LUCKNOW: The superb all-round show by Krunal Pandya and the 35-run knock by KL Rahul helped Lucknow Super Giants notch a resounding five-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL match at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium on Friday.
Krunal's bowling spell of 3/18 set the tone for the game at LSG succeeded in restricting SRH to 121 runs at the loss of eight wickets. Krunal also scored 34 runs off 23 deliveries, making LSG's chase an easy affair.
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Krunal and Rahul had an impeccable 55-run partnership for the third wicket. The target was just 22 runs away when Krunal was dismissed in the thirteenth over of the match. LSG successfully chased the target in 16 overs losing five wickets.
While Rahul hit four boundaries, Krunal struck four boundaries and a six.
After Rahul's dismissal in the 15th over, Romario Shepherd (0) was also sent packing in the next delivery by Adil Rashid (2/23).
Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave away 13 runs in the first over of LSG's run chase, bowling five wides and Rahul hitting a four.
Rahul lost his opening partner Kyle Mayers (13) who was dismissed by Fazalhaq Farooqi, SRH's impact player who replaced Rahul Tripathi.
1/10:IPL 2023: Lucknow Super Giants beat Sunrisers Hyderabad to win spin shootout
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2/10:LSG outclass SRH
<p>Krunal Pandya's 3/18 led a wounding spin attack for Lucknow Super Giants to outclass Sunrisers Hyderabad on a slow pitch for a five-wicket win on Friday. </p>AFP
3/10:SRH batting woes
<p>Sunrisers wilted under a relentless 13 overs of spin and managed to cobble together just 121/8 after electing to bat first. </p>ANI
4/10:Amit Mishra
<p>Amit Mishra, who missed last year's tournament, vindicated his return to the IPL with 2/23 in four overs on the slowest pitch of the season so far. </p>IANS
5/10:SRH spinners
<p>The Sunrisers tried hard to fight fire with fire but their own spin attack took too long to yield results with too small a total to defend. </p>AFP
6/10:Pandya the batsman
<p>Lucknow scored 127/5 in 16 overs and Pandya also shone with the bat, scoring 34 off 23 balls for the third wicket. </p>AFP
7/10:Pandya the bowler
<p>But it was Pandya's left-arm spin that sealed the win, with Mayank Agarwal sent back for eight and Aiden Markran falling for a golden duck on captaincy debut. </p>IANS
8/10:Ravi Bishnoi
<p>Leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi took 1/16 for Lucknow and now has six wickets in three outings. </p>PTI
9/10:KL Rahul
<p>LSG skipper KL Rahul anchored Lucknow's innings with a sedate 35. </p>PTI
10/10:SRH at the bottom
<p>Sunrisers have now lost both their opening games and are languishing at the bottom of the IPL points table. </p>PTIBhuvneshwar made a comeback after initial upsets and claimed the wicket of Deepak Hooda (7), caught and bowled, in the last powerplay delivery.
After that, Rahul and Krunal did not give any chance to SRH to overpower LSG.
Earlier, Krunal scalped the wickets of Mayank Agarwal (8), Anmolpreet Singh (31) and captain Makram (0), dismissing the last two in successive balls in the eighth over.
In the very first ball, Markram went for a drive but the ball hit his off stump.
Ravi Bishnoi then claimed the scalp of Harry Brook, stumped by Nicholas Pooran, for 3.
Tottering at 55/4, SRH could not regain their ground.
Leg-spinner Amit Mishra's brilliant spell of 2/23 restricted SRH to a small total. Mishra was substituted by 'impact player' Ayush Badoni in the penultimate over.
LSG tasted success in the third over when Agarwal tried to hit Marcus Stoinis. Anmolpreet and Makram were out in the eighth over.
Rahul Tripathi (34) remained the lone warrior as he had a 39-run partnership with Washington Sundar (16), before falling prey to Yash Thakur.
Abdul Samad hit two sixes in the last over by Jaydev Unadkat.
