During the 61st match of the IPL 2025 between Lucknow Super Giants and SunRisers Hyderabad (LSG vs SRH) in Lucknow, SRH captain Pat Cummins chose to field first after winning the toss. During the team announcement, while Harsh Dubey got his first IPL cap, Atharva Taide was also named among the impact players of the SRH team. 

Who is Atharva Taide?

The 25-year-old Atharva Taide is in the "Impact Player Subs" squad for SRH in the IPL 2025 Lucknow match against LSG. While it can be his first IPL 2025 match, he has already played nine IPL matches for Punjab Kings, seven in 2023 and two in 2024. While the left-handed batter scored 61 runs last season, he scored 186 runs in the 2023 season with an average of 26.57 and a strike rate of 144.18, including two half-centuries.  

Taide played two Youth Tests and four Youth ODIs for the India U19 team. During the 2018 Cooch Behar Trophy Final, he became the only second batter, after Yuvraj Singh (358), to hit a triple century in the final of the tournament history by scoring 320 runs as a captain of Vidarbha. 

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Who is Harsh Dubey?

The 22-year-old Indian uncapped all-rounder Harsh Dubey made his IPL debut in this game. He joined the SRH side as a replacement for the injured Smaran Ravichandran. The Vidarbha cricketer is known for his bowling all-rounder roles in domestic cricket. The left-arm spinner has recorded 97 wickets in 18 first-class matches, 21 wickets in 20 List A games, and nine wickets in 16 T20s. The left-handed batter has also scored 709 first-class runs, 213 List A runs, and 19 T20 runs, including seven and two half-centuries in first-class and List A cricket, respectively. 

While Vidarbha won the latest Ranji Trophy season (2024-25), Harsh Dubey won the Player of the Tournament award for his all-round performances, recording 69 wickets and 476 runs. His 69 wickets in a season were the new record for most wickets in a Ranji Trophy season.