Lucknow Super Giants’ reach in the playoffs ended, and they were eliminated from the tournament.
SRH Beats LSG By 6 Wickets In IPL 2025 Match 61: In the 61st match of IPL 2025, Sunrisers Hyderabad registered an easy win against Lucknow Super Giants. The match was played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The Sunrisers Hyderabad team chased the target of 206 runs and won their fourth win of the season. With this defeat, all chances of Lucknow Super Giants reaching the playoffs ended, and they were eliminated from the tournament. This is Lucknow’s 7th defeat this season.
Lucknow Super Giants scored 205 runs
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl first. Lucknow Super Giants scored 205 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram shared a 115-run partnership for the first wicket. Mitchell Marsh scored 65 runs, and Aiden Markram scored 61 runs. After this, Nicholas Pooran scored 45 runs in 26 balls at a strike rate of 173.07. However, in the middle overs, Sunrisers bowlers controlled their run rate by taking wickets at regular intervals. Ishan Malinga was the most successful bowler of the Sunrisers Hyderabad. He took 2 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs. At the same time, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, and Nitish Kumar Reddy took 1-1 wickets.
In response, Sunrisers Hyderabad started aggressively. Abhishek Sharma played a stormy innings of 59 runs in 20 balls and turned the match in favor of Hyderabad in the beginning. He, along with Ishan Kishan, scored runs quickly in the powerplay. However, Digvesh Rathi gave some relief to Lucknow by dismissing Abhishek in the 7.3rd over. Despite this, the Sunrisers’ batting lineup maintained the pressure and achieved the target easily. Ishan Kishan contributed 35 runs in 28 balls. At the same time, Heinrich Klaasen (47 runs) and Kamindu Mendis (32 runs) led the team to victory. Due to which Hyderabad won the match by 6 wickets.
Bad season for the Lucknow team
This season was challenging for the Lucknow Super Giants. The poor form of Rishabh Pant and David Miller constantly troubled the team. At the same time, Nicholas Pooran also could not do much after a good start to the season. Apart from this, Lucknow’s bowling, especially in the powerplay, was the worst this season, which further increased their problems. Bowlers like Mayank Yadav could play only a few matches due to injury.
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