We all know the batting conditions in Hyderabad have frustrated bowlers to a great extent hence many pundits and cricket lovers feel the contest is more towards batting, and this was proved by Nicholas Poran who smashed his way to 70 in 26 balls with six boundaries and six sixes a strike rate of just over 269 to hand the bitter pill to Pat Cummins , the skipper of Sun Rises Hyderabad, whose bowlers struggled to defend their total of 191 for 9 wickets yesterday.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, given the opportunity of first lease of the bowler bully pitch at Hyderabad, somehow lacked the intent of stitching a big partnership , instead , their batters kept losing intermediate wickets that cost them the game at the hands of Lucknow Super Giants.
Travis Head made 42 Aniket Varma 36 , but the turning point of an anticipated score of 250 plus Sun Rises think tank came to a halt with the run out of Henrich Klassan for 26.
Shadul Thakur got among the wickets he scalped 4 for 34 however, credit must be given to Rishab Pant for controlling the Sun Rises batting cordon to a great extent by introducing Prince Yadav who was miserably conceding only 29 runs in his 4 over spell whilst Avish Khan , Bishnoy , and Divgnesh Singh went an an average of 40 runs but scalped a wicket each.
Pat Cummins the Sunrisers Hyderabad Captain sets himself high standards. 192 as a target In normal playing conditions is competitive. However, in India, step motherly treatment to bowlers seems a corporate policy.
The target was reached in 16.1 overs , Mitch Marsh, who opened the batting for Lucknow Super Giants, played second fiddle to Nicholas Poram by making 52 , and helped dig a partnership with his aggressive partner Nicholas Poram, the pair with a 120 run combination led their franchise to an easy win by 5 wickets.
Pat Cummins took 2 for 28 , in tough bowlers, bully conditions, whilst Adam Zampa picked up a wicket for 42 runs in his alloted 4 overs.
Today, Chennai Super Kings plays Royal Challengers Bangalore.