SRH knock LSG out of play-offs race

The loss marked an ordinary season for LSG and their new captain Rishabh Pant, who could not live up to his record ₹27 crore price tag

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Abhishek Sharma smashed half a dozen sixes in his 20-ball 59 to ensure a convincing six-wicket win for Sunrisers Hyderabad and knock Lucknow Super Giants out of the IPL play-offs race here Monday.

Mitchell Marsh (65 off 39) and Aiden Markram (61 off 38) struck high quality fifties before Sunrisers Hyderabad stemmed the flow of runs to limit LSG to 205/7.

In the absence of his unwell opening partner Travis Head, Abhishek took the onus on himself to provide a perfect launch pad in the run chase before Heinrich Klaasen (47 off 28) and Kamindu Mendis (32 off 21) did the rest.

SRH were already out of the competition and LSG needed a win Monday night to stay alive in the tournament. Both LSG and SRH still have two more games to play this season.

The highlight of SRH's run chase was Abhishek milking leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi for four consecutive sixes with three of them coming down the ground.