Cummins commends 'marvelous' Nitish Kumar Reddy's overall heroics

The past week has been unlike any other for 20-year-old Nitish Kumar Reddy. The Andhra allrounder made an unbeaten eight-ball 14 when Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Chennai Super Kings four nights ago. But on Tuesday, he played a bigger role - hitting a 37-ball 64 that lifted a floundering Sunrisers innings from 64 for 4 to 182 for 9, which proved to be match-changing. It wasn't simply his batting commitment that was vital. Nitish, who bowls enthusiastic medium speed during the 130s, excused Jitesh Sharma in the sixteenth over with Punjab Rulers searching for a late charge. More than the wicket, it was the way of his arrangement, of bowling a more slow bouncer into the pitch and having Jitesh hack towards the more drawn out limit, that was significantly more noteworthy. Nitish wrapped up with figures of 1 for 33 off three overs. No big surprise Pat Cummins, the skipper, was very more than happy with Nitish's exhibition. "He was magnificent," Cummins said. "Directly to the highest point of the request [in this game], was phenomenal in the field, bowled three overs as well. To get us to 180 off his bat, it was astounding." Nitish himself is by all accounts a man of not many words, yet appeared to be satisfied at having the option to contribute. It's possible he just got the open door since Sunrisers concluded Abhishek Sharma's structure was excessively really great for him to bat at No. 3. With Mayank Agarwal debilitated, Abhishek stirred things up against CSK with a 12-ball 37 to set the rhythm in their pursuit of 166, which they serenely accomplished with 11 balls in excess. That exhibition might have enticed the group the executives to go on with Abhishek at the top with Travis Head, making ready for Nitish to keep his place despite the fact that Agarwal was controlled fit for this match. Nitish reimbursed the confidence with a back-to-the-wall thump in which he hit four fours and five sixes. "As far as I might be concerned, it is a major commitment for my group and myself," Nitish said at the show. "I have been conversing with myself that I want to trust in myself and that I must be there [for the team]. The seamers were bowling great, so I would have rather not taken them on. At the point when the spinners came on, I needed to go after them and that is the very thing I did." The game was significantly nearer than it appeared as though it would be at one phase. That was down to a large number of finds going down in the passing overs, remembering two for the last over that were tipped over the ropes for sixes. Requiring 29 off the last over bowled by Jaydev Unadkat, Lords missed the mark with Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma giving Sunrisers a powerful panic. Cummins featured Sunrisers' methodology as he summarized their tight win. "It was an incredible round of cricket," he said. "They bowled all around well toward the beginning, we did well to get to 182 and afterward protected it. The excellence of the effect player is that you believe you have truly profound batting. We attempt to be positive, to take the game on. "At any rate, assuming that you get 150-160, you will lose the vast majority of games. We realized the new ball would have been a key time. We were really cheerful [with our score]. We saw what occurred with the new ball for them, so supposed if me and Bhuvi [Bhuvneshwar Kumar] would get going with a wicket, it would be great. We have a lot of left-armers, right-armers, so attempted to allow the bowlers the best opportunity of progress." Shikhar Dhawan, the Lords chief, bemoaned their top-request complete implosion in the powerplay. Rulers were rocking at 20 for 3 in the fifth over with Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh and Dhawan all back in the recovered. That they had a shot at triumph was kindness a late thrive from Shashank and Ashutosh, who added 66 off only 27 balls for the seventh wicket. As the last ball was nailed for a six, Lords could never have helped yet think back on the six they surrendered off the last ball whenever Harshal Patel botched an open door at the long-on limit. "Shashank and Ashutosh played incredible thumps. I feel that we held them to a decent aggregate. Sadly, we were unable to capitalize on the initial six overs and that is where we lost the game," Dhawan said. "That squeezed us hard. The wicket was not offering that much skip so every individual needs to think of better plans. "We might have halted 10-15 runs more and that had an effect too. As a batting unit, we didn't perform. The top request must perform. Shashank and Ashutosh's presentation gives us certainty and expectation for the following game. We need to improve in specific regions and get to the next level."