In the IPL 2025 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on March 27, SRH captain Pat Cummins made significant contributions with both bat and ball. Batting first, SRH posted a total of 190 for 9. Cummins played a brief but impactful cameo, hitting three consecutive sixes before being dismissed on the fourth delivery. Facing his first ball against Shardul Thakur, who had picked up crucial wickets today, Cummins opened his account with a 6 over the off-side. He punished Shardul for a full-toss on the next delivery by going straight down the ground with another six off the last ball of that over.
With Avesh Khan in the bowling attack for the next over, Pat Cummins did not spare this bowler as well, with another brilliant consecutive six from the Australian. Although he did get dismissed on his fourth delivery while trying to play another big shot, he played a true captain’s innings by stepping up when his team needed it the most and contributed well in helping SRH put up 190 on the board.a
Pooran’s explosive 70 leads LSG to first win of IPL 2025
In the first innings of the IPL 2025 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), SRH posted a total of 190/9. Despite early setbacks, including the dismissal of key batsmen Abhishek Sharma for 6 and Ishan Kishan for a golden duck, Travis Head anchored the innings with a solid 47 runs. Middle-order contributions from Heinrich Klaasen and Aniket Verma, who played a brisk cameo, bolstered the total. LSG's bowling attack was spearheaded by Shardul Thakur, who claimed four crucial wickets, effectively containing SRH's batting lineup.
It almost seemed like SRH was getting a taste of their own medicine as LSG’s Nicholas Pooran smashed the fastest fifty of the 2025 IPL. Playing an explosive innings, Pooran stitched together a 116 runs partnership off 43 balls with Mitch Marsh on the second wicket. Abdul Samad finally finished the job for LSG by scoring 22 off 8 deliveries, hitting two 4s and two 6s, as LSG picked up their first win of the 2025 season.
