The Opening duo of Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram’s solid knocks has helped the side to post a mammoth total during the IPL 2025 game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 19 at Ekana Sports Stadium.
Their fifties has helped the side to post a total of 205 runs which is never chased in the ground this season so far.
Batting first, Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram opened the innings while Pat Cummins opened the bowling attack. With an impressive start, the duo went on to score 69 runs in the powerplay.
The duo went on to score fifties each and scored 115 runs for the first wicket. Marsh lost his wicket to Harsh Dubey for 65 runs, which included 6 fours and 4 sixes.
With Rishabh Pant got dismissed cheaply for 7 runs by Eshan Malinga, Markram lost his wicket to Harshal Patel for 61 runs which included 4 fours and 4 sixes.
Withe Ayush Badoni got dismissed for 3 runs, Lucknow Super Giants lost four wickets for 169 runs in the 18th over.
However, Nicholas Pooran went on to display his batting skills scoring 45 runs off 26 deliveries.
In the 19th over, Nitish Reddy went on to bag the three wickets. He bagged the wickets of Nicholas Pooran, Shardul Thakur and Abdul Samad in the final over and also conceded 20 runs in the over.
By the end of 20 over, Lucknow Super Giants went on to score 205 runs at Home ground.
Speaking at the toss, Pat Cummins said, “I will have a bowl, you never know quite to make of the wicket so it’s better to chase. We haven’t played to our potential, so trying to hit our potential, we also had a few injuries.”
“The team has been great, they have been honest that they haven’t been at their best but we have a great bunch of guys. Travis Head misses out and also Unadkat misses out for personal reasons, Harsh Dubey and Taide come in,” concluded Pat Cummins.
On the other hand, Rishabh Pant said, “We don’t mind (batting first), we have got to do well. We are looking at one match at a time and not put undue pressure on ourselves. I feel as a team we have regrouped well and we are in a good space as a team. We have only one change, Will O’Rourke is making his debut.”
Lucknow Super Giants Playing 11: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Digvesh Singh Rathi, William ORourke
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Harsh Dubey, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga
