SRH Vs LSG, IPL 2024 Highlights: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head Take Sunrisers Hyderabad To 10-Wicket Win Over Lucknow Super Giants

Diwali has come early in the parts of Hyderabad, albeit thanks to Head-Sharma duo. Fireworks lit up the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium as the duo blitzed away the SRH bowlers.

Lot of fun today. Nice to get this done in 10 overs. Abhi and I have had a few partnerships like this. Just concentrate on getting in good positions, watch the ball hard and try to maximise the powerplay. (On his spin hitting) It is something I have been working on, it will be a big part in the Caribbean as well. It is important to go 360 in the modern game. (On fearless cricket) The last 12 months, that's how they wanted me to play in the Aussie team, and that's what I've been told to do here as well. Nothing much that I have to change. I know how hard he works and how deep he thinks, his spin play is second to none. We compliment each other very well. We didn't think about it till the Timeout, but after that the boys came out and told us to score quickly. The crowd was exceptional tonight, that's what we needed after losing the last two. I haven't got many things over him, so that's good to know that I have more runs than David Warner did in his first SRH season. We start again whenever we come out here for the next game.

On did he change the pitch) Maybe Travis and Abhishek did. We just let them go, they are two guys who are very positive and I'm a bowler, it is tough for me to give them any inputs. He's been like this for 2 years, he hits the tough areas, hits the middle a lot, might not be super conventional. Just an incredible player of spin and pace. With just 2 fielders out, it is really difficult for the bowlers against them. I think the scores have gone up, and when the wickets are good, it is tough to come up with answers against batters when they get going. The boys have had a fantastic season, but to win this with less than 10 overs played in unreal.

The SRH result means Mumbai Indians are eliminated from the IPL 2024 Playoffs.

Am lost for words. We have watched that kind of batting on tv. But this is unreal batting. Everything seemed to find the middle of the bat. Kudos to their skills. They have worked hard on their six hitting skills. They didn't give us a chance to know what the pitch played in the second innings. Was hard to stop them as they teed off from ball one. Once you are on the losing side, there are questions marks on the decisions taken. We were 40-50 runs short. When we lost wickets in the powerplay, we couldn't get any momentum. Ayush and Nicky batted well to get us to 166. But even if we would have got 240, they could have chased it as well.

Unbeaten half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head have seen SRH race to a 10-wicket win inside 10 overs, and claim an important step towards IPL 2024 playoffs. Sharma (75 not out) and Head (89 not out) have blitzed away the LSG bowlers with minimal difficulty. Are SRH favourites to win this year's IPL 2024? On current form, who says no?

LSG 165/4 (20)

SRH 167/0 (9.4)

125/0 SRH vs DC Delhi 2024
107/0 SRH vs LSG Hyderabad 2024*
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*Today's match

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma have given their side a fast start as they look to chase down 166 and claim an all-important victory in their pursuit of a playoff berth in the IPL 2024. LSG bowlers are looking clueless as they hunt for wickets.

What a knock from Travis Head. The Aussie opener has scored a 16-ball fifty to give his side a rollicking start against LSG in their pursuit of 166.

Sunrisers Hyderabad openers Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma at the crease as they look to chase down 166.

The wicket was on the slower side, just wanted to take it deep and just play cricketing shots, didn't want to throw my wicket away. It's not a wicket where you can go from ball 1. The bowlers were bowling short slower balls, so I was looking to find the gap on the shorter square. It's a good score if the dew doesn't come, I think our bowlers will defend it. As of now, there's no dew.

A superb finish for LSG after a timid start to their innings. Nicholas Pooran (48 not out) and Ayush Badoni (55 not out) have pulled the visitors out of trouble to help them post a fighting 166 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in match 57 of the IPL 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

After wickets in-between overs for LSG, Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran have taken over the mantle to take the visitors to a decent total. Birthday boy Pat Cummins can do no wrong as he ran out in-form Krunal Pandya just as the latter was looking to go big.

Just as when it thought that LSG will take the game in their grasp, skipper KL Rahul was dismissed by his SRH counterpart Pat Cummins, on his birthday. Lucknow are 57 for three after 10 overs and need some big-hitting with 10 overs more to go.

Credit to SRH bowlers as they have tightened the screws on LSG batters with the latter scoring at 4.36 per over. There has only been one six scored so far in the LSG innings!

Despite a hard surface, SRH bowlers restricted the LSG batters as the likes of QdK and KL Rahul hit minimal boundaries in the first 5 overs. SRH bowlers scalped the wickets of De Kock and Marcus Stoinis to leave the visitors reeling in what is a 'must-win' game for both sides.

LSG opening batters KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock will be at the crease soon to take on the SRH bowlers.

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T Natarajan

LSG Captain, KL Rahul: We will bat first. That plus a couple of games that have been played here. It is hard to complete forget how important this game for both the sides, but we have played enough cricket. We will focus one thing at a time, bat first and put up the runs on the board. Playing at home becomes a difference, but we play so much cricket that we know how the conditions will be. Quinton comes in, Mohsin misses out and there are a few other changes.

SRH Captain, Pat Cummins: Thank You (for the birthday wishes). My body feels 31. We would have batted as well. But we have won both ways here and hence not too upset. Hard to know (a good score) as it has been pretty high scoring. It is pretty tough (to qualify for the playoffs) and you have to keep winning till the end, we have not nailed it in the last couple of games and it is time to change that. We have a couple of changes - Sanvir comes in for Agarwal and Viyaskanth makes his debut and replaces Marco.

KL Rahul has won the toss and elected to bat first in this crucial IPL 2024 fixture.

"We are in Hyderabad and once more we are on pitch number 2 where 277 was scored. It has its own stardom. Boundary dimensions, there's some good news for the bowlers as it is a the centre pitch, 60-odd meters on either side and a pitch that spinners won't mind bowling. It feels like walking into a clay oven today. (The pitch) Extremely hard, really dry and you can feel the heat, still hot to touch. It has opened up tiny little cracks. I would be surprised if it is a record breaking total type this evening. It is probably a 200 wicket, very fast outfield and not a lot of dew. The fast bowlers will use their cutters especially in the middle phase of the match. I believe whoever wins the toss would look to set the total, say Matthew Hayden and Sanjay Manjrekar.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Sanvir Singh, Mayank Markande, Glenn Phillips, Jaydev Unadkat, Umran Malik, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Maharaj Singh

Lucknow Super Giants Squad: KL Rahul(w/c), Arshin Kulkarni, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Ashton Turner, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Krishnappa Gowtham, Devdutt Padikkal, Amit Mishra, Kyle Mayers, Quinton de Kock, Matt Henry, Prerak Mankad, Arshad Khan, Shamar Joseph

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants, Highlights, IPL 2024: Blazing fifties by Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 10-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday. Head (89 not out, 30b) and Abhishek (75 not out, 28b) pummelled LSG bowlers for their stand for the opening wicket, and raced past the target of 166 in just 9.4 overs. Earlier, Ayush Badoni's unbeaten fifty carried LSG to 165 for four on a slow pitch. For the Super Giants, Badoni (55 not out) and Pooran (48 not out) played handy knocks. Pooran and Badoni added 99 runs for the unbroken fifth wicket for LSG. For SRH, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the most successful bowler (2/12). For all the sports updates and scores for SRH vs LSG, IPL 2024 fixture, you can check here