This exciting match of IPL 2025 became memorable for cricket lovers, where Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) won a stunning victory by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 5 wickets. In this match, Nicholas Puran (70) and Mitchell Marsh (52) played a bang innings, leading to the target in 16.1 overs. Although SRH captain Pat Cummins sent both batsmen to the pavilion, but Abdul Samad’s 22 runs (on 8 balls) made Lucknow’s victory easier.
Shardul Thakur burns in bowling
For Lucknow Super Giants, this victory was not only dependent on the performance of the batsmen, but the deadly bowling of Shardul Thakur also played an important role. He took 4 wickets and played a big role in stopping Sunrisers within 200 runs.
Shardul first dismissed Abhishek Sharma (6), then sent Ishaan Kishan to the pavilion on the first ball. He then dismissed Abhinav Manohar and Mohammed Shami. Heinrich Klassen’s runout also proved to be a big turning point, when the gills were shattered by Prince Yadav’s bowling and Klassen was out of the crease. However, Travis Head (47) batted tremendously for Sunrisers, but he was also bowled clean by Yadav. Hyderabad’s team could reach the score of 190/9 due to Lucknow’s deadly bowling.
Toss and team change
In this exciting match, the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and decided to bowl first. This was the same ground where SRH scored 286 runs against Rajasthan Royals and scored the second highest score in IPL history.
In this match, Lucknow included Avesh Khan back in his team, while Shahbaz Ahmed was excluded. At the same time, Sunrisers did not make any changes in their previous playing eleven. Looking at the records so far, Lucknow Super Giants have won 3 out of 4 matches against Hyderabad, while Sunrisers have won only 1 time.
Lucknow showed its dominance with a strong win
This wonderful victory of Lucknow Super Giants proved that his team is a strong contender for the title this season. Nicholas Puran and Mitchell Marsh’s Dhundhar innings, Shardul Thakur’s best bowling and Abdul Samad’s bang Finnish were the biggest attractions of the match.
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