Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma went hammer and tongs on the hapless Sunrisers assault.
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There was no rain on match day. But to the delight of a capability crowd on the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, it was a deluge of fours and sixes because the left-handed opening pair of Abhishek Sharma (75 n.o., 28b, 8×4, 6×6) and Travis Head (89 n.o., 30b, 8×4, 8×6) made a mockery of the victory goal of 166, in a chase lasting simply 47 minutes, in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday.
Clearly, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s focus was not simply on scripting a fast victory but in addition control the Net Run Rate to avoid the jam within the factors desk. It did it in fashion with a convincing 10-wicket win in simply 9.4 overs due to some breathtaking stroke-play which left each bowler clueless.
It was arguably one of the savage onslaughts by a gap pair at this venue as Abhishek (Impact Player for pacer T. Natarajan) and Head batted as in the event that they had been rehearsing some strokes within the ‘nets.’ There was nothing to rave about for any bowler, as all of them had been hapless and mute spectators to a brutal batting show.
Earlier, Super Giants’ top-order failed earlier than a combating 99-run unbroken partnership off 52 balls for the fifth wicket between the stylish Nicholas Pooran and the 24-year-old Ayush Badoni noticed the workforce submit what appeared a aggressive rating on the innings break.
Pooran and Badoni got here up with fantastic stroke choice below strain, particularly within the final 5 overs once they scored 63 runs.
For the house workforce, each the left-arm pacer and loss of life overs specialist Natarajan, and skipper Pat Cummins had been costly
The seasoned Bhuvneshwar Kumar was simply the decide of the bowlers, conceding simply 12 runs from his quota of 4 overs whereas taking the essential wickets of Quinton de Kock (2) and Marcus Stoinis (3) due to some sensible fielding by Nitish Kumar Reddy and Sanvir Singh respectively. It was not a sort of PowerPlay Lucknow would have hoped for after electing to bat — scoring simply 27 for 2.
SCOREBOARD
LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS
Okay.L. Rahul c Natarajan b Cummins 29 (33b, 1×4, 1×6), Quinton de Kock c Nitish b Bhuvneshwar 2 (5b), Marcus Stoinis c Sanvir b Bhuvneshwar 3 (5b), Krunal Pandya run out 24 (21b, 2×6) Nicholas Pooran (not out) 48 (26b, 6×4, 1×6), Ayush Badoni (not out) 55 (30b, 9×4); Extras (lb-1, w-3): 4; Total (for 4 wkts. in 20 overs): 165.
FALL OF WICKETS
1-13 (de Kock, 2.1 overs), 2-21 (Stoinis, 4.2), 3-57 (Rahul, 9.6), 4-66 (Krunal, 11.2).
SUNRISERS BOWLING
Bhuvneshwar 4-0-12-2, Cummins 4-0-47-1, Shahbaz 2-0-9-0, Viyaskanth 4-0-27-0, Unadkat 2-0-19-0, Natarajan 4-0-50-0.
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD
Abhishek Sharma (Impact Player instead of Natarajan) (not out) 75 (28b, 8×4, 6×6), Travis Head (not out) 89 (30b, 8×4, 8×6); Extras (lb-1, w-2): 3; Total (for no loss in 9.4 overs): 167.
SUPER GIANTS BOWLING
Gowtham 2-0-29-0, Yash Thakur 2.4-0-47-0, Bishnoi 2-0-34-0, Naveen 2-0-37-0, Badoni 1-0-19-0.
Toss: LSG. PoM: Head
SRH gained by 10 wickets with 62 balls to spare.