Lucknow Supergiants scored their first win in IPL-20125. The team beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets. Shardul Thakur took 4 wickets from LSG on the batting pitch of Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Nicholas flooded 70 off 26 balls.
LSG chose to bowl in Hyderabad on Thursday. SRH scored 190 runs after losing 9 wickets. Travis Hade scored 47 and Aniket Verma scored 36. Lucknow achieved the target by losing 5 wickets in 16.1 overs. Mitchell Marsh scored 52. Pat Cummins took 2 wickets from Hyderabad.
Match Analysis in 5 points …
1. The Match of Player
Shardul Thakur, who bowled with a new ball on the bat pitch, took 2 wickets in the powerplay. He did not run in death overs and put pressure on the Hyderabad batsman. He just gave up 34 runs and took 4 wickets. Abhishek Sharma, Ishaan Kishan, Abhinav Manohar and Mohammad Shami were out on his ball.
Shardul said
I was bowling with my plan. If I had not been a replacement in the IPL, I would have gone to England and played county cricket. Zaheer Khan called me while playing Ranji and said that we could take you as a replacement. From that day I started preparing for IPL. I was saddened when I was not selected at the auction, but all of this happens in cricket.
2. The hero of victory
- Prince Yadav: On the bat pitch, Lucknow fast bowler Prince gave only 29 runs in 4 overs. His economy was the best in both teams bowlers. Prince also took a big wicket of Travis head.
- Mitchell Marsh: The opening Marsh batted fast. He was dismissed for 52 off 31 balls. He also participated in a century with full.
- Nicholas Puran: Batting at No.3, the flood scored 70 off 26 balls and put the match completely on Lucknow's shoulder. He also made an important partnership with Marsh.
3. Fighter of the Match
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pet Cummins took 2 wickets on the batting pitch. He was the LBW out of dangerous Nicholas Puran. Then he caught Mitchell Marsh, who scored the fifty, too. However, he received no support from the other end and the team lost in the 17th over.
4. Turning points
Lucknow bowlers bowled tightly on Hyderabad's batting pitch. Shardul took two big wickets in the third over of the powerplay. He sent Abhishek Sharma and Ishaan Kishan a pavilion. Prince Yadav also supported him in death overs. The bowling of the two did not allow Hyderabad a big score.
5. Who said?
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pet Cummins said
The pitch was not easy in the first innings, we wanted to score more than 200. The score was low, but Lucknow batted brilliantly. He bowled well. We wanted a batsman to survive to the end, but that didn't happen. We will see where the mistakes were made, we will work on, and come back to the next matches.
Nicholas, who hit Fifty in 18 balls, said
I do not plan to hit the sixes. I give my best as per the situation. The pitch was good for batting, I am happy with my talent. I'm glad that I am getting the fruits of my hard work. This tournament is long and I am happy with the performance of Marsh. Our left-time pair was a good partnership.
Lucknow Supergiants captain Rishabh Pant said
I am happy to win the match, but as a team we focus more on the process. After winning, a person has to control his enthusiasm, just like losing too much pressure should not be tolerated. I am happy with the bowling of Prince and Shardul. Purna and Marsh batted well.
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