IPL 2022, Match 28 PBKS vs SRH, Stats Review: Umran Malik’s record, Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s feat and other stats

Umran Malik delivered a triple-wicket maiden in the 20^th over as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) restricted Punjab Kings (PBKS) to just 151 runs, subsequently winning the encounter by seven wickets in Match 28 of IPL 2022 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Malik became only the fourth bowler in the history of IPL to bowl a maiden in the 20^th over. Apart from skipper Kane Williamson, all SRH batters were amongst the runs to script a fourth successive win for their side.

Speaking about how the encounter unfolded, Williamson won the toss and SRH opted to field first. PBKS entered the match without their regular captain Mayank Agarwal, who got ruled out of the match due to injury. Prabhsimran Singh replaced him and opened the innings with stand-in skipper Shikhar Dhawan.

The top three wickets of PBKS fell cheaply before Liam Livingstone smashed another half-century in this season. The powerful right-handed batter made 60 runs off just 33 deliveries with five fours and four maximums. Shahrukh Khan amassed 26 runs off 28 balls with Bhuvneshwar Kumar picking up 3/22 in his four-over spell. Speedster Umran Malik took his career-best figures of 4/28 to go with his last over maiden.

Chasing just 152 runs for victory, captain Williamson mustered just three runs as he got dismissed by Kagiso Rabada. Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi scored 31 and 34 runs respectively before both lost their respective wickets to spinner Rahul Chahar.

Aiden Markram made an unbeaten 41 runs and Nicholas Pooran also was not out on 35 runs as both sealed the deal for SRH in the 19^th over. SRH have now won four matches on the bounce and have entered the top four in the points table. For his lethal match-winning spell, Umran Malik was adjudged as the Player of the Match.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from Match 28 between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League 2022:

 70/4 – PBKS recorded their lowest score after ten overs this IPL season. Their previous lowest was 85/5 against Kolkata Knight Riders.

4/28 – Umran Malik registered his best figures in the IPL. His previous best was 2/27 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) this season itself.

1 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar surpassed Zaheer Khan and Sandeep Sharma both (52) and has now taken the most wickets (53) in powerplays in the IPL.

4 – Malik became the fourth bowler to deliver a maiden in the 20^th over in the IPL. Irfan Pathan, Lasith Malinga, and Jaydev Unadkat are the other three bowlers to achieve the feat.

150 – Bhuvneshwar reached the landmark of 150 wickets in the IPL. He became the fifth Indian and seventh bowler overall to achieve the feat.

2 – Malik became the second bowler after Harbhajan Singh to script two caught and bowled dismissals in an IPL match.

3 – SRH have a winning percentage of 68.42 against PBKS, which is the third-best by a team against any opponent in the IPL. Mumbai Indians have a 73.33% win percentage against KKR while Chennai Super Kings have 70.59 against SRH.

1 – Malik also became the youngest bowler (22y 146d) for SRH to take a four-wicket haul. Mohammed Siraj had taken a four-for against Gujarat Lions in 2017 aged 23y 61d.

300 – Nicholas Pooran reached the milestone of 300 sixes in T20 cricket.

3 – PBKS lost the last four wickets (7 to 10) without adding a run which is only the third instance in T20 cricket.

1 – Odean Smith is now joint-top with Mohammed Siraj for conceding most sixes (16) this year.

1 – PBKS now tops the chart for smashing most sixes (58) in IPL 2022.  Rajasthan Royals are in the second spot for hitting 53 maximums.

2 – Malik also became the second bowler after Unadkat to bowl a triple-wicket maiden in the 20^th over.