On the eve of the conflict in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad, a query about Lucknow Super Giants’ depleted bowling assets miffed Mitchell Marsh. “I don’t see it as a lack of depth,” got here the fast retort. His workforce bought the memo as its bowlers threw a spanner into the ultra-aggressive steamroller of the house franchise. Nicholas Pooran and Marsh then helped seal a five-wicket win on the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday (March 27, 2025) to assist LSG open its account in IPL 2025.
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‘Who will stop Travishek’ was the query on everybody’s lips main into this season. Shardul Thakur took a leaf out of the Pat Cummins playbook as he silenced the house crowd after dismissing Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan off consecutive deliveries in his second over.
With the onus squarely on his shoulders, Travis Head took Avesh Khan to the cleaners. The Australian bought fortunate as Pooran dropped a regulation probability at lengthy on off Ravi Bishnoi’s bowling. Prince Yadav ensured he didn’t stick round too lengthy, beating a swinging Head to depart his stumps in disarray. Prince registered 1/29, conceding simply two boundaries, after having leaked 47 within the opener in opposition to Delhi Capitals.
Below-par whole
LSG snuffed out blooming partnerships in common intervals. Aniket Verma’s 36 off 13 and three massive sixes by Cummins meant SRH completed with 190 for 9, a whole properly beneath par for an in any other case trigger-happy line-up.
While Mohammed Shami eliminated Aiden Markram for only one run, it was a false daybreak as former SRH males Pooran and Marsh took LSG to 77 for one on the finish of PowerPlay, its second-highest within the IPL. The duo gave the house facet a style of its personal dose as it stitched a 116-run stand to arrange the chase.
Cummins fought again, eradicating each batters throughout two overs. Despite a few stutters, one other former SRH man, Abdul Samad, took LSG to a simple win with 23 balls to spare.
Published – March 27, 2025 07:19 pm IST
