India, May 28 -- In a season where Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has looked almost unstoppable, only two bowlers have truly managed to keep him quiet - Lucknow Super Giants' Mohsin Khan and Sunrisers Hyderabad's Praful Hinge. The latter dismissed him for a duck in Hyderabad earlier this season. But 12 days later, when the two sides met again in Jaipur, a vengeful Sooryavanshi tore him apart, smashing four sixes in the opening over before racing to a stunning 36-ball century.

Having witnessed both extremes of the contest, the biggest question for SRH heading into the Eliminator in New Chandigarh was obvious: how do you stop Sooryavanshi?

Pat Cummins knew SRH needed more than one strategy to contain him. Which is why, in his pre-match interaction ...