Lucknow: Lucknow Supergiants’ spinners Krunal Pandya, Amit Mishra and Ravi Bishnoi bowled hard to restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to 121 for 8, who had a strong batting line-up on paper, and KL Rahul and A third wicket partnership of 55 runs between Krunal Pandya saw Lucknow win the match by five wickets in just 16 overs to win the match by five wickets and get their second win at home. Hyderabad captain Aden Markram was on a golden duck while Harry Brook fell for the second consecutive match.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad barely reached 121 against the spin of Lucknow’s Krunal Pandya, Amit Mishra and Ravi Bishnoi.
- KL Rahul and Krunal Pandya’s 55-run partnership helped Lucknow Supergiants reach five targets in the 16th over.
Sunrisers new captain Aidan Markram won the toss and elected to bat first. However, they got off to a slow start with Rahul Tripathi and Washington Sundar playing very slowly after losing three wickets by 55 runs. Tripathi scored 34 off 41 balls while Sundar scored 16 off 28 balls. Samad, who came into bat in the final overs, played an important role in taking his team to 121 runs by playing a not out innings of 21 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 four in 10 balls. On behalf of Lucknow Super Giants, Krunal conceded 18 runs in 4 overs while Mishra conceded 2 runs in 4 overs and Bishnoi lost 1 wicket in 16 overs. One wicket was taken by Yash Thakur.