IPL 2023 – Lucknow Super Giants Beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 Wickets
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 7 wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match on May 13, 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Aiden Markram won the toss and elected to bat. They named Vivrant Sharma, Sanvir Singh, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Reddy and Marco Jansen as their substitutes while LSG named Swapnil Singh, Daniel Sams, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda and Arput Guleria as their substitutes.
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In reply, LSG chased down the target with 19.2 overs to spare. The SRH bowlers kept a tight leash on the scoring. Prerak Mankad then provided some relief with two consecutive fours off Fazalhaq Farooqi as LSG reached 30/1 at the end of the powerplay. Quinton de Kock too looked to up the ante with a four and a six off Mayank Markande but the wily spinner bounced back to send back the South African batter in his next over as he top-edged his reverse sweep to backward point on 29(19).
With 108 needed off 48 and required rate climbing above 13, Mankad and Stoinis stepped up a gear as they took 14 off Farooqi over and then Mankad smacked a six and a four off Markande to make it 28 off two overs.
T Natarajan started the 17th over well giving away just four off the first four balls but Mankad finished off the over with a six and a four to bring the equation down to 24 off 18. LSG again finished another over well as Pooran cracked a back to back fours off Bhuvneshwar Kumar who had conceded just two runs off the first four balls. With 14 needed off 12, Natarajan again started off well giving away just three singles off the first four balls but then Pooran thumped a muscular pull over deep mid-wicket for a six to make it a 10-run over.
With four needed off the final over, Pooran heaved the first ball to deep mid-wicket off Farooqi where Phillips put in a brilliant dive to save two runs. But with two needed off the last ball, Pooran flicked the next one wide of short fine leg for a four to win it for LSG.
Lucknow Super Giants notched a crucial win to get into top 4, after two defeats and a no result, to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in 58th match of TATA IPL 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Prerak Mankad made his mark with a crucial knock 64* off 45 of as impactful breezy knocks from Marcus Stoinis (40 off 25) and Nicholas Pooran (44* off13) sparked a brilliant comeback to achieve LSG a seven-wicket win after attacking cameos from Heinrich Klassen (47 off 29), Abdul Samad (37 off 25), Anmolpreet Singh (36 off 27) had propelled the home side to a competitive 182/6.
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