SRH captain Pat Cummins lauds ‘superior’ Nitish Kumar’s all-round heroics

It wasn’t simply his batting contribution that was once key. Nitish, who bowls vigorous medium tempo within the mid-130s, brushed aside Jitesh Sharma within the sixteenth over with Punjab Kings searching for a overdue fee.

“He was once superior,” Cummins stated. “Instantly to the highest of the order [in this game], was once implausible within the box, bowled 3 overs too. To get us to 180 off his bat, it was once superb.”

Nitish himself appears to be a person of few phrases, however gave the impression happy at with the ability to give a contribution. It is most probably he handiest were given the chance as a result of Sunrisers made up our minds Abhishek Sharma’s shape was once too just right for him to be batting at No. 3. With Mayank Agarwal ill, Abhishek made a dash towards CSK with a 12-ball 37 to set the pace of their chase of 166, which they conveniently completed with 11 balls to spare.

That efficiency could have tempted the workforce control to proceed with Abhishek on the peak with Travis Head, paving the best way for Nitish to stay his position even supposing Agarwal was once dominated have compatibility for this tournament. Nitish repaid the religion with a back-to-the-wall knock through which he hit 4 fours and 5 sixes.

“For me, this can be a giant contribution for my workforce and myself,” Nitish stated on the presentation. “I’ve been speaking to myself that I’ve to consider in myself and that I must be there [for the team]. The seamers have been bowling neatly, so I didn’t wish to take them on. When the spinners got here on, I sought after to assault them and that’s what I did.”

Cummins highlighted Sunrisers’ method as he summed up their tight win. “It was once a really perfect recreation of cricket,” he stated. “They bowled in reality neatly initially, we did neatly to get to 182 after which defended it. The wonderful thing about the affect participant is that you’re feeling you might have in reality deep batting. We you ought to be sure, to take the sport on.

“If you happen to get 150-160, you’re going to lose 9 out of ten video games anyway. We knew the brand new ball was once going to be a key time. We have been beautiful satisfied [with our score]. We noticed what took place with the brand new ball for them, so idea if me and Bhuvi [Bhuvneshwar Kumar] may get started off with a wicket, it might be just right. We’ve got a variety of left-armers, right-armers, so simply attempted to offer the bowlers the most efficient probability of good fortune.”

As the overall ball was once nailed for a six, Kings could not have helped however glance again at the six they conceded off the closing ball when Harshal Patel overlooked a possibility on the long-on boundary.

“Shashank and Ashutosh performed nice knocks. I think that we stored them to a just right overall. Sadly, shall we no longer money in at the first six overs and that’s the place we misplaced the sport,” Dhawan stated. “That pinched us arduous. The wicket was once no longer providing that a lot soar so each person has to get a hold of higher plans.

“We may have stopped 10-15 runs extra and that made a distinction as neatly. As a batting unit, we didn’t carry out. It’s important for the highest order to accomplish. Shashank and Ashutosh’s efficiency offers us self assurance and hope for the following recreation. We need to do higher in positive spaces and make stronger.”