Delhi: Lucknow Super Giants have registered their first win in IPL 2025 by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets. Batting first in this match, SRH scored 190 runs, but Lucknow had already achieved the target 23 balls. Nicholas Puran, Mitchell Marsh and Shardul Thakur were the main heroes of Lucknow's victory. In fact, the foundation of Lucknow's victory was laid by Shardul Thakur, who took 4 wickets and stopped Hyderabad's batting line-up from scoring completely runs.

Nicholas Puran's brilliant batting

Talking about the Orange Cap, Nicholas Puran said, “It's a little big, but looks good. I don't make a strategy to hit sixes, just try to improve my position and try to take the ball rightly. When the match is right, I try to apply my skills.”

Batting on Hyderabad pitch

Puran described the Hyderabad pitch as fantastic. He said, “Looking at the previous matches, it has shown that every time there are big scores in Hyderabad. Winning the toss has gone in our favor. If wickets do not fall in the powerplay, you can bat sharply.”

Work on the speed of the bat

Puran said on his batting, “I have never worked on my bat speed, just blessed with amazing talent.” Puran also talked about the length of the tournament. He said, “This is a very long tournament and it is good to see that Mitchell Marsh showed his class.”

Importance of partnership in batting

Puran also told the importance of the partnership, “Left-right combination is important, maintaining it and strengthening the partnership and moving the matchup.” In this match, Puran and Marsh jointly partnered 116 runs in 43 balls for the second wicket. While Marsh scored 52 runs in 31 balls, Puran scored 70 runs in just 26 balls, during which he also hit 6 fours and 6 sixes and his strike rate was also 270.