There were speculations that Sunrisers Hyderabad would score 300 runs against Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. However, the hosts were restricted to 190/9 in 20 overs, with Shardul Thakur taking four wickets. Rishabh Pant’s team came to the contest with a plan and managed to send back dangerous batters.

Abhishek Sharma (6) and Ishan Kishan (0) failed to get going. Travis Head amassed 44 runs off 28 balls, with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes.

Nitish Kumar Reddy (32), Heinrich Klaasen (26), and Aniket Verma (36) got starts but failed to get going. Sunrisers scored 286 in the previous match against Rajasthan Royals, but LSG bowled well to contain the rival batters.

SRH defeated RR by 44 runs, while LSG lost to DC by one wicket in their opening matches in the tournament.