Nice to see the younger players performing so well, when the more experienced players failed. Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran and Sikandar Raza were unable to make noticeable impact, while it was Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma who lit fireworks towards the end. That said, the SRH pacers were impressive. I am not just talking about Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Pat Cummins, but also about Thangarasu Natarajan. Nitish Kumar Reddy was expensive, but then he got the wicket of Jitesh Sharma, which was very crucial.
After Punjab's top order collapsed, I thought the team would not even manage 150 runs. The team lost three wickets for 20 runs and 6 important top order batsmen for 114 runs. Even then Punjab team managed to collect up to 180 runs.
Shashank SInbgh and Ashtosh Sharma batted brilliantly. Shashank Singh was unbeaten with 46 off 25 balls and Ashutosh 33 off 15 balls. Due to the excellent batting of these two young batsmen, the Punjab team lost the match by just 2 runs. Otherwise, the margin of defeat would have increased. But Pat Cummins bowled this excellently. He gave only 22 runs in 4 overs.