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Lucknow Super Giants nearly made a mess of the modest chase as they beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets at Lucknow in their TataIPL 2023 encounter.
Earlier SRH skipper *Aiden Markram won the toss and decided to bat first . His decision seemed to back-fire as they could muster a dismal 121 / 8 in their 20 overs . The batting flopped miserably . Anmolpreet Singh ( 31) , Rahul Tripathi ( 35) got starts but could not carry on. Mayank Agarwal ( 8) , Skipper Aiden Markram out for (0). Harry Brook ( 3) , Washington Sundar ( 16) , Abdul Samad was not out 21 in a below par showing
Lucknow bowlers were on top. Spinners Krunal Pandaya 3/18 ( 4 overs) and 40- year old Amit Mishra ran through the SRH batting. Mishra had figures of 2/23 ( 4 overs), Ravi Bishnoi 1/ 16 ( 4 overs), Jaydev Unadkat 0/ 26 ( 3 overs), Yash Thakur 1/ 24 ( 3 overs) , Deepak Hooda 0/8( 1 over), Kyle Mayers 0/ 5 ( 1 over)
Chasing 122, LSG struggled to reach the target As it lost wickets of Kyle Mayers ( 13), Skipper K L Rahul ( 35), Deepak Hooda ( 7), Krunal Pandya ( 34) , Romario Shepherd ( 0) . But clam heads of Marcus Stoinis not out 10 and Nichloas Pooran not out 11 saw LSG home without further jitters by five wickets . LSG finishing at 127/ 5 in 16 overs.
For SRH bowling figures were : Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/ 19 ( 2 overs), Washington Sundar 0/11 ( 1 over) , Fazalhaq Farooqi 1/ 13 ( 3 overs), Aiden Markram 0/ 14 ( 2 overs) , Adil Rashid 2/23 ( 3 overs) , T Natarajan 0/ 23 ( 3 overs),
Umran Malik 1/ 22 ( 2 overs)
LSG Impact Player: Ayush Badoni replaces Amit Mishra
SRH Impact Player: Fazalhaq Farooqi replaces Rahul Tripathi
Match: IPL 2023, 10th Match
Venue: Lucknow | Date: April 07, 2023
