END OF OVER:20 | 3 Runs 3 Wkts | SRH: 162/8 | RR: 8.10
- Pat Cummins2 (2b)
- Mohit Sharma4-0-25-3
- Darshan Nalkande2-0-18-0
5:08pm: SRH were 58/1 at the end of the powerplay, with Travis Head going great guns. But he fell trying to attack Noor, then Mohit picked up Abhishek just when he looked set to go big, then Rashid removed the dangerous Klaasen. The Titans were very effective taking the pace off the ball towards the back end of that innings. Have SRH learned from that? Their captain specialises in that kind of bowling in white ball cricket, to be fair, so he'll certainly be encouraged by what he's seen from the wicket. They've got the extra spin option into their side, in the form of Washington, can he make use of the spin available on this track? 162 is not a huge total, but certainly is defendable.
Abdul Samad: This is a decent score. It's a day game, there's some help for the spinners as well, so this is a decent score. I was striking the ball well, so I thought I should've got more strike in the last over. Looking at our start, we thought we could get around 180, but around 160 is a decent score as well.
Abdul Samad run out 29 (28m 14b 3x4 1x6) SR: 207.14
Washington Sundar c Rashid Khan b Sharma 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
They've used their impact player here, the Sunrisers. Washington Sundar comes in, and he will replace Mayank Agarwal.
Shahbaz Ahmed c Tewatia b Sharma 22 (28m 20b 1x4 1x6) SR: 110.00
Mohit will bowl the last over. Can SRH get to 175?
END OF OVER:19 | 12 Runs | SRH: 159/5 | RR: 8.36
- Shahbaz Ahmed22 (18b)
- Abdul Samad28 (13b)
- Darshan Nalkande2-0-18-0
- Mohit Sharma3-0-22-1
Nalkande will bowl the 19th
END OF OVER:18 | 10 Runs | SRH: 147/5 | RR: 8.16
- Abdul Samad23 (10b)
- Shahbaz Ahmed15 (15b)
- Mohit Sharma3-0-22-1
- Rashid Khan4-0-33-1
achyut: "Philips for cummins? 4 overseas on field of play. Can bowl some spin too. Is there a loophole too" --- Firstly and most importantly, they won't be allowed to do that, as they've already named four overseas players in the XI. Secondly, even if they were allowed to do it, why would they sub their captain off? Thirdly, why would they starve themselves off the option of Cummins's off cutter banging into this slow track?
Rakesh: "Even if SRH end up with 170, even that is going to be too much for the GT as they have ONLY 4 batsmen. Omarzai at 5 is batting way too high and Tewatia (a pinch hitter) is also batting 2 places too high. At No:7, Rashid is a pure tail ender who can just swing the bat and also 2 places too high... GT is good for 140-150 with this batting" --- GT will have Sai Sudharsan available as an impact sub, most likely. Also those are very harsh assessments of the abilities of Omarzai and Tewatia.
Mohit now
END OF OVER:17 | 9 Runs | SRH: 137/5 | RR: 8.05
- Abdul Samad15 (6b)
- Shahbaz Ahmed13 (13b)
- Rashid Khan4-0-33-1
- Darshan Nalkande1-0-6-0
Soumya: "SRH can consider Sundar as sub for Abhishek or Head now. Can they have Philips as sub for Head now if a wicket falls?" --- SRH cannot use an overseas impact sub, having already had four overseas players in their starting XI.