OUT! Pat Cummins gets his second wicket! Just when it seemed the Punjab Kings innings was gaining momentum, the Sunrisers Hyderabad captain struck. It was a slower short ball, and Suryansh Shedge pulled it on the leg side. Abhishek Sharma ran in from deep mid-wicket and took a good catch.

PBKS 110-5 (11.4)

Shivang Kumar goes expensive in his third over. He has been smashed for 18 in it. Cooper Connolly slammed the spinner for two sixes and one four. Punjab Kings need 127 runs in 54 balls.

PBKS 109-4 (11)

With the asking rate increasing, Cooper Connolly smashed Harsh Dubey for two consecutive sixes. A total of 17 runs came off the over. Punjab Kings need 145 runs in 60 balls. The asking rate has climbed to 14.5.

PBKS 91-4 (10)

Only five runs came off the second over of Nitish Kumar Reddy. Punjab Kings need 167 runs in 72 balls. The asking rate is creeping towards 14 now. They need some big overs to bounce back in the game.

PBKS 69-4 (8)

OUT! This is a big wicket for SRH in the context of the game. Marcus Stoinis departs after scoring 28 off 14 balls. The ball spun away from the batter, and Stoinis edged it. Ishan Kishan failed to grab it on the first go but managed to take it after a rebound.

Marcus Stoinis c Ishan Kishan b Shivang Kumar 28(14) [4s-3 6s-2]

PBKS 63-4 (6.4)

Nine runs came off the second over of Eshan Malinga. Punjab Kings need 179 runs in 84 balls. Marcus Stoinis and Cooper Connolly are doing a fine job here. The duo has added 34 off 16 balls so far.

PBKS 57-3 (6)

4, 4, 6 - Sakib Hussain has been smashed by Marcus Stoinis in his first over. The pacer leaked a total of 19 runs. Stoinis slammed him for two fours and six. The over also included a no-ball. Punjab Kings need 188 runs in 90 balls.

PBKS 48-3 (5)

OUT! Shreyas Iyer departs! He edged the Eshan Malinga delivery high in the air and Pat Cummins took the catch at long-off. Punjab Kings are off to a horrible start in this big chase. They are three down in just 3.2 overs.

Shreyas Iyer c Pat Cummins b Eshan Malinga 5(5) [4s-1]

PBKS 23-3 (3.2)

OUT! Nitish Reddy has got the wicket of Prabhsimran Singh! The PBKS opener edged the ball, which went high in the air. SRH captain Pat Cummins took a good catch at cover. Punjab Kings are two down.

Prabhsimran Singh c Pat Cummins b Nitish Reddy 3(4)

PBKS 8-2 (1.2)

Good bowling, good field placement, and an equally good catch rewards SRH with their first wicket! Pat Cummins bowled a short ball with an angle. The southpaw pulled it towards deep square leg, where Eshan Malinga took a good diving catch.

Priyansh Arya c Eshan Malinga b Pat Cummins 1(3)

PBKS 4-1 (1)

Punjab Kings' chase gets underway in Hyderabad! Pat Cummins begins with a short-of-a-length ball outside off stump, and Priyansh Arya steers it to third man for a single. Prabhsimran Singh gets on strike.

Heinrich Klaasen is out on the final ball of the innings! He departs after scoring 69 off 43 balls, with the help of three fours and four sixes. SRH have posted a big total of 235 on the board. Once again this season, the PBKS bowlers have leaked runs.

Heinrich Klaasen c Marco Jansen b Vijaykumar Vyshak 69(43) [4s-3 6s-4]

SRH 235-4 (20)

The action at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad has been halted as one of the light towers has gone off. We have a short delay before the final ball will be bowled.

Arshdeep Singh finishes with an eight-run over. He returns with figures of 1 for 41 in his four overs. Sunrisers Hyderabad have crossed 220. How much could they score in the final six balls? Vijaykumar Vyshak will bowl the last over.

SRH 222-3 (19)

17.2 -  A couple and Heinrich Klaasen has raced to his half-century in 32 balls! This has been a really good knock from SRH's consistent number 4. Klaasen had his catch dropped earlier in the innings, and he is making the most of the chance now.

Poor returns from Marco Jansen. He ends with figures of 0 for 61. The pacer conceded 17 runs in his final over. SRH are only one short of 200. They have 18 balls remaining. Expect them to post something close to 240.

SRH 199-3 (17)

Yuzvendra Chahal ends with an eight-run over. He returns with figures of 1 for 32. The spinner could have easily got more wickets, but Punjab Kings’ pathetic fielding disappointed him. Despite all of that, he managed to remain economical.

SRH 182-3 (16)

OUT! After three dropped catches, Punjab Kings finally manage to take one! It was yet another short ball, and Ishan Kishan pulled it on the leg side. Suryansh Shedge ran from deep mid-wicket to square leg to take the catch.

Ishan Kishan c Suryansh Shedge b Arshdeep Singh 55(32) [4s-2 6s-4] 

SRH 173-3 (14.5)

Ishan Kishan slammed Vijaykumar Vyshak for hat-trick of sixes! With the three maximums, he also raced to his half-century in just 28 balls. Kishan took a single off the last ball, retaining the strike. 21 came off the over.

SRH 168-2 (14)

Heinrich Klaasen finishes the over of Marco Jansen with a six down the ground. The ball just cleared the fence as the fielder at long-on was placed a bit wider. A total of 13 runs come off the over.

SRH 147-2 (13)

Three dropped catches and now a stumping opportunity has been missed by Punjab Kings! Ishan Kishan jumped out of his crease on the final delivery of Yuzvendra Chahal's third over. All wicketkeeper Prabhsimran Singh needed was to collect the ball and whip off the bails. The ball bounced and deflected off his hands.

