May 20: IPL 2025: In IPL 2025, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets and knocked them out of the playoff race. In this way, the team led by Rishabh Pant became the fifth team to be eliminated from the playoff race. During the match, Sunrisers’ Abhishek Sharma had an argument with Lucknow bowler Digvesh Rathi. After the match, he has given a statement on this. Abhishek said that Rathi and I talked after the match. Now everything is fine. Abhishek was adjudged the Player of the Match. He played an important role in giving Sunrisers Hyderabad an easy win by scoring 59 runs in 20 balls against Lucknow.
Abhishek Sharma’s Strategy in the Run Chase
Abhishek Sharma said that he wanted to make good use of the powerplay while chasing the target. With this innings, Sunrisers won the target of 206 runs for victory by losing four wickets with 10 balls to spare. Abhishek said at the award ceremony, ‘If we had batted first, my plan would have been different. When you are chasing more than 200 runs, I have to work harder.’
He said, ‘Atharva and I had a discussion that we will play cautiously in the initial overs and then adopt an aggressive approach. If you ask any international player, he will say that while chasing the target, you should make the powerplay work in your favour.’ This left-handed batsman, who hit six sixes and four fours in his innings, said, ‘I believe that if I perform well, the team will also perform well. As an international player, you have to take responsibility.’
Match Summary and Key Performances
In the match played on Monday, Lucknow, who lost the toss and came to bat first, scored 205 runs in 20 overs, losing seven wickets. In reply, Hyderabad scored 206 runs in 18.2 overs, losing four wickets and won the match. Abhishek Sharma scored the highest 59 runs for them. At the same time, Digvesh Rathi took two wickets for Lucknow while William O’Rourke and Shardul Thakur got one wicket each.
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