The Punjab Kings beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets at the New PCA Stadium in Mullanpur in Match 17 of the 2026 Indian Premier League.
Being put
into bat, the Sunrisers got off to a flying start, with star openers Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head putting on a show. The pair raced to 105 in the powerplay and stitched a mammoth 120-run opening stand off just 50 balls. Abhishek was wrecker-in-chief, scoring 74 off just 28 balls.
However, both openers fell to the medium pace of Shashank Singh and after that, the Sunrisers lost momentum, scoring just 99 runs off the next 70 balls. Captain Ishan Kishan scored 27, being dismissed by a sublime one-handed catch from Marco Jansen. Heinrich Klaasen scored 39 off 33 balls, unable to make a move as the Sunrisers finished 219 for 6.
In response, the Punjab openers starred in a similar fashion, as they scored 93 runs in the powerplay. Priyansh Arya raced to 50 off just 16 balls, the second-fastest in the 2026 edition, while Prabhsimran Singh scored 51, as the pair put on 99 in just 38 balls.
The Kings then lost three quick wickets in succession, butn captain Shreyas Iyer steadied the ship and batted till the end, finishing unbeaten on 69 off 33. The Kings completed the chase with seven balls to spare, making this the tenth time they chased down a 200-plus total in IPL, the most by any team.
Top memes from PBKS vs SRH, Match 17:
Shreyas Iyer since the last IPL final pic.twitter.com/bpwvLq7iiO
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) April 11, 2026
Played 👍 https://t.co/V0gg3GV9cX pic.twitter.com/wrFekSSpYQ
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 11, 2026
SRH will be the first team to put 300 on scoreboard. Either while batting or while bowling. pic.twitter.com/D5ediYrSNQ
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) April 11, 2026
Law of averages in Chandigarh finally
— Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani) April 11, 2026
Sarpanch sahab🙌 pic.twitter.com/823aWZ5krW
Yograj Singh would be the happiest today 😂 pic.twitter.com/S6w3hoWCNo
— Homie (@homelander_yyy) April 11, 2026
Back to back match winning fifties from Shreyas Iyer. Sarpanch of PBKS leading them from the front. pic.twitter.com/hg7O67hYO7
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) April 11, 2026
Bowlers Worst Nightmare pic.twitter.com/4rfPtqxgnk
— Kamina (@bittu7664) April 11, 2026
Shashank Singh with ball out of nowhere 😂 pic.twitter.com/IJ2iIq37EX
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) April 11, 2026
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) April 11, 2026
