IPL 2025: Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen Assist Sunrisers Hyderabad Knock Out Lucknow Tremendous Giants

Sunrisers Hyderabad rode on a blistering half-century by Abhishek Sharma and a composed 47 by Heinrich Klaasen to outplay Lucknow Tremendous 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 Tremendous Giants posted a difficult 205/7 driving on sensible half-centuries by Mitchell Marsh (65) and Aiden Markram (61). However they relinquished the momentum within the middle-overs and misplaced three wickets within the ultimate over, failing to achieve a rating of 220-plus, which they might have reached.

Nonetheless, issues continued to go towards 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 rating on the Ekana for the primary time in IPL.

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad received off to a whirlwind begin of their chase of 206 with Abhishek Sharma blazing to a different half-century. Opening the innings with Influence substitute Atharva Tide within the absence of his common associate Travis Head, Sharma was at his common damaging greatest regardless of SRH dropping an early wicket.

Taide, who tucked Akash Deep previous sq. leg for his first 4 within the first over, struck debutant Will O’Rourke for back-to-back boundaries earlier than the left-arm pacer from New Zealand had the final chuckle, as a thick edge off Taide’s bat from a hoick is caught by Digvesh Rathi at deep third. Taide, the 25-year-old from Akola in Maharashtra, was out for 13 to turn out to be O’Rourke’s first wicket within the IPL.

Sharma was in his factor on the different finish, developing with one other damaging innings that set SRH on the right track for victory. He punched Akash Deep for a 4 {followed} by a lofted six within the third over; repeated the four-followed-by-six act towards O’Rourke within the subsequent over, pulled Avesh Khan for back-to-back fours within the sixth over earlier than destroying Ravi Bishnoi with 4 successive sixes within the seventh over to blaze to his half-century in simply 18 balls.

However simply when it appeared like he’ll go on to additional entertain the followers, Digvesh Rathi received him with a googly bowled exterior off as Abhishek went for an additional massive one however doesn’t get sufficient bat and Shardul Thakur takes a straightforward catch to finish his innings for 59 off 20 balls, laced with 4 boundaries and 6 maximums.

Ishan Kishan continued to torment the LSG bowlers, hitting some very good photographs. He lapped Rathi advantageous for 4 and slog-swept Markram for a six earlier than getting out, making an attempt an pointless reverse sweep off Rathi. Kishan scored 35 off 28 balls, and SRH fell to 140/3.

He and Abhishek Sharma added 82 runs for the second wicket in fast time, and Kishan raised 41 runs with Heinrich Klaasen.

Klaasen performed a well-controlled innings, scoring 47 runs off 28 balls whereas Kamindu Mendis went for his photographs on the different finish. However with 19 wanted from the final three overs, Klassen struck Shardul Thakur for consecutive boundaries earlier than he was dominated to have edged one behind by DRS off the third ball. 

With Kamindu Mendis getting retired damage a ball later, it appeared like SRH had landed in a bind. However Aniket Verma struck a 4 and Nitish Reddy hit a 4 and scampered a single on the primary two balls of the nineteenth over as SRH aced the chase once more, finishing the primary profitable 200-plus chase on the Ekana.

Earlier, requested to bat first, Lucknow Tremendous Giants made an excellent begin on this must-win match as they stormed to 69 for no loss within the Energy-play because the M&M (Marsh and Markram) Present continued to make merry.

Marsh and Markram placed on one other very good present on the high of the order as each reached their half-century in equivalent 28 balls. They raised 115 runs for the opening wicket, feasting on the bowling on a pitch that didn’t supply a lot, and had been additionally helped by some sloppy work by SRH within the area.

Each Marsh and Markram had been fortunate as they survived an opportunity every early of their innings towards debutant left-arm spinner Harsh Dubey, who confirmed nerves of metal regardless of being requested to bowl within the Energy-play in his first match.

The 22-year-old Dubey practically struck off his first supply in IPL as Marsh bottom-edged behind a tossed-up supply exterior off, however Ishan Kishan did not get down in time and the ball went by his legs. It was troublesome, however an opportunity nonetheless.

Markram would have been out on the primary ball of the fourth over, when he misplaced his footing making an attempt to flick a fullish supply down the leg-side. Kishan was the perpetrator once more as he failed to gather the ball cleanly for stumping.

Marsh capitalised on that and stormed to his half-century off 28 balls, hitting Pat Cummins for a 4 and 6 within the first over. The Aussie batter struck Dubey for a 4 and hammered a six every off Harshal Patel and Eshan Malinga. Harsh Dubey had the final chuckle as he received his maiden IPL wicket when he received a ball pitched round off to spin away and Marsh sliced it to Malinga at quick third. Marsh finally ends up with 65 off 39 balls, hitting six boundaries and 4 maximums.

Markram reached his fifth half-century of IPL 2025 with a single, hitting 4 boundaries and three maximums. He was dropped by Aniket Verma off Zeeshan Ansari however struck some good photographs, amongst them was an enormous six off Dubey over the sight-screen within the eleventh over and an identical one towards Ansari within the seventh over, smoking a barely quick one over long-on.

In between, skipper Rishabh Pant (7) added one other failure to his tally for the season, as did Ayush Badoni (3), as SRH pulled issues again a bit. From 118 for 1 in 11 overs, LSG scored 50 for two of their subsequent six overs to be 168/3 in 17 overs.

Nicholas Pooran struck a few fours in a prolonged over with two wides and a waist-high no-ball for 15 runs within the nineteenth over, bowled Harshal Patel. 

Within the ultimate over bowled by Nitish Reddy, Pooran struck a six off the primary authorized supply however discovered himself on the non-striker’s finish as he might handle just one run. He was out on the following ball making an attempt a single with the ball within the wicketkeeper’s hand. Ishan Kishan made no mistake and hit the stumps to finish Pooran’s innings. Pooran scored 45 off 26 balls, hitting six fours and a lone six. They misplaced a pair extra wickets earlier than going previous 200.

Digvesh Rathi (2-37) was the most effective LSG bowler on the night time, however his effort went in useless.