Sunrisers Hyderabad are back to their marauding ways and how! Chasing down a target of 166 runs, SRH openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma finished the job in flat 45 minutes with 62 balls to spare and registered a resounding 10-wicket win against Lucknow Super Giants in match 57 of Tata IPL 2024 on Wednesday.

Their explosive fifties helped SRH to reach the target in just 9.4 overs. Sharma smashed the winning six as SRH ended their losing streak against LSG at Uppal. Before this match, SRH had faced LSG on three occasions and lost all three matches. The blistering chase has also helped SRH to improve their Net Run Rate and climb to third spot in the IPL Points Table.

Whil Head scored 89 runs in 30 balls, Sharma made 75 runs off 28 deliveries. Both openers remained not out. Both batters smashed 16 boundaries and 14 sixes in their innings. The Uppal loss means that KL Rahul and co are at sixth spot with 12 points.

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In simple terms, it means that every second delivery was smashed for a six or a four by the SRH batters. Earlier in the evening, choosing to bat after winning the toss, Lucknow Super Giants were struggling from the powerplay. It was Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran who put some spine in the innings and LSG managed to reach 165/4 on the board in 20 overs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

  • Abhishek Sharma not out 75
  • Travis Head not out 89
  • Extras: (LB-1, W-2) 3
  • Total: (For no loss in 9.4 overs) 167
  • Bowling: Krishnappa Gowtham 2-0-29-0, Yash Thakur 2.4-0-47-0, Ravi Bishnoi 2-0-34-0, Naveen-ul-Haq 2-0-37-0, Ayush Badoni 1-0-19-0.

LSG innings:

  • KL Rahul (c) c Natarajan b Cummins 29
  • Quinton de Kock c Reddy b Bhuvneshwar 2
  • Marcus Stoinis c Sanvir b Bhuvneshwar 3
  • Krunal Pandya run out 24
  • Nicholas Pooran not out 48
  • Ayush Badoni not out 55
  • Extras: (LB-1, W-3) 4
  • Total: (For 4 wickets in 20 overs) 165
  • Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-21, 3-57, 4-66.
  • Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-12-2, Pat Cummins 4-0-47- 1, Shahbaz Ahmed 2-0-9-0, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth 4-0-27-0, Jaydev Unadkat 2-0-19-0, T Natarajan 4-0-50-0.

(With PTI Inputs)