Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy Steady Hyderabad to 156 After Early Collapse
A solid knock from Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Reddy has helped the side to post 156 runs on the scoreboard during the IPL 2026 game against Lucknow Super Giants.
Their fifties have revived the side and stabilised the innings after the top order collapse on Sunday’s clash.
After being invited to bat first, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma opened the innings while Mohammed Shami opened the bowling attack.
Shami picked the wicket of Abhishek Sharma for a duck in the first over and bagged the wicket of Travis Head for 7 runs in the 3rd over.
On the other hand, Prince Yadav went to pick the wicket of Ishan Kishan for 1 run.
By the end of powerplay, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored only 22 runs in the powerplay. Liam Livingstone who came to bat at no. 4 got dismissed by Digvesh Rathi for 14 runs.
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Will the visitors chase it down?
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With his dismissal, SRH lost four wickets for 26 runs. However, Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Reddy forged a 116-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
Heinrich Klaasen who scored 62 runs off 41 deliveries, got dismissed by Avesh Khan while Nitish Reddy got dismissed by Manimaran Siddharth for 56 runs.
Avesh Khan and Prince Yadav picked their second wicket dismissing Harsh Dubey and Shivang Kumar respectively. By the end of 20 overs, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 156 runs losing 9 wickets.
Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav and Avesh Khan bagged two wickets each while Digvesh Singh Rathi and Manimaran Siddharth completed their spell with a wicket tally.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11: Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav
Lucknow Super Giants Playing 11: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w/c), Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Livingstone, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat
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