To Get Us To 180 Off His Bat, It Was Superb: Cummins On Nitish Reddy’s Present

Mullanpur, Apr 9: Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins was all reward for younger Nitish Reddy whose all-round present helped their facet beat Punjab Kings by two runs within the Indian Premier League right here on Tuesday.

The 20-year-old Reddy made 64 off 37 balls to take SRH to 182 for 9 after they have been requested to bat and chipped in with one wicket from his three overs to play a key function within the win.

“He was superior, high of the order, implausible within the area, bowled three overs too. To get us to 180 off his bat, it was superb,” Cummins stated of Reddy, a batting all-rounder, who was named participant of the match.

Cummins stated it was an incredible recreation of cricket and his facet tried to stay optimistic.

“They bowled very well at the beginning, we did properly to get to 182 after which defended it. The great thing about the affect participant is that you simply really feel you’ve actually deep batting. We attempt to be optimistic, to take the sport on,” he stated.

“You get 150-160, you’ll lose 9 out of ten video games anyway. We knew the brand new ball was going to be a key time. We have been fairly glad (with our rating),” stated the Australia captain.

Requested about his facet’s plan whereas defending the overall of 182, he stated, “Noticed what occurred with the brand new ball for them, so thought if me and Bhuvi may begin off with a wicket or wickets (it might be good).

“We’ve got loads of left-armers, right-armers, so simply making an attempt to provide the bowlers the most effective likelihood of success.” Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan praised Shashank Singh (46 not out) and Ashutosh Sharma (33 not out) for his or her knocks.

“It’s nice to see these children coming in and chipping in. There was at all times the hope that they may end the sport. Hats off to them that they introduced it this shut.

“I really feel that we stored them to an excellent complete. Sadly, we couldn’t money in on the primary six overs and that’s the place we misplaced the sport. That pinched us exhausting.” On their shot choice and if they’d need to change it in hindsight, he stated, “The wicket was not providing that a lot bounce so each particular person has to give you higher plans. As a result of we acquired out…in fact we’d need to change our strokes.

“I really feel that on the finish, we dropped that catch on the final ball. We may have stopped 10-15 runs extra and that made a distinction as properly. As a batting unit, we didn’t carry out. It’s important for the highest order to carry out.

“We’re going to bounce again from this loss. We’ve got to do higher in sure areas and enhance.” Reddy stated he was glad for the contribution he made to the workforce.

“I’ve been speaking to myself that I’ve to imagine in myself and that I’ve to be there (for my workforce).

“The seamers have been bowling properly, so I didn’t need to take them on. When the spinners got here on, I needed to assault them and that’s what I did. The slower bouncer is basically working (by way of the event), so I simply needed to make use of the size.

“I simply need to proceed this efficiency for my workforce, with the bat, with the ball and within the area. I simply need to be like this.” PTI PDS PDS AH AH

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