India, March 27 -- Lucknow Super Giants' Shardul Thakur inflicted early damage on Sunrisers Hyderabad during the clash in Hyderabad on Thursday, picking two successive wickets in only the third over. The Sunrisers, known for their explosive batting unit and consistent 200+ scores since last year, were asked to bat by Rishabh Pant, and Shardul made an instant impact with the ball.

After conceding just five runs off his first over where he restricted Australian southpaw Travis Head, Shardul dismissed Abhishek Sharma off the very first ball of his second over. He then removed the dangerous Ishan Kishan, who had smashed a century in SRH's opening match of the season against Rajasthan Royals.

Abhishek fell victim to Thakur's well-directed sh...