Pacer Harshal Patel comes into the attack. Pant too early into the pull shot off the slower ball down the leg side as it goes off the back of the bat towards thirdman for a single.
SRH's pacers will resort to change of pace in the middle overs to try and force the LSG batters into a mistake.
The LSG batters will be keen not to give their wickets away cheaply and just look to build partnerships with singles and the odd boundary in between.
Harshal makes a tidy start, conceding just four singles from his first over.
Left-arm wrist spinner Shivang Kumar comes into the attack. Pant slaps the second ball square on the off-side for two runs and then takes one.
Markram smacks the fourth ball back over the bowler's head for a four and collects a quick single next ball.
Pant is beaten as he looks to cut the last ball and a fumble from Kishan allows the batters to steal a bye.
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