Lucknow, May 20: Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on a blistering half-century by Abhishek Sharma and a composed 47 by Heinrich Klaasen to outplay Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets and knock them out of the playoffs race in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Monday.

In a must-win match, Lucknow Super Giants posted a challenging 205/7 riding on brilliant half-centuries by Mitchell Marsh (65) and Aiden Markram (61). But they relinquished the momentum in the middle-overs and lost three wickets in the final over, failing to reach a score of 220-plus, which they could have reached.

However, things continued to go against them as Abhishek Sharma struck a sensational 59 off 20 balls, racing to his fifty off 18 balls as Sunrisers reached 206/4 in 18.2 overs, chasing the 200-plus score at the Ekana for the first time in IPL.

The defeat dropped LSG to seventh position with 10 points from 12 matches, while Sunrisers scored their fourth win of the season (9 points).


Brief scores:

Lucknow Super Giants 205/7 in 20 overs (Mitchell Marsh 65, Aiden Markram 61, Nicholas Pooran 45; Eshan Malinga 2-28, Harsh Dubey 1-44) lost to Sunriser Hyderabad 206/4 in 18.2 overs (Abhishek Sharma 59, Ishan Kishan 35, Heinrich Klaasen 47, Kamindu Mendis 32; Digvesh Rathi 2-37) by six wickets

--IANS

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