A dominant all-round show from Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) noticed them seal a five-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in IPL 2025 on Thursday. Shardul Thakur bagged a four-wicket haul on a placid observe as LSG restricted SRH to 190/9, earlier than chasing down the goal with 23 balls to spare, courtesy of Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh’s fiery half-centuries. The win got here as a giant reduction for LSG captain Rishabh Pant, particularly after the crushing loss to Delhi Capitals earlier this week.
After the loss to DC on Monday, LSG proprietor Sanjiv Goenka was seen having an animated chat with Pant after the match. Nonetheless, as LSG turned the tables on SRH on Thursday, Goenka appeared like a relieved man as he gave Pant a good hug. A picture of the identical incident has gone viral on social media.
Sanjiv Goenka provides a good hug to Rishabh Pant. #SRHvsLSG
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SRH vs LSG memeshttps://t.co/cgdwTzaf3R pic.twitter.com/Aaq8L129tf
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Sanjiv Goenka provides a good hug to Rishabh Pant. pic.twitter.com/yHcnCCmxXP
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 27, 2025
Second of the day!
Rishabh Pant acquired a good hug from the LSG proprietor Dr. Sanjiv Goenka! #RishabhPant #SanjivGoenka #LSGvSRH pic.twitter.com/2rKeLGuDax
— Utkarsh Raj (@utkrshhrj) March 27, 2025
Sanjiv Goenka warmly embraces Rishabh Pant with a good hug.#IPL2025 #LSGvsSRH pic.twitter.com/G6KBqdM96T
— CricZebra (@criczebra) March 27, 2025
Coming to the match, SRH was put to bat first by LSG, who had opted to bowl first. Shardul restricted LSG to fifteen/2, however a 61-run partnership between Travis Head (47 in 28 balls, with 5 fours and a six) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (32 in 28 balls, with two fours) stabilised the innings for a bit. Cameos did come from Heinrich Klaasen (26 in 17 balls, with two fours and a six), Aniket Varma (36 in 13 balls, with 5 sixes) and skipper Pat Cummins (18 in 4 balls, with three sixes), which pushed SRH to 190/9 of their 20 overs.
Throughout the run-chase, LSG misplaced Aiden Markram early, however a 116-run stand between Nicholas Pooran (70 in 26 balls, with six fours and 6 sixes) and Mitchell Marsh (52 in 31 balls, with seven fours and two sixes) and a high quality cameo ultimately from Abdul Samad (22* in eight balls, with two fours and two sixes) pushed LSG to a five-wicket win with 23 balls left. Pat (2/29) was high bowler for SRH.
Shardul was named the ‘Participant of the Match’ for his fiery spell.
With this win, LSG strengthened their place within the match, whereas SRH will look to bounce again of their upcoming matches because the IPL season progresses.
(With ANI Inputs)
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