Currently, the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) are locking horns with each other and looking for a much-need win at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. After winning the toss, the KXIP skipper, R Ashwin decided to bowl first and his decision cost him a lot as the SRH openers smashed as many as 77 runs in the powerplay itself.
During the toss, the SRH skipper, Kane Williamson revealed that they have made three changes in the squad as Deepak Hooda, Siddharth Kaul, and Shakib Al Hasan made way for, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, and Mohammad Nabi. On the other hand, KXIP also made three changes as Hardus Viljoen, Mandeep Singh, and Ankit Rajpoot made way for Mujeeb ur Rahman, Prabhsimran Singh, and Arshdeep Singh.
WATCH – Dismissal of Wriddhiman Saha Creates A Lot Of Confusion
For a change, Wriddhiman Saha came to open the innings for SRH along with the in-form David Warner. Both of them started to smash the KXIP bowlers from the word go. However, after scoring as many as 77 runs in first six overs Saha was dismissed by Murugan Ashwin in the 7th over. After his dismissal, Warner started building a partnership with Manish Pandey and they added as many as 82 runs for the 2nd wicket before both of them getting out in the 16th over of R Ashwin.
WATCH – R Ashwin Dismisses Warner And Pandey In The Same Over
Despite the wickets of set batsmen, Williamson and Nabi kept on smashing Punjab as they added as many as 34 runs for the 4th wicket before the latter getting out in the 19th over of Mohammed Shami owing to a brilliant catch by M Ashwin. On the second ball of the over, Williamson attempted to play the lofted driver over covers but, Ashwin took a brilliant catch by taking both the hands over his head to pluck the ball out of thin air. Shami delivered a slower short ball and Williamson did the mistake.
Here is the video of the dismissal:
https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1122911037919858690
In the Shami over, cleaned up the stumps of Nabi as well, as Shami delivered almost a yorker and Nabi clears his front leg and swings only to miss the ball. Here is the video of the dismissal:
https://twitter.com/Vidshots1/status/1122911489730301952
