Lucknow Super Giants pacer Prince Yadav had an absolutely dreamy start to his spell against the SunRisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. The 24-year-old delivered a peach to dismiss Ishan Kishan on his third delivery
of the game, forcing the Hyderabad skipper to walk back on one run. The Orange Army hosted the Super Giants in the first of the Sunday’s double-header clash at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Hyderabad, coming off a blowout win over the Kolkata Knight Riders, seemed confident after being asked to bat first.
However, contrary to their expectations, they got off to a horrible start, losing three wickets within the first four overs. After Mohammed Shami forced Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head to walk back at duck and an eight-ball-seven, Yadav bowled out skipper and wicket-keeper Ishan Kishan, adding to the hosts’ woes. Kishan walked back to the hut at just one run off four deliveries, while Hyderabad got reduced to 11 runs at the loss of three wickets. The young lad celebrated the early success by looking up in the sky, thanking the divine for the same.
TOO HOT TO HANDLE! 🔥 🎥 Prince Yadav with a breathtaking start to his spell 🥵#SRH 3️⃣ down early Updates ▶️ https://t.co/qC2rF1Hiiz#TATAIPL | #KhelBindaas | #SRHvLSG pic.twitter.com/1snNPwmABB
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 5, 2026
SunRisers Hyderabad get reduced to 26/4 as Digvesh Singh Rathi dismisses Liam Livingstone
Soon after Kishan’s wicket, the guests got another success in the form of Digvesh Singh Rathi’s wicket. On the first ball of the eighth over, Livingstone popped off Rathi’s delivery, and LSG skipper Rishabh Pant dived on his right to take a fine one-handed take. Livingstone walked back at the score of 14 runs off 20 deliveries.
Here’s how the playing XI looked like for both teams on Sunday-
Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w/c), Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Livingstone, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat
