Sunrises Hyderabad co-owner Kaviya Maran attended the match between her aspect and KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium right here on Friday. However, it was not an ideal day with the bat for SRH as they stored on shedding wickets at common intervals. As Kaviya didn’t get sufficient probabilities to cheer for his aspect throughout their batting however as quickly as SRH took their first wicket with the ball, the co-owner was seen leaping within the stands.
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During the fifth over of the innings, Fazalhaq Farooqi, the Impact Player of the staff, dismissed the harmful Kyle Mayers with a back-of-a-length supply that Mayers tried to drag. However, he solely managed to hit it straight to Mayank Agarwal at deep mid-wicket. Kaviya, who knew the worth of Mayers’ wicket, leaped in pleasure from the stands. Despite some commenting that the celebration was pointless as Mayers’ wicket was solely the primary in SRH’s protection of a below-par complete, others praised Kaviya’s ardour for the sport, whatever the match state of affairs. Twitterati took discover of the incident and had differing opinions, which have been shared on social media.
Kaviya Maran, the daughter of Sun Network proprietor Kalanithi Maran and co-owner of the T20 League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad, has been known as the ‘thriller lady’ of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) as a consequence of her passionate help for her staff. In the opening match of IPL 2023 in opposition to Rajasthan Royals (RR), Kaviya was noticed cheering for SRH from the stands of the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Her recognition has additionally prolonged abroad, with a South African cricket fan proposing to her throughout her staff Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s match in opposition to Paarl Royals on the Boland Park floor in Paarl. The fan was holding a placard that learn “KAVYA MARAN, WILL YOU MARRY ME?” together with a coronary heart emoji. While Kaviya’s fandom has garnered consideration and reward from many, some have criticized the media consideration on her and questioned the significance positioned on staff homeowners in cricket.
Earlier within the recreation, left-arm spin all-rounder Krunal Pandya starred with a three-fer as Lucknow Super Giants restricted Sunrisers Hyderabad to a modest 121/8 on a sluggish black-soil pitch. Krunal was undoubtedly the decide of the bowlers for Lucknow, always attacking the stumps to select a tidy 3-18 in his 4 overs. Veteran leg-spinner Amit Mishra took 2-23 whereas Ravi Bishnoi and Yash Thakur chipped in with a scalp every.
Lucknow drew first blood within the third over as Mayank Agarwal went for an uppish drive in opposition to Krunal, however he was undone by the flight and ended up giving a tame chip to cowl. Anmolpreet Singh acquired some boundaries in opposition to spinners in addition to Thakur with a beautiful punch, sweep and chip over mid-off. Though Anmolpreet survived an lbw enchantment off Thakur within the remaining over of Power-play, he did not have the identical luck within the eighth over as Krunal trapped him lbw with a flatter and faster supply on stumps going previous the bat to hit the again pad.
On the very subsequent ball, Pandya’s tossed-up supply stored low and skidded previous Aiden Markram’s bat to rattle his off-stump, sending the SRH skipper again for a golden duck. Bishnoi entered the wicket-takers column by organising Harry Brook with three consecutive fast googlies earlier than the leg-break was slipped in to beat an advancing Brook on the skin edge and have him stumped simply.
Rahul Tripathi and Washington Sundar went on the defensive to sew a 39-run partnership off 50 balls. Tripathi acquired some boundaries by way of the off-side, together with off a reverse sweep, to provide the rating a push. But in a bid to ramp off Thakur within the 18th over, Tripathi was caught by Mishra at brief third man, diving full size to his left to seize a surprising catch with each arms. In the subsequent over, Mishra had Sundar and Adil Rashid holing out to long-on and long-off respectively.
It took Abdul Samad’s cameo of 21 off 10 balls, together with two sixes off Jaydev Unadkat within the remaining over, to assist SRH cross 120-mark on a gradual and low pitch.
Brief scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 121/8 in 20 overs (Rahul Tripathi 34, Anmolpreet Singh 31; Krunal Pandya 3-18, Amit Mishra 2-23) in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants
