Quote from: virasog on Today at 05:59:28 PM

Quote from: LDL on Today at 04:08:54 PM

Quote from: libert19 on Today at 01:50:10 PM

Gutsy from Pant to choose to bowl first and also confident enough to say whatever total SRH gonna put, they gonna chase it down. Didn't expect anything else but crowd is looking insane, you couldn't hear Cummins during toss. Also, Avesh Khan makes a comeback.

Rishabh Pant's decision to field instead of batting after winning the toss was a very sensible one, as Sardul Thakur's bowling prowess allowed Sunrisers Hyderabad to be restricted to 190 runs. However, scoring below 200 runs in this year's IPL cannot be a good score because 200 runs is not a difficult target on the batting pitch. Sunrisers Hyderabad are quite skilled in both bowling and batting, so they have a high chance of winning even with a target of 190 runs.

Yes, 190 runs isn't a big total to chase by the Lucknow Super Giants and they did it quite comfortably. They lost 5 wickets in the process. Mitchell Marsh made a half century at the top. Nicholas Pooran played an unbelievable innings of 70 runs. The reason I call this "unbelievable" as those runs were scored in just 26 overs. Due to his fast batting, LSG were able to get to the target in only 16.1 overs.

You are right that Lucknow Super Giants chased the target of 190 runs in today's match as if it was a very easy task for them.
But I really expected an exceptional performance because Sunrisers Hyderabad had already lost badly to Lucknow Super Giants in the 2024 Indian Premier League. I also thought that something similar would happen this time because Travis Head was supposed to perform well in the beginning, but this time what I am noticing is that the bowling line of Sunrisers Hyderabad team is not as strong as before, which is probably why they lost to Lucknow Super Giants like this.