CAPTAIN Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten 69 from 33 balls led Punjab Kings to a clinical six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad as they chased their target of 220 with seven balls to spare.

Punjab made a flying start as openers Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya added 99 in 6.2 overs, with the latter pummelling a 16-ball 50.

(Scores Punjab Kings 223 for 4 (Iyer 69*, Arya 57, Prabhsimran 51, Shivang 3-33) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 219 for 6 (Abhishek 74, Klaasen 39, Head 38, Shashank 2-20) by six wickets)

Sunrisers dragged back some control when both batters were dismissed in quick succession by Shivang Kumar, who took 3-33, but Shreyas’ counter-attacking knock swung the momentum back in Punjab’s favour.

Shashank Singh clubbed an unbeaten 16 to go with his crucial spell of 2-20 which halted the Sunrisers’ progress after their openers also made a rapid start.

Sunrisers were on course for a huge total as Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head added 120 in eight overs, with the former smashing eight sixes in his 74 from 28 balls.

But Shashank removed both in the space of three balls and Sunrisers’ progress stalled, with Heinrich Klaasen’s 39 from 33 the next highest contribution as they made 219-6.

The result sees Punjab remain second in the table and was also their ninth chase of 200 or more in the history of the IPL, which is a tournament record.(BBC Sport)