Punjab Kings wore black armbands in their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad as a mark of respect for those affected by the boat accident in Vrindavan, where several tourists from Punjab lost their lives. The franchise expressed support for the grieving families and the wider community.<\/p>\n
A group of around 30 tourists from Ludhiana had gone boating on Friday afternoon when the boat capsized. Reports confirmed multiple casualties, with at least ten from Punjab among the dead. The gesture from the players came before the start of play and was observed quietly during the match.<\/p>\n
SRH dominate despite early conditions<\/strong><\/p>\n Punjab Kings won the toss and chose to bowl, but the decision did not work in their favour early on. Sunrisers Hyderabad made a strong start and took control of the game inside the powerplay.<\/p>\n Abhishek Sharma led the charge after a run of low scores earlier in the season. He played with intent from the start and reached a quick half-century, putting pressure on the bowlers. Travis Head supported him at the other end, keeping the scoring rate high without taking many risks.<\/p>\n Abhishek leads strong opening stand<\/strong><\/p>\n The opening pair added runs quickly and did not allow Punjab to settle. The bowlers struggled with their lengths, and the fielding side could not break the partnership in the early overs.<\/p>\n By the end of eight overs, Hyderabad had raced to 120 without loss. Abhishek continued to attack, while Head rotated the strike and picked his moments. Punjab now face a tough task to pull things back after a one-sided start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Punjab Kings wore black armbands in their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad as a mark of respect for those affected by\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":48247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48248,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48242\/revisions\/48248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}