And that, my friends, is that! In the slot outside off, and butchered over extra cover. SRH have chased 166 inside 10 overs!
LSG vs SRH, 57th Match at Hyderabad, IPL, May 08 2024 - Match Result
SRH won by 10 wickets (with 62 balls remaining)
Pooran and Ayush Badoni's 99-run partnership is LSG's highest for the 5th wicket in IPL, breaking the record of 87 between Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni
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Impressive honesty from a shellshocked LSG captain, KL Rahul: "I'm lost for words. We've watched that batting on TV but that was unreal. Everything was hitting the middle of the bat, kudos to their skill, they've worked very hard on their six-hitting. They didn't give a chance to see what the wicket was playing like, it didn't change much, but that mindset and freedom to tee off from ball one... the only way to stop them was wickets in the powerplay and we didn't do that.
"Once you're on the losing side, always question marks but we thought it was a good decision to put runs on the board. Ayush and Nicholas fought well to put 166 on the board, but if we'd got 250 it seemed like they'd get it."
10.16pm Incredible scenes. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have demolished this chase in barely 45 minutes. An extraordinary 148 of those runs came in the space of 30 boundary balls, 16 fours and 14 sixes. It's a bruising display from the most sensational batting line-up of this tournament. And the middle-order didn't get a look-in!
width outside off, and cut off the toe out to cover. A direct-hit would have been close... in the not-very-literal sense
wide line, flapped down to long-off, gets back for two
outside off, crashed up and into the off side, another single... Head needs 4, 4, 6...
Shankar: "With all due respect, Pat Cummins did promise "fireworks" during his interview as a loosing captain last match. "
tight on the back foot, tucked to the on-side, Abhishek keeps the strike, and probably ends any hope of Head winning it with a hundred...
This won't now be the final over...
pace off the ball, beaten as Abhishek swings a rare air-shot in the general direction of cow corner
Hruturaj: "Looks like someone slipped the Sunrisers Hyderabad a cheat sheet from the old EA Cricket game! I mean, are they playing with a secret controller combo or what? hitting boundaries as if they've got a cheat code for unlimited sixes! Someone needs to check their game settings"
slower ball, back of a length, on the pads, helped through fine leg. Remorseless!
swings into a pull to leg, not timed on this occasion but another single
Siva: "Nervous CSK fan calculating how much will be SRH's NRR"
Like pinging off the lid of a tin of treacle! Almost a perfect yorker, but out comes the bottom hand, levering the ball high over long-on again!
wiped off the good length, back over the bowler's head, mopped up at long-on
This could be the final over... no really...
effortless and magnificent! Looped onto the toes, but what an elegant pick-up! A flick of the back leg for emphasis as the ball sails over long-on again!
belted back at the bowler who drops a flying chance! Full length, whacked straight out of the screws. That saved another boundary
another stride into the good length, eased into the off side
punishment for that dot-ball! Head steps into the length, pivots around his kneeling back leg, and assaults the ball over deep midwicket again!
Decent delivery, skids across the left-hander, tight to the off stump and beats the edge
full length, pushed across Head's bows, and cracked off the back foot through deep point!
Akhil: "SRH proves to be the spicier in The Battle of Biryanis." Always preferred Dosas anyway
thumped with a roll of the wrists through the covers! Another boundary to end a leaky over of part-time offies
on the back foot, nudged to the on-side, another single
skips to the pitch, driven into the off side
Abhishek's turn for a fifty! Only 19 balls! Crushed into the upper deck once more, with a mighty launch through the line and over long-on!
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Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | |
Toss | Lucknow Super Giants, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2024 |
Hours of play (local time) | 19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.20, Second Session 21.20-22.50 |
Match days | 8 May 2024 - night (20-over match) |
SRH Player Replacement | Impact player: in, out (1st innings, 18.6 ov) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Sunrisers Hyderabad 2, Lucknow Super Giants 0 |
Over 10 • SRH 167/0
SRH won by 10 wickets (with 62 balls remaining)