LSG Start Slowly After Opting To Bat
KL Rahul and LSG were quite slow in the PP as SRH bowlers bowled tight lines and did not allow any freebies.
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma scored unbeaten half-centuries to power 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. LSG captain KL Rahul had won the toss and elected to bat first on a sluggish pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
KL Rahul and LSG were quite slow in the PP as SRH bowlers bowled tight lines and did not allow any freebies.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pat Cummins struck for SRH to derail LSG's momentum.
Pat Cummins, on his birthday, bowled well and tidy as he helped his side get wickets.
Some brilliant bowling from SRH bowlers, restricted the LSG run-flow in this IPL fixture.
After the fall of KL Rahul and Krunal Pandya, LSG's innings were revived by Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran.
After a sluggish start, Pooran and Badoni added 99 runs for the unbroken fifth wicket for LSG.
Less singles and more of sixes was the mantra for Head and Sharma as they blitzed away LSG bowlers.
Head (89 not out, 30 balls, 8x4, 8x6) brought up his half-century in 16 deliveries to deliver a KO to LSG.
Sharma (75 not out, 28 balls, 8x4, 6x6) toyed with the LSG bowlers as he brought up his half-century too.
SRH's 10-wicket win meant that MI were out of the play-off race.