Akash Deep continued from the other end, and Abhishek Sharma greeted him with a boundary off the first ball. A delivery straying down leg was called wide, and Abhishek capitalised further by launching a beautiful six over midwicket. He followed that with a single to rotate the strike. Ishan Kishan, looking to settle in, defended one before slamming a crisp boundary of his own. A swing and a miss followed, prompting Rishabh Pant to take a player review for a caught behind appeal. It was a length ball angling down leg, but UltraEdge showed no bat or glove - just another wide. The over ended with a dot ball. A productive one for SRH - 17 runs off it.
After 3 overs, they're 40 for 1.
O'Rourke continued, and Abhishek Sharma looked to go big but swung and missed the first ball. The next delivery took a thick edge and flew just over Pant's head-Pooran couldn't cut it off, and it raced away for four. Abhishek followed it up in style, launching a massive six into the stands. He then played a controlled shot towards cover for a single. Kishan, on strike, also swung and missed before getting off strike with a single to end the over.
A lively one from O'Rourke - 12 runs off it. After 4 overs, SRH are 52 for 1, needing 154 from 96 balls.
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