Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by five wickets, chasing 190 with ease. Nicolas Pooran’s blazing 70 and Mitchell Marsh’s solid 52 powered LSG to victory in the 7th match of IPL 2025 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Mixed Start of SRH Innings
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma opened for SRH. Shardul Thakur bowled the first over, conceding just five runs. Head opened his account with a boundary. In the second over, Sharma and Head found boundaries, pushing SRH to 15/0.
Thakur’s Double Blow
Thakur struck on the first ball of the third over. Nicolas Pooran caught Sharma for six runs. On the next ball, Rishabh Pant grabbed an edge from Ishan Kishan. Thakur was on a hat-trick. Nitish Kumar Reddy arrived at No. 4 and hit a boundary. SRH were 27/2 after three overs.
Head smashed sixes and fours, keeping SRH afloat. LSG introduced Digvesh Singh in the fifth over. Ravi Bishnoi dropped Head at mid-on, that may proved costly mistake on another day. Head continued his assault, taking SRH to 62/2 after six overs.
LSG Fight Back
Prince Yadav dismissed Head for 47 off 28 balls in the eighth over. Heinrich Klaasen walked in at No. 5. After 10 overs, SRH reached 96/3. Klaasen got run out for 26 off 17 balls in the 12th over. Bishnoi dismissed Reddy, reducing SRH to 143/5 in the 15th over. Aniket Verma departed after a quickfire 36 off 13 balls, including five sixes. Digvesh Singh took Aniket's wicket.
Cummins Provides Late Fireworks
Pat Cummins smashed three sixes, but Avesh Khan removed him in the 18th over. Thakur struck again, dismissing Mohammed Shami. SRH finished at 190/9, with Thakur leading the bowling attack (4/34).
LSG Explosive Chase
Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh opened for LSG. Abhishek Sharma bowled a tight first over, giving away just three runs.After an early breakthrough by Mohammed Shami, who removed Markram in the second over, Nicolas Pooran joined Marsh at No. 3. LSG were 14/1 after two overs. Nicolas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh counterattacked, smashing boundaries and sixes. LSG raced to 49/1 in four overs. Pooran hit consecutive sixes to take LSG to 66/1 after five. Pooran reached his half-century in just 18 balls. LSG stood at 96/1 after seven overs. Marsh also attacked, bringing up LSG’s 100 in 7.3 overs.
Cummins Strikes Back
Cummins dismissed Pooran for 70 off 26 balls in the ninth over. After 10 overs, LSG were 129/2. Marsh completed his fifty but fell in the 11th over on Pat Cummins bowling. LSG were 138/3 after 11 overs.
Rishabh Pant welcomed Simarjeet Singh with a six. Ayush Badoni also hit a boundary in the over. Adam Zampa took the wicket of Ayush Badoni on the last ball of the 13th over. LSG moved to 154/4 after 13 overs. David Miller came to bat at No. 6 and joined Rishabh Pant in the middle.
Final Push and Victory
Harshal Patel bowled the 15th over and dismissed Rishabh Pant on the first ball. Pant scored 15 runs off 15 balls. Abdul Samad came to bat at No. 7 for LSG. He hit a boundary on the fourth ball and a six on the last ball of the 15th over. LSG reached 176/5 after 15 overs, needing just 15 more runs in 5 overs.
Adam Zampa bowled the final over of his four-over quota. Abdul Samad smashed the second ball for a six and followed it up with a boundary. LSG moved closer to victory, reaching 189/5, just two runs away from the win after 16 overs. David Miller struck the first ball of Ishan Kishan's over for a boundary and sealed LSG's five-wicket victory.
Brief Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants looked completely different today. Pooran dropped Head at one stage, which could have been a costly mistake on any other day, but today belonged to LSG. Nicolas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh performed well with the bat, providing the required acceleration at the right time. Abdul Samad sealed the victory for LSG with a quickfire 22 runs.
On the other hand, Sunrisers played well but did not meet the high standards they had set for themselves. A total of 190 is not a bad score from any perspective. However, two key takeaways for SRH today were that their batting depth was tested, and their lower-order players showed a strong fighting spirit. Secondly, they need to improve their bowling performance. Stay tuned with JUSZNEWS for regular updates!