IPL 2018, SRH vs KXIP: Three Masterstrokes from the match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab

#3 Manish Pandey taking his own good time

Pandey played a stellar knock

In a game when many were finding it difficult to read the pitch and get going from the ball one, Manish Pandey played a stellar knock to see his team through to a defendable total.

At one stage, when many reckoned him to be going at a slow pace, it was a game-defining knock from the experienced campaigner.

He looked scratchy but that was the nature of the wicket but he still managed to get his way past to a half-century in 48 balls.

In trying to up the ante, he perished at 54 off 51 balls but by the time saw his team in strong position considering the way Kings XI batted in the latter half of the match.