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Sunrisers Hyderabad zoomed into the top four after their massive 10-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in just 9.4 overs. Playing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Pat Cummins' demolished Lucknow to complete a magical victory and eliminate Mumbai Indians from the playoffs race. On the other hand, the Super Giants took a massive hit as their net run rate went down to -0.769 making their path to the playoffs extremely difficult.
Coming back to the game, LSG called it right and elected to bat first but quickly regretted this decision as they struggled throughout the powerplay. After losing two quick wickets, Lucknow could only add 27 runs in the first six overs. The Super Giants gradually improved their scoring rate before finding a powerful finish to take their total to 166 in 20 overs. Ayush Badoni scored 55 in 30 balls with nine fours while Nicholas Pooran hit 48 in 26 balls on the back of six fours and one maximum.
For Hyderabad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the picked of the bowlers as he ended up with figures of 2-12 in four overs which included 12 dot balls. Then in the second innings, SRH went ballistic and dismantled the LSG bowlers to go over 50 in four overs, 100 by the end of the powerplay and then chase down the total in 9.4 overs.
Abhishek Sharma smashed 75 in 28 balls with eight fours and six sixes at a strike rate of 267.86 while his partner Travis Head top-scored with a 30-ball 89 which also included eight boundaries and eight maximum as he batted at a 296.67 strike rate. Further, this partnership created a record of scoring the most runs in IPL history in under 10 overs.
