Lucknow Super Giants defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 12 runs at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Monday to record their second successive victory in IPL 2022. On Saturday, LSG had defeated defending champions Chennai Super Kings.
Sunrisers Hyderabad were left to 83 for three after 11 overs after losing openers Williamson and Abhishek Sharma, then Aiden Markram departed on 12. Avesh Khan dismissed both openers, while Krunal Pandya dismissed Aiden Markram. Krunal then took out Rahul Tripathi (44). In the last over, Jasen Holder took three wickets and Avesh Khan took four wickets, as Hyderabad were reduced to 157/9 in 20 overs. KL Rahul (68 off 50 balls) and all-rounder Deepak Hooda (51 off 33 balls) both struck half-centuries as Lucknow Super Giants posted a total of 169 for 7. Holder concluded with 3/34, while Krunal added two more wickets to his tally.
Avesh Khan is adjudged Player of the Match for his brilliant bowling figures of 4/24 as Lucknow Super Giants won by 12 runs.
LSG vs SRH Playing XI:
Lucknow (Playing XI) – KL Rahul (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder (In place of Dushmantha Chameera), Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye, Ravi Bishnoi.
Hyderabad (Unchanged Playing XI) – Kane Williamson (C), Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Romario Shepherd, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan.
