a good note as Priyam Garg(4 of 7) was dismissed early. After his dismissal, Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi stabilized the Hyderabad ship with a 47 runs partnership. The partnership was broken in the 9th over of the innings as Tripathi (20 of 18) was dismissed by Harpreet Brar. This started a mini-collapse for Hyderabad in which they lost four wickets for 35 runs. Abhishek was one of the wickets to fall at this stage. He scored 43 runs off 32 deliveries hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes. Hyderabad was poised at 96 for 5 in 14.4 overs and things seemed gloomy for them. But Washington Sundar (25 of 19) and Romario Shepherd (26* of 15) stitched a partnership of 58 runs and restored a bit of balance to the Hyderabad innings. On the back of the batting exploits of the duo, Hyderabad managed to reach a total of 158 for 8 in their 20 overs. Harpreet Brar was the pick of the bowlers for Punjab picking up three wickets for 26 runs from his 4 overs.
In reply to a moderate total Punjab had a blazing start as Jonny Bairstow (23 of 15) started batting in the fifth gear. But Fazalhaq Farooqi picked up his wicket in the third over of the innings and the team’s score at this stage was 28 for 1. But the momentum that Bairstow provided at the start of the innings was carried forward by Shahrukh Khan. He took on the bowlers from the beginning of his knock. Dhawan was also looking to stay positive at the other end. But it was the speedster of Hyderabad, Umran Malik who picked up Shahrukh Khan (19 of 10) in the 7th over of the innings. Punjab was 66 for 2 down in 6.3 overs when Khan walked back to the pavilion. Mayank Agarwal (1 of 4) was soon to follow as Washington Sundar picked up his wicket. Liam Livingstone came out in the middle and looked settled from the first ball. He continued the momentum that Bairstow and Sharukh Khan provided and made the target look smaller as he batted in an aggressive mode. However, Dhawan (39 of 32) and Jitesh Sharma (19 of 7) were dismissed by Farooqi and Suchith respectively, Punjab had no trouble in achieving the target courtesy of Liam Livingstone (49 of 22). They got over the line with 5 wickets in hand with 4.5 overs remaining in the match. With the win Punjab finished the tournament with 7 wins, while Hyderabad lost 8 of their 14 matches.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the match.
Innings Break!#SRH post a total of 157/8 on the board.#PBKS chase coming up shortly.
Scorecard – https://t.co/qbGsqixyd4 #SRHvPBKS #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/PGEg5BYnrV
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 22, 2022
Washington Sundar is India’s future all-rounder across all formats: Ravi Shastri on T20 time out Cricinfo.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) May 22, 2022
Clearly the idea from Bairstow was to attack the new ball before the older ball starts to grip. #SRH have the bowling to win this with Suchith, Washington and the option of Markram and Abhishek.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 22, 2022
For me the biggest positive for SRH this year is the performances by Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma and not to forget Umran Malik. What’s your take? #SRHvsPBKS #IPL2022
— Amit Mishra (@MishiAmit) May 22, 2022
A shame, Punjab couldn’t make it to the Playoffs this year in spite of having Livingstone in such murderous mood @liaml4893 #PBKS #PBKSVsSRH
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) May 22, 2022
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It's all over!!!#PunjabKings (160/5) beat #SunrisersHyderabad (157/8) by 5 wickets to end campaign on a winning note
Match Highlights: https://t.co/oc0bNX5zOJ pic.twitter.com/2xXGigalth
— TOI Sports (@toisports) May 22, 2022
#PBKS crush #SRH by 5 wickets, finish #IPL2022 with 14 points https://t.co/xQyoN2GrI4#SRHvPBKS
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) May 22, 2022
#PBKS win by five wickets.
160/5 in 15.1 ovs#SRHvPBKS #OrangeArmy #ReadyToRise #TATAIPL
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) May 22, 2022
If the chase against DC was orchestrated like this then Punjab would have been celebrating being in the playoffs for the first time in 8 years right now. Not to be however. #IPL2022 #SRHvPBKS
— Aries (@ariescric) May 22, 2022
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