LSG vs SRH Match Highlights: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) tasted their first victory in IPL 2025 when they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 5 wickets. This thrilling match played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad where Lucknow won the toss and decided to bowl first and proved it right in a brilliant way.
SRH batted first and scored a respectable score of 190 runs, but LSG achieved the target with 23 balls to spare. The heroes of this victory were Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh and Shardul Thakur, who won the hearts of the fans with their brilliant performance.
Thakur shattered SRH’s back
At the beginning of the match, Shardul Thakur wreaked havoc with his bowling. He broke the backbone of SRH’s batting by taking 4 important wickets. This performance of Thakur was also special because no one bought him in the mega auction.
Thakur, who joined the team in place of injured Mohsin Khan, grabbed this opportunity with both hands and proved how much power he has. His bowling put Lucknow in a strong position after which the batsmen completed the rest of the work.
LSG vs SRH: Puran and Marsh bat stormily.
The LSG team, which came out to chase the target was put on the path of victory by Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh. Pooran played an explosive innings of 70 runs in just 26 balls, which included 6 fours and 6 skyscraper sixes. His innings forced the spectators sitting in the stadium to dance.
At the same time, Mitchell Marsh also played a brilliant innings of 52 runs in 31 balls and scored his second consecutive half-century in March. The partnership of these two made the SRH bowlers helpless.Abdul Samad did wonders in the last moments. Samad hit 22 runs in just 8 balls, which included 2 fours and 2 sixes. His short but explosive innings sealed the victory of LSG.
SRH’s flaw revealed
This defeat exposed a big weakness of Sunrisers Hyderabad. The team’s batting seemed overly dependent on the three top order batsmen. The middle order and lower order batsmen collapsed under pressure, which Lucknow took full advantage of. On the other hand, the LSG team performed balanced in both bowling and batting and achieved their first win of the season.
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