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Lucknow Supergiants won the first win in IPL-2025. The team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets. Shardul Thakur took 4 wickets from LSG on the batting pitch of Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Nicholas Puran scored 70 runs off 26 balls.
LSG chose bowling in Hyderabad on Thursday. SRH scored 190 runs losing 9 wickets. Travis Head scored 47 and Aniket Verma scored 36 runs. Lucknow achieved target by losing 5 wickets in 16.1 overs. Mitchell Marsh scored 52 runs. Pat Cummins took 2 wickets from Hyderabad. Read match updates …
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. Player of the Match
Shardul Thakur took 2 wickets in the powerplay to bowl with a new ball on the batting pitch. He did not spend runs in the death overs and put pressure on Hyderabad’s batter. He gave just 34 runs and took 4 wickets. Abhishek Sharma, Ishaan Kishan, Abhinav Manohar and Mohammed Shami were dismissed by their balls.
Shardul said
I was bowling with my plan. If I did not have a replacement in the IPL, I would go to England and play county cricket. While playing Ranji, Zaheer Khan called me, he said that we can take you by becoming a replacement. The same day I started preparing for IPL. It was sad if not chosen in the auction, but all this happens in cricket.
2. Hero of victory
- Prince Yadav: On the batting pitch, Lucknow fast bowler Prince conceded just 29 runs in 4 overs. His economy was the best in the bowlers of both teams. Prince also took a big wicket of Travis Head.
- Mitchell Marsh: Marsh, who came out to open, batted fast. He was dismissed for 52 runs off 31 balls. He also did a century partnership with Puran.
- Nicholas Puran: Puran, who landed at number-3, scored 70 runs off 26 balls and put the match completely in Lucknow. He also performed an important partnership of 116 runs with Marsh.
3. Fighter of the Match
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins took 2 wickets on the batting pitch. He was the one who looked dangerous Nicholas Puran. Then Mitchell Marsh, who had appointed fifty, was also caught. However, he did not get any support from another end, so the team lost in the 17th over itself.
4. Turning point
Lucknow bowlers bowled on Hyderabad’s batting pitch. Shardul took 2 big wickets in the third over of Powerplay. He sent Abhishek Sharma and Ishaan Kishan to the pavilion. Prince Yadav also supported him in the death overs. The bowling of these two did not allow Hyderabad to score a big score.
Prince Yadav took a big wicket of Travis Head.
5. Who said what?
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins said
The pitch was not easy in the first innings, we wanted to make more than 200. The score was low, but Lucknow did excellent batting. He bowled well. We wanted one batter to last till the end, but it did not happen. We will see where the mistake is, we will work on them and comeback in further matches.
Nicholas Puran said fifty on 18 balls
I do not plan to hit sixes. I just give my best according to the situation. The pitch was good for batting, I am happy with my talent. I am glad that your hard work is getting fruits. The tournament is long and happy with Marsh’s performance. Our left-right combination partnership was good.
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, passion has to be controlled, similarly there should not be much pressure after defeat. Happy with the bowling of Prince and Shardul. Puran and Marsh batting well.