Hyderabad ends Lucknow IPL playoff hopes after six-wicket win

By Canadian Press on May 19, 2025.

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Sunrisers Hyderabad ended Lucknow Super Giants’ faint playoff hopes with a clinical six-wicket win in the Indian Premier League on Monday.

Abhishek Sharma’s blistering 18-ball 59 led Hyderabad’s chase to 206-4 with 10 balls to spare.

Lucknow, which needed to win its remaining three games and rely on other results, couldn’t capitalize on a blazing 115-run opening stand between Mitchell Marsh (65) and Aiden Markram (61) and was restricted to 205-7.

Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings have made it to the playoffs. The fight for the fourth and final place was now between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals.

Lucknow captain Rishabh Pant’s sub-par season continued when he fell for 7, his seventh single-digit score. Pant was a symptom of the team’s middle order woes, and Hyderabad fast bowler Eshan Malinga (2-28) was the latest bowler to profit.

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