As it happened | IPL 2019: Punjab beat Hyderabad by 6 wickets

KL plays a match-winning knock as Punjab beat Hyderabad by 6 wickets. 

Mandeep departs!

The run rate has been slow now, Hyderabad bowlers have fought back. 

Now, Mandeep Singh departs. 

Sam Curran is the next man in line. 

David Miller departs!

In the same over, Sandeep gets another. 

Sandeep Sharma to Miller, catch out by Deepak Hooda. 

Miller scored just one run. 

Next batsman is Mandeep Singh. 

Mayank Agarwal out

Sandeep Sharma to Agarwal, catch out by Vijay Shankar. 

Mayank scored 55 runs off 43 balls.

Next batsman is David Miller. 

Punjab's run rate has improved last few overs.

In previous 4 overs, Punjab scored 36 runs. 

After 14 overs, Punjab are 105/1.

They need 46 runs in 36 balls. 

Punjab are 43-1 after 7 overs. 

The first power play was balanced and Punjab scored runs but Hyderabad got a crucial wicket of Chris Gayle. 

Early shock!

Gayle departs early, Punjab are 18/1 after 3.1 overs. 

Rashid Khan to Gayle, catch out by Deepak Hooda. 

Gayle scored 16 runs off 14 balls.

A new flavour added to the Gayle-Rashid rivalry. 

Next batsman is Mayank Agarwal.

David Warner shines as Hyderabad post 150/4 in 20 overs against Punjab. 

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Manish Pandey out!

Shami to Pandey, catch out by Nair. 

Next batsman is Deepak Hooda. 

David Warner completes his half-century. 

He has the potential to accelerate the run rate in the death overs but he needs support from the other end. 

After 14 overs, Hyderabad are 104/3. 

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Nabi out

Brilliant effort by bowler Ashwin here. 

As he ran out Nabi on non-strikers' end. 

He scored 12 runs of 7 balls. 

Next batsman is Manish Pandey. 

After 14 overs, Hyderabad are 88/3. 

Another wicket goes!

Vijay Shankar out. 

He scored 26 off 27. 

Next batsman is Mohammad Nabi.

Hyderabad are 69/2 after 12 overs. 

After 9 overs, Hyderabad are 43/1.

It's time for the strategic time out. 

After 6 overs, Hyderabad 27/1. 

The first power play is balanced as Hyderabad managed to score runs and Punjab got one important wicket.

After 5 overs, Hyderabad are 25/1. 

Warner is playing at 4 and Shankar is playing at 8. 

Jonny Bairstow out!

Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Bairstow, catch out by skipper Ashwin. 

Bairstow scored just one run. 

Next batsman is Vijay Shankar. 

David Warner and Jonny Bairstow are at the crease and for Punjab, Ankit Rajpoot opens bowling attack. 

Stats and Facts:

Punjab have won their last 6 matches at the IS Bindra Stadium. 

Sandeep Sharma has dismissed Chris Gayle on 4 occasions in the IPL; Gayle has only scored 58 runs of 54 balls off him. 

Chris Gayle Vs Rashid Khan in IPL: 43 runs, 18 balls, 6 sixes, 238.88 strike-rate. 

Head to Head in the IPL

Overall | Matches -12: Punjab - 3 and Hyderabad - 9.

In Mohali | Matches - 5: Punjab - 1 and Hyderabad - 4. 

Chris Gayle had demolished the Hyderabad bowling attack as the Punjab opener brought up his half-century off 39 balls when these two teams met last season at Mohali. 

Gayle singled out Rashid Khan, hitting him for four consecutive sixes in an over.

He hit two more sixes thereafter, eventually finishing 104 not out off 63 balls.

Punjab had 193 runs to defend, and their bowlers then restricted the visitors to 178-4. 

Ravichandran Ashwin opts to bowl first against Hyderabad. 

Punjab have made two changes to their playing XI, bringing in Mujeeb-ur-Rahman and Ankit Rajpoot in place of Andrew Tye and Murugan Ashwin.

Playing XI:

Hyderabad: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma 

Punjab: Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Ankit Rajpoot, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman 

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Hyderabad vs Punjab

Hello everyone and welcome to the 22nd match of Indian Premier League 2019 which is between Punjab and Hyderabad at IS Bindra Stadium. 

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