The out-of-favour duo of Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan also returned to the fold in the lower brackets in a 34-strong list of centrally-contracted players
During a conversation on JioHotstar’s special show ‘Gen Bold’, Ishan Kishan, who smashed a century on his SRH debut this season, said he got goosebumps seeing the sea of orange in Hyderabad. “Everyone here is very supportive. I’m really enjoying it so far,” he added.
Opting to bowl first, LSG all-rounder Shardul Thakur bagged a four-wicket haul to help SRH to 190/9 in 20 overs. In reply, Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh slammed swashbuckling fifties to guide the visitors to a five-wicket win at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
Says nothing sets off Nattu's loss. Every team goes through it, whether you try and find the players early and...pounce on opportunities or you try and wait for the back end
While the likes of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have been eyeing to make comebacks in the national side, some younger players have chosen to skip First Class cricket upsetting the BCCI.
Rohit Sharma was trapped in front of the stumps on the third ball of the second over by Josh Hazlewood. Rohit took a review but it went all in vain, as the ball was hitting the top of the bails showing the Umpire's call.
As expected, India are playing a three-pronged spin attack in Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and local lad Ravichandran Ashwin on a pitch which is a little bit on the slower side and looks dry.
Alongside focusing on the team goals, the Indian management will want to assemble the best possible 11 in the park against Pakistan, whom the Rohit Sharma-led outfit is facing for the second time in the event