SRH 124-2 (11)

Oh, my God! Would you believe it? Punjab Kings have dropped yet another catch. This time, Lockie Ferguson has dropped the catch of Ishan Kishan. This was another easy chance that went begging. PBKS' horrible outing continues.

SRH 120-2 (10.2)

Punjab Kings have dropped yet another catch! Their poor fielding continues! Yuzvendra Chahal had nearly trapped Heinrich Klaasen, but Shashank Singh dropped the catch at deep backward square leg. It went high in the air, and Shashank got underneath the ball in time but dropped it.

SRH 107-2 (9)

Cooper Connolly has dropped a sitter in the deep! Lockie Ferguson cramped Ishan Kishan for room with a fiery short ball on the body. Kishan pulled and found the fielder at deep square leg, but Connolly dropped the easy chance.

SRH 87-2(7.1)

Travis Head is OUT! He miscued the Yuzvendra Chahal delivery in the air. Marco Jansen ran in from long-off and took the catch comfortably. Head departs after scoring 38 off 19 balls. Sunrisers Hyderabad are two down.

Travis Head c Marco Jansen b Yuzvendra Chahal 38(19) [4s-3 6s-3]

SRH 84-2 (6.4)

This is an amazing start for SRH! They have posted 79 runs in the first six overs, while losing the wicket of Abhishek Sharma. Travis Head still holds one end tight, while Ishan Kishan has also looked good at the other end.

SRH 79-1 (6)

Runs keep coming for Sunrisers Hyderabad. Marco Jansen was given his second over, and Travis Head slammed the pacer for two fours. A total of 11 runs came off the over. Head has moved to 27 off 13 balls.

SRH 65-1 (5)

Big wicket for Punjab Kings! Abhishek Sharma has been dismissed by Lockie Ferguson. The SRH opener sliced the hard-length ball in the air, and Shreyas Iyer took the catch while running in from mid-off.

Abhishek Sharma c Shreyas Iyer b Lockie Ferguson 35(13) [4s-2 6s-4]

SRH 54-1(3.3)

If it was Abhishek Sharma until the second over, Travis Head joined him in the third, slamming Arshdeep Singh for two sixes and one four. A total of 16 runs came off the over. SRH are off to a flying start here.

SRH 48-0 (3)

6, 4, 6 - Abhishek Sharma to Marco Jansen! A tad fuller from Jansen, and Abhishek Sharma sends it into the crowd over long-off. Jansen pulls back his length, bowling a short one, and Abhishek gets a top edge on it that flies away through fine leg for a four. Jansen follows it with a short-of-a-length ball, and Abhishek slams it over long-on for another six.

Arshdeep Singh pitched it fuller on the second delivery, and Abhishek Sharma played a handsome inside-out shot for a six. The ball sailed over long-off for the biggie. A total of 11 runs came off the over.

SRH 11-0 (1)

The SRH innings begins! Arshdeep Singh starts with a yorker delivery. That swings a bit away from Abhishek Sharma and the southpaw defends it. Travis Head is at the other end.

Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Priyansh Arya, Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Musheer Khan.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact subs: Aniket Verma, Praful Hinge, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel.

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain.

"I also would have bowled first. Hopefully we come up great tonight. The crowds have supported us very well this season. I can't really judge the pitch, hopefully we will put some runs on the board. Nitish (Reddy) is back for us tonight," said SRH captain Pat Cummins.

"We will bowl first. So far we have learned amazing things in the last few matches we have lost. We have no complaints so far because of travelling. Everyone is holding up well as professionals. Last match SRH chased so I thought we will bowl. Shashank (Singh) comes in," said PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer.

Pat Cummins flips the coin in the air and Shreyas Iyer calls it right! The Punjab Kings captain has opted to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL 2026 game in Hyderabad tonight!

Travis Head has roared back to form with successive fifties in recent outings. Abhishek Sharma has been among the runs too while and Heinrich Klaasen has been a picture of consistency through the season.

With the ball, Hyderabad remain a well-rounded unit. The return of captain Cummins has added bite to their attack. The pace group has shown commendable control, particularly in the death overs.

Third-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad will be eager to bounce back from a seven-wicket defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders that snapped their five-match winning streak. The loss also cost the Pat Cummins-led side a chance to move to the top of the table.

The bowling unit, Punjab's weak link throughout the season, has offered little respite. Even in victories, the bowlers have allowed opposition batters to score freely in phases, and their lack of discipline at crucial junctures has made closing out innings a persistent problem.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga, Praful Hinge, Harsh Dubey, Liam Livingstone, Sakib Hussain, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Gerald Coetzee, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Dilshan Madushanka, Krains Fuletra, Onkar Tarmale, RS Ambrish, Amit Kumar.

Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Musheer Khan, Mitchell Owen, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Shashank Singh, Yash Thakur, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash, Vishal Nishad.

Punjab Kings's recent dip can largely be attributed to a loss of rhythm. Their explosive performances with the bat had covered up for an inconsistent bowling unit much of the season, but the cracks have now begun to show.

The top order, which set the tempo in the early phase, has faltered. Their middle order has also struggled to stitch together meaningful partnerships, often relying on individual brilliance rather than collective rebuilding, leading to sub-par totals and faltering chases.

Punjab Kings, which had emerged as the team to beat with six wins on the trot, stumbled in the last two matches and both the defeats exposed frailties they would be keen to address swiftly.

Despite leading the standings with 13 points from nine games, the margin for error has narrowed considerably, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans all within touching distance, just a point behind.

Punjab Kings batters will be under pressure to halt a worrying slide when they face a confident Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2026 in Hyderabad tonight. Hello everyone, welcome to the live blog of the game. Stay connected!