SRH vs LSG: Hyderabad created history, won the match in 9.4 overs, made many records

CricketInfoBlog Team 4 months ago 2 min read

Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Lucknow Super Giants by 10 wickets
LSG scored 165 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs.
Hyderabad achieved the target in 9.4 overs

In the 57th match of IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 10 wickets. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Lucknow Super Giants scored 165 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Hyderabad achieved the target in 9.4 overs. The opening batsmen of Hyderabad taught a lesson to the bowlers of Lucknow as soon as they arrived. Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head thrashed LSG bowlers and scored 107 runs in the powerplay. This is the second highest score made in powerplay. At the beginning of this season, SRH had scored 125 runs in the first 6 overs against Delhi Capitals.

Lucknow's innings

Despite losing 4 wickets for just 66 runs in 12 overs, Lucknow Super Giants scored 165 runs for 4 wickets. Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Puran made a partnership of 99 runs in 52 balls. Badoni returned unbeaten after scoring 55 runs on 30 balls. 9 fours came from his bat. Whereas Nicholas Puran returned unbeaten after scoring 48 runs in 26 balls with the help of 6 fours and one six. For Hyderabad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets for 12 runs.

Hyderabad became the first team to score more than 100 twice in the powerplay in the IPL. Apart from SRH, Kolkata Knight Riders had scored 105 runs in the powerplay against RCB in 2017. In 2014, Chennai Super Kings scored 100 runs against Punjab Kings and in the same season, Punjab Kings scored 93 runs in the powerplay against Kolkata Knight Riders.

With this victory, Hyderabad team has come to third place in the points table. They have 14 points from 12 matches with 7 wins and 5 losses. Hyderabad's net run rate is +0.406. At the same time, this is Lucknow's sixth defeat in 12 matches. The team is at sixth position with 12 points and a net run rate of -0.769. Hyderabad's next matches are against Gujarat Titans on May 16 and Punjab Kings on May 19. Hyderabad team will play both these matches on its home ground. Meanwhile, the Lucknow team will face Delhi on May 14 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium and Mumbai on May 17 at the Wankhede.

Highest powerplay total in IPL