Lucknow out of playoff race

ABHISHEK Sharma's 20-ball 59 set up the chase for Sunrisers Hyderabad as they beat Lucknow Super Giants by six wickets and killed the latter's hopes of making the playoffs this season.

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Chasing 206, Sharma smashed SRH bowlers right from the start along with Atharva Taide who came in for Travis Head. Once he fell, the middle-order took the team through. Earlier, Mitchell Marsh (65) and Aiden Markram (61) put on a partnership of 115 runs to help Lucknow post 205/7. SRH skipper Pat Cummins opted to bowl first on a good batting pitch. Markram and Marsh got going from ball one. They maintained a steady run rate of 11 be