With regular opener Travis Head out, SRH sent out a new pairing - Abhishek Sharma and impact sub Atharva Taide - to open the chase. Akashdeep took the new ball for LSG. Taide began cautiously, playing his first delivery towards midwicket for no run, before a wide and a hard-length ball followed. He soon found his rhythm, slamming a boundary and rotating the strike with a single. Abhishek got off the mark with a single as well, while LSG chose not to review a close lbw call. The over yielded 9 runs.
Making his IPL debut, Will O'Rourke came on from the other end. Taide defended the first ball but then unleashed two back-to-back boundaries, showing early intent. However, he couldn't sustain the momentum, mistiming a shot straight to Rathi at deep third.
O'Rourke celebrated his maiden IPL wicket, striking in his very first over.
Ishan Kishan is the new batter, he defends the first and ends the over with a glorious six!
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