IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad 2nd innings highlights against LSG in Match 57

KL Rahul decided to bat first after winning the toss and endured a slow start to the innings. Lucknow Super Giants were 66/4 at one stage in the 12^th over and it seemed a low score was on the cards.

Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran then added 99 runs for the 5^th wicket as the visitors ended with 165/4 from the 20 overs. The young Badoni played well to be not out on 55 while Pooran scored 48 off 26 balls.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 50 runs off 3.1 overs

While Lucknow took 9.1 overs to get to the fifty, the SRH side got there 6 overs earlier. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma went after the LSG bowlers and kept the boundaries coming with alarming ease.

Half-Century: Travis Head off 16 balls

Australian opener Travis Head made batting look easy as he smashed Naveen-ul-Haq for 22 runs from 5 balls. His six in the 4^th ball of the over got him to yet another fifty for the season off 16 balls and also went past 500 runs for the season.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 100 runs from 5.4 overs

Lucknow bowlers might have well thrown in the towel after the onslaught brought onto them by Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head. The SRH openers got to the century mark in just 5.4 overs to punish the visiting bowlers.

Powerplay: Overs 0.1 to 6 and First Strategic time-out (Mandatory – 107/0)

KL Rahul could only stand and look in dismay as the SRH openers killed off the game in the first six overs of the game. By the time the first time-out was taken, SRH needed just 58 runs from 14 overs to put a huge death knell on LSG’s playoff hopes.

Half-Century: Abhishek Sharma off 19 balls

The runs kept coming even after the time-out, Ayush Badoni who bowled the 7^th over was hit for 19 runs. Abhishek Sharma got to his half-century from just 19 balls with a huge six to more or less seal the game.

End of the Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad -167/0 from 9.4 overs

Sunrisers Hyderabad solidified their quest for a place in the playoffs with this amazing thrashing they have dished out to Lucknow Super Giants. it almost seemed like the SRH openers didn't have to break a sweat as they swatted aside the Lucknow bowlers to win the game.