Captains KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda hit useful half-centuries after a poor start against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL here on Monday to bundle out Lucknow Super Giants for 169 for seven.
His team lost three wickets for just 27 runs in the powerplay, Rahul (68 off 50 balls) found a capable ally in Deepak Hooda (51 off 33 balls) and 87 for the fourth wicket to revive the innings. Add.
Rahul hit six fours and a six, while Hooda found the fence thrice and cleared it thrice.
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Coming back from a long break after playing their opener last Tuesday, SRH got off to a great start and left the Super Giants in all sorts of trouble.
Coming back strongly after his team’s massive loss against Rajasthan Royals, Washington Sundar (2/28) was handed the new ball and dismissed the dreaded Quinton de Kock in his first over and SRH’s second over. – Break bowling on the grass pitch which prompted Kane Williamson to bowl two slips when Bhuvneshwar Kumar opened the proceedings.
Backed up to bowl in the powerplay despite trying hard in the previous game, Washington gave de Kock (1) a chip to Williamson at cover.
Moments later, Washington trapped Evin Lewis (1) in front of the wicket when the flamboyant West Indies batsman failed to execute his slog sweep. It was another big wicket for SRH after Lewis’ scintillating match-winner against Chennai Super Kings last Thursday.
Manish Pandey hit a boundary and a six off Romario Shepherd, but then, after going too far, was caught at mid-on in the same over and put LSG in trouble.
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Inspired by early success, Williamson changed the bowling frequently, but he delayed by at least an over to present attacker T Natarajan, opting for Abdul Samad’s effortless, part-time seam-up stuff at the DY Patil Stadium. .
Fast bowler Umran Malik covered 145km in a row but leaked a lot of runs as well, allowing KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda to resume the LSG innings.
After suffering initial upsets, the pair of Rahul and Hooda did their job in a professional manner, finding boundaries as well as hitting singles and twos as Malik scored 100 for 16 in the 14th over.
Shepherd broke the partnership when he caught Hooda in the deep to signal the arrival of Aayush Badoni (19 off 12), who got into the groove with a boundary.
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