The right-arm pacer returned figures of two/32 in his 4 overs and each his wickets got here within the type of clear bowled. But Umran, who is understood to wreak havoc along with his sheer pacer, broke the bails of Punjab’s batter Harpreet Brar whereas castling him with 148 kph supply.
Batter Rahul Tripathi, who performed a match-winning knock of 74 not out to assist SRH chase down 144 in 17.1 overs, gifted the damaged bails to Umran after the match.
“Probably, I have broken stumps with tennis balls on a few occasions. But in the IPL this is second or third. I had broken one or two bails in the last IPL. It also happened when I was playing for India. You just keep praying that I get to break bails like this in future,” mentioned Umran in a video posted by the IPL’s official social media accounts.
“Yes, I am happy, I am bowling at the right areas and I will try to bowl slowers and yorkers in death overs. The boundary was shorter at one side, where I thought will lose runs, but captain (Aiden Markram) asked me to bowl in that area so I bowled there. But that created chances of getting wickets. We will continue to work on our plans and give better performance,” he added.
Meanwhile, Tripathi got here in when Hyderabad have been at 45/2 in 8.3 overs. But he took his time to get going after which accelerated to be unbeaten at 74 off 48 balls, hitting ten fours and three sixes at a strike-rate of 154.17.
“Yes, in the start, I took time. But after playing some balls and understanding how the pitch is playing, I got some boundaries and did a good chase, with the run rate not being that high. The plan was to hit one-two boundaries in an over,” the batter mentioned.
“Then I got some good boundaries and the chase went well. It feels good to win after the first two tough games and now we will try to keep this momentum up,” he added.
Hyderabad’s subsequent match in IPL 2023 might be towards Kolkata Knight Riders on the Eden Gardens on April 14.
(With IANS Inputs)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com