After a poor performance with the bat, the Sunrisers Hyderabad made a mini comeback against Lucknow Super Giants which made the SRH owner Kavya Maran jump up in joy. After a decent batting start, LSG lost the in-form Kyle Mayers off Fazalhaq Farooqi's incredible delivery, Maran hopped out of her seat, celebrating the team's first wicket.
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Then in the immediate next over, veteran Indian pacer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar pulled off an absolutely stunning reaction catch to dismiss Deepak Hooda at the score of seven in eight balls. This wicket also sent the SRH owner over the moon as she was seen joys celebrating in the stands.
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But these wickets didn't lead to a shift in momentum as Lucknow Super Giants weathered the early storm and comfortably chased the total in 16 overs. Captain KL Rahul emerge as a top performer with the bat as he stitched up a crucial 55-run partnership with Krunal Pandya, to ease the chase for LSG.
After the match, the SRH captain, Aiden Markram was disappointed with the result. Speaking in the post-match interview, Markram pointed out the batters' performance was the major reason behind the loss and they couldn't give the bowlers enough to defend.
He said, "Not enough runs, tried to get to 150-160 but lost too many wickets and didn’t get any momentum going. We realized it wasn’t going to be a great wicket to bat in terms of history, but we were happy to fight. They bowled brilliantly according to the conditions. Good effort from our bowlers, we didn’t give them enough runs to play with but they fought hard. (On the next home game) Different conditions once again, the team has played there already. The Punjab Kings are flying high but Sunday is a chance to pinch them."
