The 61st match of the Indian Premier League was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants. Hyderabad won this match by 6 wickets. After this defeat in Lucknow, its hopes of reaching the playoffs have also been shattered. After winning the toss in this match, Hyderabad decided to bowl first. Batting first, Lucknow had given a target of 206 runs to Hyderabad on the basis of half centuries from Marsh and Markram. In response to which, Hyderabad won the match in the 19th over.

Hyderabad did not have a good start in reply to 206 runs. Digvesh took the wicket of Atharva in the very second over. Only 13 runs came from Atharvana’s bat. But after this Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kish batted brilliantly. Both of them took the responsibility of Hyderabad team and scored runs at a fast pace. Abhishek hit three consecutive sixes and scored fifty in just 18 balls. The situation was such that Hyderabad had crossed the 100-run mark in the 8th over itself, but Abhishek Sharma’s wicket fell in the 8th over. Abhishek played an inning of 59 runs. After this, Ishan Kishan was also out in the 12th over. Digvesh Singh Rathi also bid farewell to him. Ishan Kishan played an inning of 35 runs. After this, Heinrich Klaasen and Kamindu batted brilliantly. There was a partnership between the two for half a century. However, this partnership was broken in the 18th over. Henry Klaasen played an inning of 47 runs, but Hyderabad won the match by 6 wickets. With this victory of Hyderabad, Lucknow’s hopes were also shattered. Now the playoff journey is over for him. Hyderabad team was already out of the playoff race.

The Lucknow team, which came to bat first, had a great start. Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram had a stormy start. It rained heavily and heavily. Mitchell March scored fifty in just 28 balls. He hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in his innings. Lucknow had crossed the 100-run mark in just 9 overs, but Lucknow got its first blow in the 11th over, when Harsh Dubey took the wicket of Mitchell Marsh. Marshe played an inning of 65 runs in 39 balls. He hit 6 fours and 4 sixes, but Markram remained firm in the second innings. But Rishabh Pant flopped again. He came to bat at number-3 but was out in the 12th over after scoring only 7 runs. This season has been very bad for Rs 27 crore Pant. At the same time, Markram scored a half-century in 28 balls. This was his 5th half century in this season. But Aiden Markram’s wicket fell in the 16th over. Markram played a stormy inning of 61 runs in 38 balls. At the same time, Lucknow got its fourth blow in the 18th over when Badoni was out after scoring 3 runs. However, Nicholas Pooran remained adamant. Pooran scored 45 runs in 26 balls and was run out in the last over. Lucknow had scored 205 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs.