Sunrisers Hyderabad edged Kolkata Knight Riders by two runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Tuesday. While SRH’s traditional stars like Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen ) did not contribute much with the bat, but youngster Nitish Kumar Reddy shone with the bat. However, Klassen also made a huge contribution in SRH’s two-match win, with a stunning effort to remove PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan.
Klassen’s lightning-fast stroke didn’t even give Dhawan time to think about getting back to the crease, and before the left-hander realized what was happening, the ball was removed.Here is the video:
Although more than 12 hours had passed, Heinrich Klaasen’s masterclass performance against the 140km/h Bhuvi was still dazzling.
– Knocking out fast bowlers is just crazy! pic.twitter.com/hNPcS7zW8d
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 10, 2024
Fans on social media started comparing MS Dhoni after witnessing the South African star’s stunning performance.
The highlight of the game was that Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s delivery reached a speed of 140 km/h. At such a pace, it would be very difficult for Klassen to catch the ball while standing at the stumps and move it away from the crossbar.
In his post-match speech, SRH captain Cummins paid special tribute to Nitish, who won the match for his team. He said: “His debut last week was fantastic, he was outstanding. Straight to the top, had a great performance on the field and took three runs. His batting got us to 180, which was fantastic .”
Cummins said it was a good game of cricket and although the PBKS bowling was good early on, SRH performed well to reach 182 and defend the title. He also noted that the “impact player” rule deepens hitting.
“If you’re 150-160, you’re going to lose nine out of ten games no matter what. We knew the new ball was going to be a crucial moment. We’re very happy (with our score). We saw what the new ball did What happens is the ball is given to them, so I thought it would be great if me and Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) can start with a wicket. We have a lot of left-handers and right-handers, so just want to give the bowlers the best chance of success. secrets,” he said, giving further insight into the team’s performance and bowling tactics.
Earlier in the evening, PBKS elected to bowl first after winning the toss. They suppressed the visitors with disciplined bowling and reduced the Sunrisers to 100/5 in 13.1 overs at one point. Nitish Reddy (64 off 37 balls, 4 boundaries and 5 sixes) and Abdul Samad (25 off 12 balls, 5 fours) A 50-run partnership between wickets) helped SRH push the score to 182/9 in 20 overs.
Arshdeep Singh (4/29) was the pick of the bowlers. Harshal Patel (2/30) and Sam Curran (2/41) were also good with the ball. Kagiso Rabada took a wicket for PBKS.
Chasing 183 runs, PBKS lost wickets regularly and were reduced to 114/6 in 15.3 overs. Shashank Singh (46 off 25 balls with 6 fours and 6s) and Ashutosh Sharma (33 off 15 balls with 3 fours and 2 Six goals) A superb counter-attack almost earned Punjab a victory but they fell short of the run by two runs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/32) is the bowler for SRH. Skipper Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natrajan, Nitish Reddy took a wicket each for SRH. Nitish won the Man of the Match award.
SRH moved up to fifth place with 6 points with 3 wins and 2 losses. PBKS is ranked sixth, with two wins and three losses, and four points.
With ANI input
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