IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants beat Sunrisers Hyderabad

Ray Sportz Web Desk: Lucknow Super Giants beat Sunrisers Hyderabad to win. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Rishabh Pant invited Lucknow Super Giants to bat first after winning the toss. The start was not good for Hyderabad at home. Abhishek Sharma (6) and Ishan Kishan (0) were dismissed in the third over by Shardul Thakur. However, Travis Head took charge of the team in his natural style. He scored 47 runs off 28 balls before being bowled by youngster Prince Yadav. Nitish Reddy scored 32 runs. Hyderabad reached a respectable place on the back of Klaasen (26) and Aniket Verma (36) runs. In the end, captain Pat Cummins added 18 runs off just 4 balls. Hyderabad finally scored 190 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran were seen in a fierce manner from the beginning in chasing the runs. Marsh came out to bat as an impact player and scored 52 runs from 31 balls. Markram (1) could not score a big run. Nicholas Pooran made the Hyderabad bowlers’ work difficult by playing a stormy innings of 70 runs from just 26 balls. However, he was bowled by Cummins while playing a big shot. Rishabh Pant was out for just 15 runs after playing an irresponsible shot. However, there was no problem in winning the match. Abdul Samad (22) and David Miller (13) remained unbeaten and brought the team to the brink of victory. Lucknow Super Giants tasted their first victory in the ongoing IPL by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets.