India, April 11 -- When Sunrisers Hyderabad come to town, it is only understandable that the focus is on their explosive opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head. Besides, Abhishek is also on home turf. For both the batters, this has not been a smooth season for country or club.

On Saturday it was as their astonishing 120-run partnership in 8.1 overs promised for a while to eclipse a few records. However, Punjab Kings fought back and their own opening pair Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh struck excellent fifties to take the team to a six-wicket victory at New Chandigarh.

SRH's 219/6 seemed a tad short after the early scoring barrage, and PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer took over after a 99-run opening stand. He top-scored with 69* ...