Surisers Hyderabad posted a target of 156 runs for the loss of nine wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium riding on fifties from Nitish Kumar Reddy and Heinrich Klaasen against the Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday.
The Indian all-rounder marked his landmark with a trademark celebration akin to that of movie star Allu Arjun in his hit movie ‘Pushpa’.
PUSHPA CELEBRATION BY NITISH KUMAR REDDY 🥶
– The Craze for Allu Arjun. pic.twitter.com/O8E3SdwId7
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 5, 2026
LSG won the toss and skipper Rishabh Pant opted to field first as the visitors had early joy with the wickets of Abhishek Sharma for a duck before Travis Head was also sent back to the hut by Mohammed Shami for 7 runs off 8 balls.
SRH captain Ishan Kishan
did not last long at the crease wither as he was removed for a single run by Prince Yadav, who castled the batter.
Liam Livingstone added 14 runs in 20 deliveries before being scalped by Digvesh Rathi, as Klaasen and Nitish steadied the ship for the hosts. The duo registered a half-century each to take SRH into triple-figures before M Siddharth scalped the Indian for 56 off 33 balls.
South African Klaasen added 62 off 41 balls before falling prey to Avesh Khan, as the SRH tail tumbled. Avesh sent Harsh Dubey back for a duck before Prince came back to dismiss Shivang Yadav for 2 runs. Harshal Patel was run out for 4 runs in the final delivery of the innings, leaving Aniket Verma unbeaten on 2 as SRH finished with the score of 156/9.
LSG started the chase in solid fashion as Aiden Markram and Mitch Marsh kept the scoreboard ticking before the latter fell to Eshan Malinga for 14 runs off 10 deliveries.
Skipper Pant came to the middle as he replaced his fallen teammate and stitched up a stand alongside Markram, who was in an aggressive mood. However, Shivang Kumar removed the Protea batter for 45 off just 27 deliveries.
Ayush Badoni was scalped for 12 runs by Dubey before Windies maverick Nicholas Pooran was run out for a solitary run by Kishan as Pant held crease.
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