India, April 12 -- Sunrisers Hyderabad walked out of New Chandigarh with 219 on the board and still lost by six wickets. That alone says enough about the kind of evening this was. Their batting had enough explosion to put Punjab Kings under pressure, but their bowling could not hold the line. In a chase that was ripped open early and finished with seven balls to spare, SRH were left searching for positives in a game that mostly exposed their softness with the ball. One of those positives came from the least expensive corner of their squad.

Shivang Kumar, whose per-match cost in SRH's auction economy works out to just Rs.2.14 lakh, ended up being the franchise's biggest positive return on the night. In a team packed with bigger names and ...