Mullanpur (Punjab) [India], Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma, the two brightest sparks for Punjab Kings (PBKS) in this IPL 2024 season, got yet another brilliant goal for their team but Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) got the better of the hosts in Mullanpur. I achieved victory. Despite his team's defeat, PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan couldn't stop himself from praising Shashank and Ashutosh. The Punjab captain said that he was always optimistic about Shashank and Ashutosh. All hopes were lost for Punjab while finishing the game, when Punjab needed 51 runs in the last three overs, the Shashank-Ashutosh pair scored just 27. He took his team close to the target by scoring 66 runs on balls 15, this time put up a brave fight against SRH as Shashank hit three fours in one over of Bhuvneshwar Kuma and his partner Ashutosh hit four consecutive fours on SRH captain Cummins which led to PBKS got hopes of winning at home. "I think Shashank and Ashutosh played brilliant innings. There was always hope that they could finish the game, but we came very close and that will give you confidence in future games, but we have to do better going forward," Dhawan. In a presentation after the match, Dhawan lamented that the batting let him down and the batsmen did not perform well in the first six overs as they lost 3 wickets, which "cost us in the end"." "We restricted them to good scores but we couldn't take advantage of the first overs, lost 3 wickets and that's where we fell behind and we had to suffer for it in the end when the wicket was not getting much bounce, every time. No one has to look back and change their perspective. We dropped a catch on the last ball, we could have put them behind by 10-15 runs, but it's great to see the youngsters playing with so much consistency (Shashank and Ashutosh),'' H added. Talking about the match, after losing three wickets in the powerplay, SRH posted a total of over 180 thanks to a maiden half-century from Nitish Reddy and some important runs scored by Abdul Samad and Shahbaz Ahmed. Chasing the target of 183 runs, PBKS lost consecutive wickets and were reduced to 114 runs in 15.3 overs. A remarkable fightback from Shashank Singh (46* in 25 balls, six fours and one six) and Ashutosh Sharma (33* in 15 balls, three fours and two sixes) almost ensured Punjab's victory, but They remained less than two.Run