Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 5 wickets in the 7th match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
SRH batted first and scored 190/9, which LSG achieved in just 16.1 overs. Nicholas Pooran’s 70 (26) runs was the highlight of the match.
SRH innings – team struggles despite Aniket Verma’s fast innings
For Sunrisers, Travis Head (47) and Aniket Verma (36) batted well, but the rest of the batsmen could not play big innings.
LSG bowler Shardul Thakur (4/34) did not allow SRH batsmen to settle down.
Top Scorers – SRH:
- Travis Head – 47 (28 balls, 5 fours, 3 sixes)
- Aniket Verma – 36 (13 balls, 5 sixes)
- Nitish Kumar Reddy – 32 (28 balls, 2 fours)
- Heinrich Klaasen – 26 (17 balls, 2 fours, 1 six)
- Pat Cummins – 18 (4 balls, 3 sixes)
Top Bowlers – LSG:
- Shardul Thakur – 4 overs, 34 runs, 4 wickets
- Prince Yadav – 4 overs, 29 runs, 1 wicket
- Ravi Bishnoi – 4 overs, 42 runs, 1 wicket
- Digvesh Singh – 4 overs, 40 runs, 1 wicket
- Avesh Khan – 4 overs, 45 runs, 1 wicket
LSG innings – Nicholas Pooran wreaks havoc, SRH bowlers helpless
Nicholas Pooran (70) and Mitchell Marsh (52) batted explosively for Lucknow Super Giants. Although SRH captain Pat Cummins tried to keep SRH in the match by taking 2 wickets, but Puran’s brilliant innings gave LSG an easy win.
Top Scorer – LSG:
- Nicholas Pooran – 70 (26 balls, 6 fours, 6 sixes)
- Mitchell Marsh – 52 (31 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes)
- Abdul Samad – 22* (8 balls, 2 fours, 2 sixes)
- Rishabh Pant – 15 (15 balls, 1 six)
- David Miller – 13* (7 balls, 2 fours)
Top Bowler – SRH:
- Pat Cummins – 3 overs, 29 runs, 2 wickets
- Harshal Patel – 2 overs, 28 runs, 1 wicket
- Adam Zampa – 4 overs, 46 runs, 1 wicket
- Mohammed Shami – 3 overs, 37 runs, 1 wicket
- Abhishek Sharma – 2 overs, 20 runs, 0 wicket
Decisive moment of the match
Nicholas Pooran’s stormy innings (70 runs, 26 balls) took LSG to the target in just 16.1 overs.
He thrashed the SRH bowlers and gave LSG an easy win.
