SRH VS LSG: Lucknow Supergiants recorded their first victory of the ongoing IPL
Lucknow Super Giants beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets: Rishabh Pant-captained Lucknow Supergiants recorded their first victory of the ongoing IPL by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets on Thursday. Chasing a total of 191 runs with 23 balls remaining, the team clinched the match with five wickets lost. Nicholas Pooran (70, 26 balls, 6 fours, 6 sixes) was the architect of Lucknow’s comfortable victory. Pooran also made a half-century off 18 balls, the fastest in the ongoing IPL. Pooran and Mitchell Marsh added 116 runs for the second wicket. Marsh (52, 31 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes) walked back after him. Abdul Samad (22* off 8 balls) and David Miller (13* off 7 balls) finally scored the winning runs. There are more matches that the Sunrisers Hyderabad can beat, so know the SRH match schedule.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, who had scored 286/6 in their last match, were bamboozled from the word go at their home ground on Thursday. Notwithstanding the killer bowling of Shardul Thakur (4-0-34-4), the side was left high and dry at 190/9. The hosts were in water under pressure after losing 2 wickets for 15 runs from the beginning. But Travis Head, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, and Pat Cummins contributed handy innings, and the side reached nearly 200 runs.
Brief Scores: Sunrisers Hyderabad 190/9 in 20 overs (Travis Head 47, Aniket Verma 36, Nitish Kumar Reddy 32, Heinrich Klaasen 26, Pat Cummins 18, Shardul Thakur 4/34). Lucknow Super Giants 193/5 in 16.1 overs (Nicholas Pooran 70, Mitchell Marsh 52, Abdul Samad 22*, Pat Cummins 2/29).
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