Despite bringing in some of the most renowned players in the squad neither their performance nor the result changed for SRH. At the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost to Lucknow Supet Giants by 5 wickets to register their second defeat of the season. The team put up just 121 runs on the board and LSG raced to the target in 16 overs
As SRH lost wickets at regular intervals it became evident after that they would not test Lucknow’s batting with a low score.”Not enough runs, tried to get to 150-160 but lost too many wickets and didn’t get any momentum going. We realized it wasn’t going to be a great wicket to bat in terms of history, but we were happy to fight. They bowled brilliantly according to the conditions. Good effort from our bowlers, we didn’t give them enough runs to play with but they fought hard,” SRH skipper Aiden Markram said after the match.
Chasing a modest 122-run target LucknowSuper Giants got off to a quick start with skipper KL Rahul and Kyle Mayers capitalizing on every scoring opportunity coming their way.
Krunal, who claims to be in a good headspace this season bowled a spell of 3/18 with his left-arm spin before producing crucial 34 runs with the bat. The all rounder restricted SRH to a below-par 121/8 before he contributed 34 off 23 deliveries with the bat to help LSG chase down the target with 24 balls to spare in a low-scoring match.He stitched 55 runs with captain K L Rahul (35) for the third wicket to take the game away from the SRH’s reach. Rahul hit the rope four times during his 31-ball knock while Krunal’s innings was studded with four boundaries and one maximum. He also dismissed SRH skipper Aiden Makram with a lovely spinning delivery which hit the off stump.
Former SRH player Nicholas Pooran completed the victory in grand style as he flicked pacer Thangarasu Natarjan for a six over square leg as the hosts cantered home with four overs to spare.