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Lucknow Super Giants have convincingly beaten Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets with 24 balls to spare and they have topped the points table of the IPL 2023 with two wins in three games so far. Talking about the game SRH winning the toss opted to bat first and posted a below par score of 121/8 as they failed to get past the spin trio of Krunal Pandya, Amit Mishra and Ravi Bishnoi respectively.
The 40-year old Amit Mishra did a fantastic job during LSG's bowling as he picked two wickets with the ball and took an important catch to dismiss Rahul Tripathi. Krunal Pandya's all-round on field display ensured a smooth run chase for LSG, as he ended with bowling figures off 3/18 with ball and scored 34 runs off 23 balls with the bat to help LSG team chase down 122 runs.
Numbers and Stats from LSG vs SRH game:
2 - LSG have won both their IPL matches at Lucknow venue.
LSG's IPL results at Lucknow venue:
- Beat DC by 50 runs
- Beat SRH by 5 wickets (24 balls to spare)
LSG vs SRH in IPL:
-LSG won by 12 runs in Navi Mumbai, 2022
-LSG won by 5 wickets in Lucknow, 2023
3/18 - Krunal Pandya ended up with bowling figures off 3/18.
Krunal Pandya's best bowling figures in IPL:
3/14 vs GL in Rajkot, 2017
3/18 vs SRH in Lucknow, 2023
3/19 vs MI in Mumbai-WS, 2022
6 - For the 6th time, Krunal Pandya has won Man of the Match award in IPL.
Instances of Krunal Pandya winning MoM award in IPL:
vs RCB in Bengaluru, 2016
vs DC in Visakhapatnam, 2016
vs GL in Rajkot, 2017
vs RPS in Hyderabad, 2017
vs PBKS in Pune, 2022
vs SRH in Lucknow, 2023
Note:- In 2016 & 2017 Krunal Pandya played for MI.
9 - Aiden Markram became the 9th Player to lead SRH franchise in IPL.
Players to lead SRH franchise in IPL:
Kumar Sangakkara
Cameron White
Shikhar Dhawan
Daren Sammy
David Warner
Kane Williamson
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Manish Pandey
Aiden Markram
11 - Amit Mishra has taken 11 wickets against SRH in IPL overall.
Most Wickets by a Spin bowler vs SRH in IPL:
Yuzvendra Chahal - 24
Axar Patel - 13
Kuldeep Yadav - 11
Sunil Narine - 11
Amit Mishra - 11
121/8 - SRH ended up scoring 121/8 in the 1st innings vs LSG.
SRH's lowest total in IPL when they didn't get all-out:
115/8 vs KKR in Dubai, 2021
118/8 vs RPS in Hyderabad, 2016
119/8 vs PWI in Pune, 2013
120/7 vs PBKS in Sharjah, 2021
121/8 vs LSG in Lucknow, 2023
2000 - Kyle Mayers completed 2000 runs in T20 Cricket.
