Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by five wickets thanks to the explosive innings of Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh after the lethal bowling of Shardul Thakur. This is Lucknow's first win in the current tournament. Earlier, Delhi had defeated them by one wicket. In the match played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday, Hyderabad, who lost the toss and came to bat first, scored 190 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Lucknow lost five wickets in 16.1 overs and won the match.

Sunrisers Hyderabad slips to sixth place.

By winning the match with 23 balls to spare, Lucknow has secured the second position in the points table. At the same time, Sunrisers Hyderabad, who were at the top before this match, slipped to sixth place. Their net run rate became -0.128. At the same time, RCB, who defeated Kolkata by seven wickets in their first match, reached first place with two points and a net run rate of +2.137.

Hyderabad's camp was blown away by Marsh and pooran's storm

Chasing the target of 191 runs, Lucknow started with a jolt. The first blow was given to them by Mohammed Shami in the form of Aiden Markram. He was out after scoring just one run. After this, Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran took charge. There was a partnership of 116 runs in 43 balls for the second wicket between the two.

During this, Pooran hit the 10th fifty of his career in 18 balls. He played a strong innings of 70 runs in 26 balls. This is the second half-century from his bat in the current season. Apart from him, Mitchell Marsh played a strong innings of 52 runs. During this, seven fours and two sixes came off his bat. Captain Rishabh Pant scored 15 and Ayush Badoni scored six runs against Hyderabad. At the same time, David Miller and Abdul Samad remained unbeaten after scoring 13 and 22 runs respectively. Pat Cummins took two wickets for Hyderabad while Mohammad Shami, Adam Zampa, and Harshal Patel got one wicket each.

Hyderabad Sunrisers caught in Shardul Thakur's trap.

Before the start of the match, it was being speculated that Hyderabad, playing the match at home, could score more than 300. However, the deadly bowlers of Lucknow did not let them even touch the 200 mark. Abhishek Sharma, who came to open the batting, was dismissed after scoring just six runs. After this, Ishan Kishan, who scored a century in the last match, could not even open his account today. Shardul Thakur dismissed both the batsmen on two consecutive balls in the third over of the innings.

After this, Travis Head got the support of Nitish Kumar Reddy and the two shared a 61-run partnership in 32 balls for the third wicket. Head returned to the pavilion after scoring 47 runs in 28 balls. He was bowled by Prince Yadav. The openers could not take advantage of the life given twice. Against Lucknow, Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 32, Heinrich Klaasen scored 26, Aniket Verma scored 36, Pat Cummins scored 18, Abhinav Manohar scored two and Mohammed Shami scored one run. Meanwhile, Harshal Patel and Simarjit Singh remained unbeaten after scoring 12 and three runs respectively. Shardul Thakur took four wickets for Lucknow. Apart from him, Avesh, Digvesh, Bishnoi and Prince Yadav took one wicket each.

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