57th Match of IPL: SRH Beats LSG
- By Thetripurapost Desk, Hyderabad
- May 08, 2024
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Sunrisers Hyderabad team chased the target of 166 runs in just 9.4 overs in the match played against Lucknow Super Giants at their home ground.
In the 57th match of the 17th season of IPL, Lucknow Super Giants team captain KL Rahul had decided to bat first after winning the toss, after which the entire team could only reach the score of 165 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs.
While chasing this target, the opening batsmen of Sunrisers Hyderabad team, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, started with a bang and did not give any chance to Lucknow team to put any pressure in this match. While 89 runs were seen from Head's bat, Abhishek also played an inning of 69 runs. With this victory, Sunrisers Hyderabad team has also broken a big record in T20 cricket.
In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad team's opening batsmen Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, who were chasing the target of 166 runs, had started batting explosively against Lucknow from the very first overs, after which both of them together in the first 6 overs.
The team's score reached 107 runs without any loss. From here, Head and Abhishek continued to bat explosively, after which both of them improved the net run rate significantly by giving the team a big win by 10 wickets in just 9.4 overs. In this match, Travis Head's bat scored an unbeaten inning of 89 runs with the help of 8 fours and 8 sixes in 30 balls, while Abhishek also played an unbeaten inning of 75 runs in 28 balls with the help of 8 fours and 6 sixes. Yash Thakur proved to be a very expensive bowler for Lucknow who gave away 47 runs in his 2.4 overs bowling.
In this match, Sunrisers Hyderabad team, chasing the target of 166 runs in just 9.4 overs, has created a new record in the history of T20 cricket to achieve victory by chasing the maximum number of runs within 10 overs.
Hyderabad won the match in just 58 balls. Apart from this, the record of chasing the target of more than 150 runs in the least number of balls in IPL is now in the name of Sunrisers Hyderabad team. Earlier in the first season of IPL, Deccan Chargers team chased the target of 150 plus runs in 12 overs against Mumbai Indians.