The 57th match of IPL 2024 was yesterday on 8th May in which Sunrisers Hyderabad faced
Lucknow Super Giants. This great match was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
in Hyderabad. Lucknow won the toss and decided to bat first. Lucknow team scored 165
runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs, in response, Hyderabad achieved the target by
losing 10 wickets in 9.4 overs. Let us tell you that Hyderabad has also registered the record
of fastest run chase in IPL history.
Hyderabad Performed Brilliantly
In yesterday’s match, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 10 wickets.
Winning the toss and batting first, Lucknow scored 165 runs for the loss of four wickets in
20 overs. The target of 166 runs was achieved by the Hyderabad team in just 10 overs i.e. in 9.4 overs. Hyderabad created a new record by winning the match with 62 balls remaining. Travis Head scored 89 runs in 30 balls with the help of eight fours and eight sixes and Abhishek Sharma played an unbeaten innings of 75 runs in 28 balls with the help of eight fours and six sixes. Abhishek finished the match with a six.
Travis Head’s Great Record
With this brilliant innings, this is the fifth half-century of Travis Head’s IPL career. He has
performed brilliantly this season. He has scored three such half-centuries this season
which have come in less than 20 balls. With this, he has equaled the record of Jake Fraser
McGurk. He along with McGurk has made the record of scoring the most half-centuries in
IPL three times in less than 20 balls. Not only this, Head has also come second in terms of
scoring 50+ runs inside the powerplay the most number of times in IPL.
Lucknow Super Giants managed to score 165 runs in 20 overs after losing 4 wickets only
due to Ayush Badoni’s half-century. Lucknow lost wickets at regular intervals at the
beginning of the innings due to which their performance weakened but due to a 99-run
partnership for the 5th wicket between Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran, Lucknow’s team
managed to cross the score of 160. Badoni scored 55 runs. Pooran returned unbeaten after
scoring 48 runs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Poor Performance of Lucknow
Lucknow’s performance was weak at the start of the match yesterday. The team lost the
first wicket in the third over. Quinton de Kock could score only two runs in 5 balls. Marcus
Stoinis was dismissed after scoring three runs in 5 balls. Captain KL Rahul scored 29 runs
in 33 balls. Krunal was run out after scoring 24 runs. After this, there was an unbeaten
partnership of 99 runs in 52 balls for the fifth wicket between Badoni and Puran, due to
which the Lucknow team scored 165 runs. Puran scored 48 runs in 26 balls and Ayush
Badoni scored 55 runs in 30 balls.
Journey of Lucknow vs Hyderabad Team
The team of Lucknow entered the 2022 season of IPL for the first time. This is only its third
season. Let us tell you that only 4 matches have been played between Lucknow and
Hyderabad so far and out of these, the team of Lucknow has dominated the team of
Hyderabad so far and the team of Lucknow has won three matches. Whereas this is the
first win of the Hyderabad team against LSG.
With this win, Hyderabad’s ranking has improved from fourth to third place in the points
table. Hyderabad has 14 points with seven wins and five losses in 12 matches. Hyderabad’s
net run rate is +0.406. Whereas this is Lucknow’s sixth defeat in the 12th match. The
Lucknow team is In sixth place with 12 points and -0.769 net run rate.
Hyderabad’s next match is against Gujarat Titans on May 16 and Punjab Kings on May 19.
Hyderabad’s team will play both these matches at their home ground, so their victory in the
next match is being considered easy. At the same time, Lucknow’s team will face Delhi at
Arun Jaitley Stadium on May 14 and Mumbai at Wankhede on May 17.