Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) know only one way to play - keep attacking & smashing. Travis Head exemplified the team motto despite the team losing two early wickets in the power play. The southpaw kept attacking and dispatched LSG bowlers, who often were guilty of bowling short to him. At one end, runs kept coming thick and fast after Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer Shardul Thakur struck twin blows in the second over to send Abhishek Sharma (6), and Ishan Kishan (0) back to the pavilion.
Despite the setbacks, SRH managed to keep scoring at 10 runs per over. Head kept attacking and was also lucky to have got two reprieves from LSG. First on 35, Nicholas Pooran dropped an easy chance, and then on 42 Ravi Bishnoi dropped a tough return chance. However, the SRH opener did not capitalize on those two chances as Prince Yadav struck to dismiss the dangerous Head for 28-ball 47 runs.
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While everyone thought Rishabh Pant did the wrong thing by sending SRH in after winning the toss, LSG have so far managed to stick to their plans, and have restricted SRH from running away from the game.
Onus on Heinrich Klassen & Nitish Reddy to take SRH to a big score
With three wickets gone, a lot will depend on the explosive batting pair of Klassen and Reddy to take SRH to a powerful score. Head's quickfire (47) has laid a perfect foundation for these two to explode in the later half of the innings.
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