Sunrisers Hyderabad’s skipper, Pat Cummins, was on cloud nine after his team defeated the Punjab Kings in a spine-chilling match. Pat Cummins was all praise for his team’s young all-rounder, Nitish Reddy, who played a crucial knock with the bat scoring 66 of just 34 deliveries.
In his post-match presentation, Cummins said, “It was a great game of cricket. They bowled really well at the start; we did well to get to 182 and then defended it. The beauty of the impact player is that you feel you have really deep batting. We try to be positive and take the game on. If you get 150–160, you are going to lose nine out of ten games anyway. We knew the new ball was going to be a key moment. We were pretty happy with our score. The conditions really.”
Cummins further added, “I knew what happened with the new ball for them, so I thought if me and Bhuvi could start off with a wicket of wickets, it would be good. We have plenty of left- and right-armers, so we are just trying to give the bowlers the best chance of success. He made an awesome, fantastic debut last week. Straight to the top for the order, fantastic in the field, bowled three overs too. To get us to 180 off his bat, it was amazing.”
With 29 needed for the final over, Jaydev Unadkat gave away 26 runs in the final over against Ashutosh Sharma, but in the end, he helped his team secure a victory by 2 runs.
