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Nitish Kumar Reddy lost his cool as he made his way back to the dresssing room as cameras caught him throwing his helmet in anger.
IPL 2025, SRH vs LSG: Nitish Kumar Reddy throws helmet in frustration (X)
Nitish Kumar Reddy was angry and frustrated with his performance with the bat as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) lost to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 5 wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Friday.
The star Indian all-rounder got off to a good start in his innings but could not make it count as he was clean bowled by Ravi Bishnoi after scoring a 28-ball 32.
After being dismissed, Nitish Kumar Reddy lost his cool as he made his way back to the dresssing room as cameras caught him throwing his helmet in anger.
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Nicholas Pooran slammed 70 off 26 balls as LSG easily chased down a target of 191 to beat SRH for their first win of the new IPL season.
Pooran’s power-packed innings featured six fours and six sixes, as the West Indies batsman ruthlessly took the attack to the opposition on a flat Hyderabad pitch.
Lucknow, captained by the most expensive player in the IPL, India’s Rishabh Pant, lost Aiden Markram early before Mitchell Marsh (52) and Pooran put on 116 for the second wicket in barely seven overs together.
Pooran eventually fell lbw to Australia captain Pat Cummins, leaving his team on 120-2 in the ninth over.
Pant walked in with Lucknow well positioned but made a scratchy run-a-ball 15 before miscuing a full toss from Harshal Patel, following Marsh back after he was removed earlier by his international team-mate Cummins.
Lucknow also lost Ayush Badoni cheaply but Abdul Samad hit an unbeaten 22 off eight deliveries to help them cruise to victory with 23 balls remaining.
Lucknow had won the toss and restricted Hyderabad to 190-9 despite a brisk 47 at the top of the order from Travis Head.
Shardul Thakur, who wasn’t initially picked up by any franchise and only received a call-up from Lucknow as an injury replacement, finished with his best IPL figures.
Thakur took 4-34 and landed a key double blow by dismissing opener Abhishek Sharma (6) and Ishan Kishan (0) with successive balls in the third over.
Thakur, who won the player-of-the-match award, complained that the “bowlers get very little (help) on these kind of pitches” in the IPL.
“Even in the last game pre-match I said that pitches should be prepared in such a way that the game hangs in the balance for batters and bowlers. Especially after the ‘impact player’ rule, it’s not fair on the bowlers,” he complained.
Pant said that the win was “definitely a big relief”.
“We don’t want to get too high after winning and too low after losing, taking it one match at a time,” said Pant.
He also praised Pooran, insisting the team “just want to give freedom to him. I like that freedom too. But we’ve just told him to go express himself and he’s batting phenomenally for us”.
(With inputs from Agencies)