By Admin 
Thanks to the deadly bowling of Mohammed Shami and the brilliant batting of Rishabh Pant and Aiden Markram, Lucknow Super Giants have defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets. With this, Lucknow opened its winning account. Sunrisers Hyderabad had scored 156 runs after playing first. In reply, Lucknow Super Giants chased the target losing 5 wickets in the last over.
Captain Rishabh Pant played a match-winning inning of 68 not out for Lucknow. Opener Aiden Markram scored 45 runs in 27 balls. 6 fours and two sixes came from his bat. Earlier, Shami had wreaked havoc in bowling. Shami bowled 18 dot balls. He took 2 wickets giving just 9 runs in 4 overs.
Lucknow had to score 9 runs in the last over.
Lucknow bowled very tightly and restricted a strong team like Hyderabad to 156 runs. After this Aiden Markram gave a stormy start. Lucknow had to score only 13 runs in the last 12 balls to win, but Harsh Dubey gave only 4 runs in the 19th over. Now Lucknow had to score 9 runs in the last over. Rishabh Pant hit a four on the first ball. Now five runs left in five balls. Then Pant hit a four. After this, two balls were dotted and then Pant secured the victory by hitting a four.
Chasing the target of 157 runs, Lucknow did not have a good start. Mitchell Marsh was out on 14 runs after hitting two fours in 12 balls. Lucknow’s first wicket fell on 37 runs. After this Markram and Pant made a partnership of 40 runs. Markram missed the half-century. He was out after scoring 45 runs in 27 balls. After this, wickets kept falling at the other end, but Rishabh Pant stood firm at one end.
Ayush Badoni was out after scoring 12 runs in 9 balls, Nicholas Puran was out after scoring 01 runs in 4 balls and Abdul Samad was out after scoring 16 runs in 12 balls. Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten on 68 runs in 50 balls. 8 fours came from his bat.