Hyderabad, April 5 -- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) stand-in captain Ishan Kishan pointed to the loss of wickets early in their batting innings as one of the causes of their five-wicket loss to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 match on Sunday in Hyderabad.

SRH, batting first against LSG, lost four early wickets and were reduced to 29/4 in 8 overs. However, Nitish Kumar Reddy (56 off 33 balls) and Heinrich Klaasen (62 off 41) helped SRH to 156/9 in 20 overs.

Ishan Kishan, who is the stand-in captain of SRH in Pat Cummins' absence, speaking at the post-match presentation, said the total was not enough. He acknowledged the pressure from losing four early wickets and credited Klaasen and Nitish for helping the ...