10.59 pm Well how about that. It's not every day that an IPL match ends in under three and a half hours these days, let alone four. Shikhar Dhawan's very special 99 not out winds up in vain. Markande takes four wickets in the field to set up a low total before Tripathi finishes it off.

Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan: "As a batting unit, we lost too many wickets back to back and couldn't put up a big total on the ground and because of that we lost the game. 175-180 would have been a reasonable score. The wicket looked quite good but it was seaming and swinging. There's lots of learning as a team for us and we're gonna go and analyze where we can get better and come back strong. I'm enjoying the captaincy and leading the side from the front. We've got a great bunch of boys, really enjoying the tournament and taking it day by day."

Sunrisers captain Aiden Markram: "I believe we have a great fan base and they proved it tonight. It was a bit of a rough start but good to get a win in front of them tonight. Not too much panic because it was just the initial phase. We keep encouraging guys to back their options and give them the freedom to do so. [Leaving out Adil Rashid and playing Mayank Markande] It's not a nice move to make but I'm super happy for Mayank tonight. He bowled incredibly well. He got his chance and certainly took it. A lot of hype about him and rightly so. Hopefully it's the start of a great competition for him. [Tripathi's innings and partnership] We all know his ability and he showed it once again tonight. He's always a couple of balls away from doing something special. That's all we keep telling him, is to express himself because he's got all the shots. He got a feel of the wicket and he made it count for us and was there at the end. Hats off to him, it was a great knock. It's very easy [for me] to do it when you've got a guy like Rahul at the other end. It's a great franchise to be a part of. It's the first win for us and hopefully we can take some momentum going forward."

Shikhar Dhawan named Player of the Match in a losing effort ahead of Rahul Tripathi. Hmmm.... "I didn't expect that I'd reach there at the end of the game but I was playing according to the situation, still keeping positive and I hope you were happy with my strike rate... Of course it was disappointing [seeing wickets keep falling] but the way we thought the wicket was going to play, it was playing differently. It was seaming and sometimes keeping low. But that's a learning process for my batting unit and that's fine. When the water is still, you can see through it. Better to be still and see the game. I'm very very grateful for 99 because I never thought I'd reach there so I'm very happy."

That's it for today's coverage. Come back tomorrow for some more IPL action. Enjoy the rest of your Easter Sunday, wherever you are following around the world. I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!

17.1

Harpreet Brar to Tripathi, FOUR runs

Tripathi appropriately finishes the match with another square cut behind point that brings up a 100-run unbeaten partnership sealing an eight-wicket win with 17 balls to spare. Length ball wide outside off, latches onto this and picks the gap to seal Sunrisers' first win of the 2023 IPL.

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end of over 1717 runs

SRH: 141/2CRR: 8.29 • RRR: 1.00 • Need 3 runs from 18b

Aiden Markram37 (21b 6x4)

Rahul Tripathi70 (47b 9x4 3x6)

Nathan Ellis 3-0-28-0

Sam Curran 3-0-14-0

16.6

Ellis to Markram, FOUR runs

full on middle, shovels this high over the bowler, mid-off is up in the ring so this bounces away freely to the rope.

16.5

Ellis to Markram, FOUR runs

carbon copy! Short and wide on seventh stump again, another sumptuous cut beats backward point and backspins away to the rope.

16.4

Ellis to Markram, FOUR runs

what placement! Length ball on seventh stump at 135 kph, square cut beats backward point to the rope.

16.3

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Ellis to Markram, no run

fullish length on fourth stump, driven back to Ellis.

Nandagopal: "Proof that this might be the most competitive IPL ever. No unbeaten sides after just 3 rounds of matches."

16.2

Ellis to Markram, FOUR runs

133 kph delivery lands full on fourth stump, goes to drive, inside edge goes past leg stump to the fine leg rope.

16.1

Ellis to Tripathi, 1 run

slower short ball on fourth stump, cross batted down the ground for one.

Ellis to bowl after the break.

end of over 166 runs

SRH: 124/2CRR: 7.75 • RRR: 5.00 • Need 20 runs from 24b

Rahul Tripathi69 (46b 9x4 3x6)

Aiden Markram21 (16b 2x4)

Sam Curran 3-0-14-0

Mohit Rathee 2-0-29-0

Strategic timeout called.

15.6

Sam Curran to Tripathi, 1 run

length ball wide outside off, slapped to the cover sweeper for one.

15.5

Sam Curran to Tripathi, 2 runs

full on middle, flicks this through wide long-on and immediately calls for two, which they collect quite easily.

15.4

Sam Curran to Markram, 1 run

120 kph length ball on fourth stump muscled to the cover sweeper for one.

Afeef: "Markande's 4/15 today is reminding me of the 4/23 he took at this ground almost exactly 5 years ago, when he was playing for Mumbai Indians. He brought MI to the brink of a win back then, today looks like his team will win comfortably."

15.3

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Sam Curran to Markram, no run

short on fifth stump, smashes a pull into the ground to midwicket for none.

15.2

Sam Curran to Tripathi, 1 run

short on fifth stump, opens the face to run this to deep third for one.

15.1

Sam Curran to Markram, 1 run

back of a length on fourth stump, punched away Dorn the

end of over 1521 runs

SRH: 118/2CRR: 7.86 • RRR: 5.20 • Need 26 runs from 30b

Rahul Tripathi65 (43b 9x4 3x6)

Aiden Markram19 (13b 2x4)

Mohit Rathee 2-0-29-0

Arshdeep Singh 3-0-20-1

Some fans are heading to the exits. I guess they would rather beat traffic than stay to see the home side cross the line for their first victory of the season.

14.6

Mohit to Tripathi, FOUR runs

full and wide on eighth stump, drives this square behind point and beats the sweeper to the rope.

Required run rate now under a run a ball.

14.5

Mohit to Tripathi, FOUR runs

full on sixth stump, now he goes for the reverse sweep slapping it flat over point to the rope.

14.4

Mohit to Tripathi, SIX runs

slogged over midwicket into the fourth row of the second tier! Floated too full on middle and leg, Tripathi slog sweeps this 94 meters deep and there's a scramble in the stands to locate the ball.

14.3

Mohit to Markram, 1 run

good length ball skids on toward middle and leg, fought off down the pitch and the bowler misfields diving in front of the non-striker before the ball dribbles away for one.

14.2

Mohit to Markram, FOUR runs

full and wide, on eighth stump, drives this inside out over extra cover and beats the cover sweeper to the rope.

14.1

Mohit to Markram, 2 runs

good length ball on the stumps, taps in front of point for one but a sloppy throw by Curran to the keeper escapes his diving effort and an overthow is taken to make it two runs.

end of over 143 runs

SRH: 97/2CRR: 6.92 • RRR: 7.83 • Need 47 runs from 36b

Rahul Tripathi51 (40b 7x4 2x6)

Aiden Markram12 (10b 1x4)

Arshdeep Singh 3-0-20-1

Mohit Rathee 1-0-8-0

13.6

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Arshdeep Singh to Tripathi, no run

short on sixth stump, cuts this firmly to backward point where Short dives to stop a boundary.

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