With the first half-century innings of Prerak Mankad (64 not out in 45 balls), Marcus Stoinis (40 runs in 25 balls), and Nicholas Pooran (44 not out in 13 balls) with the batting of Lucknow Supergiants won the Indian Premier League (IPL). ) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by seven wickets in T20 match here on Saturday. Mankad hit seven fours and two sixes in his innings while Stoinis hit two fours and three sixes. Puran hit three fours and four sixes to ensure the team's victory.
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Hyderabad scored 182 runs
Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 182 runs for six wickets while batting first. Lucknow Supergiants achieved the target for the loss of three wickets in 19.2 overs. With this victory, the Lucknow team reached the fourth position in the table with 13 points from 12 matches. Hyderabad has eight points in 11 matches and the way for the team to make it to the playoffs has now become very difficult.
Lucknow had lost three wickets for 54 runs, but after that, Mankad and Stoinis brought the team back in the match by sharing 73 runs in 43 balls for the third wicket, while Mankad and Puran's unbroken 58-run partnership in 23 balls helped the team. Sealed the victory. Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad scored a competitive score on the basis of a 40-ball 58-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Heinrich Klaasen (47) and Abdul Samad (37 not out). Klaasen hit three fours and as many sixes in his 29-ball innings while Samad hit one four and four sixes in his 25-ball innings.
Prerak Mankad hit fours in consecutive balls against Fazalhaq Farooqi in the sixth over, which made the team's score 30 for one after the power play. In the next over, Dickock accelerated the run pace by hitting sixes and fours in consecutive balls against Mayank Markandeya, but this bowler trapped him in a spin after hitting a four in his next over.
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Stoinis hit two consecutive sixes against Abhishek Sharma but was dismissed on the third ball. Nicholas Pooran hit sixes in the next three balls as soon as he came to the crease. The team collected 31 runs from this over and the match turned from here. Mankad hit a six and a four against Natarajan in the 17th over to bring the team closer to the target.
