Hyderabad finally opened the book of victory by showing power to Punjab in both categories with the bat. Hyderabad won the match with 17 remaining. After the scheduled 20 overs, Punjab made a collection of 143 runs after losing 9 wickets. Punjab started losing wickets very quickly. On the one hand, Shikhar Dhawan was batting but he was not getting help from anyone. 3 batters did not get 22 runs on the scoreboard. After that, Punjab's wicket fell at regular intervals. Punjab's ninth wicket after 88 runs. From there, captain Shikhar Dhawan single-handedly picked up 143 runs with Rathi, remaining unbeaten on 99 runs off 66 balls. Mayank Markande took 4 wickets with 15 runs in 4 overs for Hyderabad. This is his first match for Hyderabad. Umran Malik and Marco Jansen got two wickets each.

Chasing a small target of 144 runs, the two openers Harry Brook and Mayank Agarwal were dismissed early. After that, Rahul Tripathi and captain Markram took the responsibility to win Hyderabad. Tripathi remained undefeated by playing an extraordinary inning of 74 runs from 48 balls. The captain gave him worthy company. Markram remained unbeaten on 37 runs off 21 balls. They won the match with 17 balls to spare. Punjab Kings lost the first match in the current IPL.