Mullanpur: Young Nitish Reddy showed tremendous spirit during his crucial innings of 64 runs in 37 balls as Sunrisers Hyderabad survived a bold attack from Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma to secure a two-run win over Punjab Kings in an IPL match here on Tuesday. .
Sent in to bat, 20-year-old Reddy took SRH to 182/9 when PBKS were 66 for four in the 10th over.
PBKS were restricted to 180/6, but they would not have gone that far had it not been for a storming 66-run partnership between their last match heroes Shashank (46 not out off 25 balls) and Ashutosh (33 not out). on 15 balls)
With 29 runs needed off the last over bowled by Jaydev Unadkat, SRH dropped three catches as Shashank and Ashutosh came closer to another spectacular win.
Visakhapatnam-born Reddy, who started as a batsman at the age group level and emerged as a fast bowling all-rounder, hit five sixes and four fours during his unbeaten innings.Left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh (4/29) was the standout bowler for PBKS, but SR eventually finished with a total that looked impossible at one point.
Abdul Samad scored 25 runs in 12 balls, before Jaydev Unadkat ended SR's innings with a six off the last ball.
In reply, the hosts had a poor start and lost three wickets for just 20 runs on the board, one of them being captain Shikhar Dhawan (14 off 16 balls), who was brilliantly dismissed by Heinrich Klaasen despite fast bowler Bhuvneshwar standing. Stumped by. Kumar (2/32).
After the early dismissals of his opening partners Jonny Bairstow and Prabhsimran Singh, the pressure of run rate came on Dhawan.
Bairstow was bowled by SRH skipper Pat Cummins (1/22) for a duck in three balls when he tried to play across the line, while Prabhsimran (4) was sent back by Bhuvneshwar when the batsman Got the edge trying to regain the lead.Ball on the leg side.
Sam Curran was dismissed for 29 runs in 22 balls by T Natarajan (1/33) thanks to a brilliant catch by Cummins at mid-off.
Earlier, the match started uneventfully as Travis Head (21 off 1 balls) was out on the very first ball after taking a clear lead. But the opener has Kagiso Rabada to thank for his long stay in the middle as South Africa's main pace bowler opened up the head completely but was not sure if he had actually given the lead.
Wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma went straight up but Rabada did not connect hard with his partner as the batsman was relieved after PBKS refused to take a review.
Replays showed a clear lead, and it was awkward for Rabada, who was hit by Head for three consecutive fours in the third over for 16 runs.Head hit a four, a second four through the off side and then a third consecutive four off Rabada from mid-on.
Despite leading a charmed life, Head failed to capitalize, thanks to PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan, who ran back and kept his eyes on the ball to complete an excellent catch, followed by his trademark thigh-high delivery. Thappad fest was celebrated.
It was a huge success for PBKS and their captain was happy, and so was bowler Arshdeep Singh, who was the beneficiary of Dhawan's athletic decision.
Two balls later, Aiden Markram was heading back to the dugout for a duck after delivering Arshdeep's away ball to Jitesh.
Abhishek Sharma, after hitting Sam Curran for a beautiful six and a four, fell to the English all-rounder's next ball after coming down the wicket in search of another big shot.He mistimed and Shashank Singh took a good catch as SRH were in trouble at 39/3 in the fifth over.
Only 40 runs were scored for the loss of three wickets in the power play as PBK dominated the visitors, forcing SRH to change their plans and send Rahul Tripath as an impact sub. Tripathi took the position of head.
Tripathi (11 off 14 balls) and Heinrich Klaasen (9 off 9 balls) failed to leave SRH reeling at 100 for five at the start of the 14th over.
The onus was then on Reddy to save the team, and the youngster did so intelligently and took his team lead by scoring 22 runs in Harpreet Brar's over, while adding a quick 50 runs with Samad.
Sent in to bat, 20-year-old Reddy took SRH to 182/9 when PBKS were 66 for four in the 10th over.
PBKS were restricted to 180/6, but they would not have gone that far had it not been for a storming 66-run partnership between their last match heroes Shashank (46 not out off 25 balls) and Ashutosh (33 not out). on 15 balls)
With 29 runs needed off the last over bowled by Jaydev Unadkat, SRH dropped three catches as Shashank and Ashutosh came closer to another spectacular win.
Visakhapatnam-born Reddy, who started as a batsman at the age group level and emerged as a fast bowling all-rounder, hit five sixes and four fours during his unbeaten innings.Left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh (4/29) was the standout bowler for PBKS, but SR eventually finished with a total that looked impossible at one point.
Abdul Samad scored 25 runs in 12 balls, before Jaydev Unadkat ended SR's innings with a six off the last ball.
In reply, the hosts had a poor start and lost three wickets for just 20 runs on the board, one of them being captain Shikhar Dhawan (14 off 16 balls), who was brilliantly dismissed by Heinrich Klaasen despite fast bowler Bhuvneshwar standing. Stumped by. Kumar (2/32).
After the early dismissals of his opening partners Jonny Bairstow and Prabhsimran Singh, the pressure of run rate came on Dhawan.
Bairstow was bowled by SRH skipper Pat Cummins (1/22) for a duck in three balls when he tried to play across the line, while Prabhsimran (4) was sent back by Bhuvneshwar when the batsman Got the edge trying to regain the lead.Ball on the leg side.
Sam Curran was dismissed for 29 runs in 22 balls by T Natarajan (1/33) thanks to a brilliant catch by Cummins at mid-off.
Earlier, the match started uneventfully as Travis Head (21 off 1 balls) was out on the very first ball after taking a clear lead. But the opener has Kagiso Rabada to thank for his long stay in the middle as South Africa's main pace bowler opened up the head completely but was not sure if he had actually given the lead.
Wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma went straight up but Rabada did not connect hard with his partner as the batsman was relieved after PBKS refused to take a review.
Replays showed a clear lead, and it was awkward for Rabada, who was hit by Head for three consecutive fours in the third over for 16 runs.Head hit a four, a second four through the off side and then a third consecutive four off Rabada from mid-on.
Despite leading a charmed life, Head failed to capitalize, thanks to PBKS skipper Shikhar Dhawan, who ran back and kept his eyes on the ball to complete an excellent catch, followed by his trademark thigh-high delivery. Thappad fest was celebrated.
It was a huge success for PBKS and their captain was happy, and so was bowler Arshdeep Singh, who was the beneficiary of Dhawan's athletic decision.
Two balls later, Aiden Markram was heading back to the dugout for a duck after delivering Arshdeep's away ball to Jitesh.
Abhishek Sharma, after hitting Sam Curran for a beautiful six and a four, fell to the English all-rounder's next ball after coming down the wicket in search of another big shot.He mistimed and Shashank Singh took a good catch as SRH were in trouble at 39/3 in the fifth over.
Only 40 runs were scored for the loss of three wickets in the power play as PBK dominated the visitors, forcing SRH to change their plans and send Rahul Tripath as an impact sub. Tripathi took the position of head.
Tripathi (11 off 14 balls) and Heinrich Klaasen (9 off 9 balls) failed to leave SRH reeling at 100 for five at the start of the 14th over.
The onus was then on Reddy to save the team, and the youngster did so intelligently and took his team lead by scoring 22 runs in Harpreet Brar's over, while adding a quick 50 runs with Samad.
