SunRisers Hyderabad’s middle-order stars Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy emerged as the saviors for their side and hit their respective fifties against the Lucknow Super Giants. The Orange Army was up against the Super Giants at home in the first of Sunday’s double-header. While the hosts got off to a horrible start and were reduced to 26/4 within no time, Reddy and Klassen took reins in their hands and got their team to a stable side. In addition to it, they built the best fifth-wicket stand for the Kavya Maran-own franchise.

Klassen completed his fifty in 33 deliveries, with a combination of four boundaries and two maximums, while Reddy took 30 deliveries to pull off a fifty with three boundaries and four maximums. Reddy, who was awarded Player of the Match in the previous game, pulled off his trademark Pushpa celebration to mark the milestone.

Fans hail Nitish Kumar Reddy and Heinrich Klassen for remarkable batting prowess against LSG

After Hyderabad had a disastrous start to the game, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Klassen’s stand came in as a ray of hope for the home team. As both players completed their respective fifties, fans heaped praise on them on X. Here are some of the best reactions:

 

Notably, Reddy was dismissed off a Manimaran Siddharth delivery on the fourth ball of the 18th over, bringing a 116-run stand to an end. Reddy walked back at 56 runs off 33 balls with three boundaries and five maximums.

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