May 20: SRH vs LSG Highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets and knocked them out of the playoff race. The team captained by Rishabh Pant thus became the fifth to be eliminated from the playoffs. After losing the toss and starting batting first in Monday’s game, Lucknow amassed 205 runs in 20 overs at a cost of seven wickets. Hyderabad won the match after replying with 206 runs in 18.2 overs at a cost of four wickets. 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 success each.

Hyderabad’s innings

Hyderabad, which came out to chase the target, started with a setback in this match. Atharva Taide was dismissed after scoring 13 runs. After this, Abhishek Sharma took over the innings with Ishan Kishan. There was a partnership of 82 runs in 35 balls for the second wicket between the two. Abhishek was dismissed after scoring 59 runs in 20 balls. Digvesh Rathi got him caught by Shardul Thakur.

After this, Ishan Kishan got the support of Heinrich Klaasen. Both played some good shots and added 41 runs. Kishan was dismissed after scoring 35 runs in 28 balls while Klaasen returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 47 runs. At the same time, Kamindu Mendis retired hurt after scoring 32 runs. He was seen struggling with hamstring. Aniket Verma and Nitish Kumar Reddy remained unbeaten after scoring five runs each.

Lucknow’s innings

Earlier, Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram had given Lucknow a great start by batting aggressively. There was a partnership of 115 runs for the first wicket between the two which was broken by Harsh Dubey. He made Marsh his victim who returned to the pavilion after scoring 65 runs in 39 balls. At the same time, Harshal Patel bowled Markram. He was dismissed after scoring 61 runs in 38 balls.

Both scored the fifth half-century of their career. For Lucknow, Nicholas Pooran scored 45 runs while captain Rishabh Pant’s bat remained silent once again. He scored only seven runs. Ayush Badoni, three, Abdul Samad three, Shardul Thakur were dismissed after scoring four runs. At the same time, Akash Deep remained unbeaten on six and Ravi Bishnoi remained unbeaten without opening the account. For Hyderabad, Ishan Malinga took two wickets and Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel and Nitish Kumar Reddy took one wicket each.

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