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nine-wicket victory. When asked about the chal-
After the fixture against Pun- lenge of bowling in the dew,
jab Kings, skipper Warner gave a Boult said: “It is definitely tricky
fitness update on Natarajan, say- when the ball gets wet like that.
ing: “He has obviously got a sore The other night was the worst
knee. Given the circumstance it has been in terms of dew. In
in these bubbles, if he goes and terms of being a foreign player,
gets a scan, he obviously has to it is something we are not used
sit out for seven days. He has to to in New Zealand, but it is
get back in quarantine.” part and parcel here, as bowlers
“We are just monitoring him you need to be able to execute
at the moment. The physios are some kind of deliveries so that
doing their best to analyse from is a good challenge. Ideally, you
a face point of view but he ob- want to see an even contest be-
viously has to go out and get a tween bat and ball.”
scan at some point,” he added.
Natarajan had also missed abhishek will be an all-
four T20Is against England and rounder: rashid Khan
he only made his way back into SunRisers Hyderabad spin-
the team for the final T20I of ner Rashid Khan believes that
the five-match series after work- Abhishek Sharma will become
ing on his knee at the National a proper all-rounder for India
Cricket Academy. in the future. A dominating
SRH will next take on Delhi bowling effort from Khaleel
Capitals on Sunday in the IPL at Ahmed and Abhishek Sharma
the MA Chidambaram Stadium had helped SRH restrict Pun-
in Chennai. jab Kings to a paltry 120 in 19.4
overs on Wednesday here at the
strength of mi is to fight till Abhishek Sharma of Sunrisers Hyderabad celebrates the wicket of Deepak MA Chidambaram Stadium in
the end: Boult Hooda of Punjab Kings during a match between the Punjab Kings and the Chennai.
Mumbai Indians pacer Trent Sunrisers Hyderabad, at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on In response, SRH (121/1)
Boult on Thursday said the Wednesday. (ANI Photo/IPL Twitter) chased down the target with
strength of his side has been to eight balls to spare thanks to
fight till the last ball of the match a fine batting performance by
and the bowlers have been able Jonny Bairstow.
to do that in the ongoing season “You will become a proper
of the Indian Premier League all-rounder for India in the fu-
(IPL). ture who will a lot of matches for
Mumbai Indians has so far his side. You have a lot of ability.
played four matches, winning If you work hard, you will get the
two and losing two. The side’s success,” Rashid told Abhishek
middle-order has struggled in Sharma in a video posted on the
all four games and the side has official website of IPL.
failed to post a total in the range “During lockdown, we were
of 170-180 even once. “I am at home. My father is my child-
sure the middle-order is not too hood coach, he was a left-arm
pleased with how things have spinner so I have learnt a lot
gone so far. I know the guys are from him during lockdown. The
hungry and desperate to put in variation like slider, I learnt that.
a good performance in our last I had the confidence of imple-
game in Chennai. Not an ideal menting in the game. I think I
start, we would like few more can bowl this ball at any stage of
runs on the board. The strength the game,” he added.
of the side is fighting till the end In the match against Punjab
and the bowlers have managed Kings, Abhishek returned with
to do that. It should be an excit- figures of 2-24 from his four
ing game against Punjab, hope- overs. This win was Hyderabad’s
fully, we will get few more runs MS Dhoni, the captain of Chennai Super Kings, celebrates the wicket of Ni- first in the ongoing season of
on the board,” said Boult while tish Rana of Kolkata Knight Riders during the match between the Kolkata the IPL. SunRisers Hyderabad
replying to an ANI query during Knight Riders and the Chennai Super Kings held at the Wankhede Stadium will next take on Delhi Capitals
a virtual press conference on in Mumbai on Wednesday. (ANI Photo/IPL Twitter) on Sunday at the MA Chidam-
Thursday. baram Stadium in Chennai.
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