Rishabh scored an unbeaten 68 off 50 balls. He hit nine fours. The left-handed batsman hit three fours off Jaydev Unadkat in the final over to give Lucknow a win. Earlier, opener Aiden Markram had scored 45 runs off 27 balls. He hit six fours and two sixes.
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Lucknow Supergiants defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday after Rishabh Pant played a captaincy innings. Chasing 157 runs for victory at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow scored 160 runs in 19.5 overs.
Rishabh scored an unbeaten 68 runs in 50 balls. He hit nine fours. The left-handed batsman hit Jaydev Unadkat with three fours in the last over to give Lucknow a victory. Before that, opener Aiden Markram scored 45 runs in 27 balls. He hit 6 fours and two sixes.
Hyderabad kept Lucknow under pressure till the last moment but could not avoid defeat. This is Lucknow's first win in the tournament. Hyderabad, on the other hand, suffered its second defeat in its third match. Hyderabad, who had opted to bat first after losing the toss, had scored 156 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Henrik Klaasen scored 62 runs in that. He faced 41 balls and hit 5 fours and 2 sixes. Similarly, Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 56 runs with 3 fours and 5 sixes in 33 balls. Hyderabad did not have a good start and lost four wickets by the time they scored 26 runs.
In the same situation, Klaasen and Reddy shared a partnership of 116 runs. The player of the match was bowler Mohammed Shami. He bowled sparingly, giving away only 9 runs in 4 overs and took two wickets in the process. Sami dismissed Hyderabad openers Travis Head for seven and Abhishek Sharma for zero. Captain Ishant Kishan was also dismissed for one run.
