West Indian batter Nicholas Pooran lit up Indian Premier League (IP) 2025 season with his amazing batting. The left-handed batter took just 18 balls to reach his fifty as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) raced to 96 runs for the loss of one wicket from seven overs. By the time the first time-out was taken LSG needed just 95 runs more to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad from 13 overs.
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Pooran came out to bat in the second over with former SRH skipper Aiden Markram being dismissed for one run. Mohammed Shami had Markram driving on the up as Pat Cummins took an easy catch. The West Indian batter began his carnage with two successive sixes off Simarjeet Singh. The second six saw Pooran pull the ball deep into the stands as the SRH fans were silenced.
In the next over, Shami could have dismissed Pooran if Aniket Verma had held onto to a tough chance. The ball sped to the boundary for four runs, as Pooran moved to 22 runs from just eight balls. Not to be outdone, Marsh hit Shami for two successive sixes as LSG had raced to 49 runs for the loss of one wicket after just four overs.
SRH bowlers put to the sword by Nicholas Pooran
Abhishek Sharma was called into bowl the fifth after the left-arm spinner had given away just three runs in the opening over. Marsh hit a powerful four off Sharma before turning over the strike to Pooran. The final two balls of the fifth over saw the ball being deposited deep into the stands twice as the visitors managed to score 17 runs from the over.
There was no stopping the left-handed batter who welcome Pat Cummins to the bowling crease with two fours. By the end of the powerplay overs, LSG had reached 77 runs for the loss of one wicket. Pat Cummins decided to bring Adam Zampa as the impact player and the Aussie spinner was smashed for 19 runs in his opening over to help LSG maintain their momentum.
Earlier in the day, SRH scored 190 from their 20 overs for the loss of nine wickets. The best batter for Hyderabad was Travis Head who scored 47 runs from 28 balls. Aniket Verma smashed 36 off 15 balls with the help of five huge sixes. Shardul Thakur was the pick of the bowlers with 4/34 from his four overs which also included his 100th wicket in the IPL.
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