The Sunrisers Hyderabad have been off to a terrible start in the encounter against the Lucknow Super Giants as they have lost 3 wickets for just 11 runs. The star trio of the Sunrisers Hyderabad that consists of Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Ishan Kishan, have all fallen cheaply. Fans on the X platform have expressed visible disappointment and humorous criticisms of SRH’s fearless batting approach.

Early Blows Rock SRH as Klaasen, Reddy Steady the Ship

The LSG captain, Rishabh Pant, had won the toss and elected to bowl first. The Sunrisers Hyderabad has always been highly rated for the power it possesses in its batting unit, with some destructive batters throughout the batting order. But the LSG bowlers had other plans, as Abhishek Sharma was dismissed off the last ball of the first over. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma were dismissed in consecutive overs. SRH were 22/3 after the powerplay, which is the lowest powerplay total against LSG by any team.

Now, all the hopes of the Sunrisers will be pinned on Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy, as they have been off to a slow start. They have rotated the strike and made sure that no more wickets are lost. It will prove to be a crucial phase in the context of the match as they will look to accelerate the innings, to take the Sunrisers Hyderabad to a defendable total against a strong Lucknow batting side.