Sunrisers Hyderabad youngster Priyam Garg, who was involved in a nasty confusion resulting in the run-out of Kane Williamson against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Thursday, has admitted that “it felt really bad”.

Before being adjudged the Man of the Match for his 26-ball 51, Garg was involved in a mix-up with Williamson which ultimately led to the New Zealander’s dismissal at the Dubai International Stadium.

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Even though it was not completely the youngster’s fault, Williamson was infuriated. However, Garg has said that the Kiwi skipper forgot everything after he scored the half-century.

“It felt really bad when he (Williamson) got run-out. He was a set batsman. That he was run-out was a mistake, but everything went alright after that,” Garg told Abhishek Sharma in a video posted on iplt20.com.

“When I went back to the dug out, he said to me ‘Don’t worry mate, forget about it. You’ve batted really well’,” he added.

Meanwhile, Garg and Abhishek Sharma (31 off 24) played important knocks and helped their team in crossing the 150+ mark after they were reduced to 69/4 in 11 overs. Their efforts were helped by Manish Pandey (29 off 21) as well.

Talking about his partnership with Abhishek, the former India Under-19 captain said, “I had no pressure when Abhishek came in to bat, because we know each other and our strengths.”

“We both gelled well together and enjoyed each others’ batting. I felt really good about scoring my first IPL fifty,” he added.

Batting first, Hyderabad posted a competitive total of 164 before restricting CSK to 157/5. The result at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium saw CSK dropping to the bottom of the points table.

The script was similar in both the innings as both the sides witnessed a top-order collapse with their middle-order trying to salvage pride.

Chasing, CSK were down to 42/4 in the ninth over before skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (47 off 36 balls) and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (50 off 35) tried to get their team back into the contest.

With the required run-rate continuously mounting and Jadeja getting out, Dhoni and Sam Curran (15 not out) then tried their best to chase down the target by going for big hits. However, it wasn’t enough to stop SRH from registering their second consecutive win of the tournament.