New Delhi: T. Natarajan came with the 16th over of the match and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) were heading toward comfortable win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
Pooran’s last bowl six
On the last ball of the over, Natarajan delivered a poor delivery and Nicolas Pooran clobbered it over deep backward square for a six and LSG won by 5 wickets at the Ekana Sports City in Lucknow on Friday, April 7.
Nicholas Pooran finishes things off in style.@LucknowIPL chase down the target with 4 overs to spare as they beat #SRH by 5 wickets.
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KL Rahul, K Pandya partnership
Before that, skipper Rahul and all-rounder Pandya stitched up 50-plus partnership. With the help of this partnership LSG came closer to the chase of 122.
SRH bowling performance
Fazalhaq Farooqi gave SRH much needed breakthrough as he removed hard hitting Kyle Mayers for just 13 runs. After that Bhuvneshwar Kumar took stunning catch on his own delivery as he removed Deepak Hooda. Adil Rashid picked up 2 wickets and Umran Malik scalps 1 wicket.
First innings recap
Earlier in the match, Krunal Pandya-led the bowling attack with 3-wickets. Veteran spinner Amit Mishra bagged 2 wickets, while Yash Thakur and Ravi Bishnoi scalped one each. SRH batters struggled with the timing and gave most of the wickets due to miss hit.
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Playing XIs
LSG: KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi.
SRH: Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh(w), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Harry Brook, Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Adil Rashid.
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