A well-disguised slower bouncer from Sandeep as Head miscues it but it falls next to the pitch as the bowler can't get to it.
Head flicks a full delivery behind square on the leg side for two runs followed by a single.
A single each to the two batters before Head adjusts well to the slower short ball, as he delays his shot but swatting it over the off-side for a four.
He has a big swing next ball but is beaten by the change of pace.
Change in the bowling as Tushar Deshpande comes into the attack, to replace Rana.
He starts off with a wide before Kishan cuts the next ball as it falls just short of the fielder for a single.
Another wide before Head smacks the next back over the bowler's head for a four.
Deshpande gets revenge next ball as he strikes with the big wicket of Head in his first over.
Head looks to smash the full down the ground but can only hit straight into the hands of Shimron Hetmyer at mid-off.
Head walks back after an entertaining knock of 67 from 31 balls, having hit nine fours and three sixes.
Nitish Reddy walks in at No 4. He is greeted by a bouncer first ball as he fails to connect with the pull shot but he smashes a short ball straight back past mid-off for a four and takes a single last ball.
SRH are sitting pretty on 135/2 in 10 overs, with Kishan on 33 from 17 balls and Reddy on 5 from 3 balls.
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