Watch: Kamindu Mendis Forced To Retire Hurt After Suffering Hamstring Injury Against LSG
Published - 19 May 2025, 11:49 PM | Updated - 19 May 2025, 11:50 PM
While Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Lucknow Super Giants on Monday (May 19), their win turned a bit sour because of an injury sustained by their all-rounder Kamindu Mendis.
The Sri Lanka star suffered the injury in the 18th over of the SRH innings when his team needed just 11 runs to win the high-scoring game at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The incident took place on the fifth ball of the 18th over when Kamindu Mendis was facing Shardul Thakur.
The LSG pacer fired a yorker outside the off stump, and Kamindu Mendis managed to hit the ball towards the off side. Soon after hitting the ball, Mendis set off for a quick single. In the meantime, Nicholas Pooran quickly collected the ball and had a shy at the stumps. The West Indies star could not hit the stumps as Mendis tried to reach the crease quickly.
In the process, Kamindu Mendis ended up injuring his hamstring. Just before reaching the crease, he took a small hop, during which he appeared to injure his hamstring. He was seen clutching his hamstring immediately after completing the run.
Mendis received treatment from the physio immediately, but decided to walk off the field. Before leaving the field, Mendis scored 32 runs off 21 balls.
Watch as Kamindu Mendis picks up the hamstring injury:
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Talking about the game, SRH have knocked LSG out of the ongoing tournament by winning the game. SRH, who are already eliminated from IPL 2025, thrashed LSG by six wickets.
Asked to bat first, SRH posted a big total of 205/7 in the allotted 20 overs. They were off to a solid start with their openers Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh adding 115 runs for the first wicket. Marsh scored 65 runs while Markram scored 61. Nicholas Pooran also played a crucial knock of 45 runs. Apart from the aforementioned three batters, no other LSG batter could reach the double-digit mark with the bat.
In reply, SRH chased down the total inside 19 overs by losing 4 wickets. Abhishek Sharma gave his team a flying start by smashing 59 runs off just 20 balls with the help of 4 fours and 6 sixes. The likes of Heinrich Klaasen (47), Ishan Kishan (35), and Mendis also played crucial knocks to take SRH home.
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