Sunrisers Hyderabad pulled off a stunning six-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants.
Abhishek Sharma’s explosive 59 runs off 20 balls set the tone.
Heinrich Klaasen added 47, Kamindu Mendis contributed 32, and Ishan Kishan scored 35.
This loss knocked Lucknow Super Giants out of playoff contention.
They have seven losses in 12 matches, sitting seventh in the table with 10 points.
Sunrisers Hyderabad claimed their fourth win in 12 matches, placing them eighth.
Lucknow Super Giants scored 205 for seven after being put in to bat.
Sunrisers Hyderabad reached the target in 18.2 overs, losing four wickets.
This was the first time a team successfully chased over 200 runs at this venue.
Abhishek Sharma smashed four fours and six sixes.
He reached his half-century in 18 balls, including four consecutive sixes off Ravi Bishnoi.
Earlier, Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram’s fifties helped Lucknow Super Giants post a competitive score.
Marsh scored 65 off 39 balls, and Markram made 61 off 38.
Nicholas Pooran added 45 off 29 balls.
Sunrisers Hyderabad were already out of the competition, while Lucknow Super Giants needed a win to stay in the tournament.
Their new captain, Rishabh Pant, faces a big responsibility.
The highlight of Sunrisers Hyderabad’s innings was Abhishek Sharma’s consecutive sixes off Ravi Bishnoi.
He used his feet to hit three of those sixes.
For Lucknow Super Giants, only Dushant Rathi impressed with the ball, taking two wickets for 37 runs.
Rathi celebrated Abhishek’s wicket with his signature ‘notebook’ style, leading to a brief confrontation.
The two players later shook hands and talked it out.
Earlier, Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram’s aggressive batting helped Lucknow Super Giants score 69 runs in the powerplay without losing a wicket.
Marsh started with a six off Pat Cummins, while Markram hit a boundary off debutant Harsh Dubey.
Cummins introduced Dubey early, and the Lucknow Super Giants openers targeted him.
Marsh hit a six off Dubey’s first over, and Markram followed suit in the next over.
Marsh was eventually dismissed by Dubey, but not before he and Markram added 115 runs for the first wicket.
Rishabh Pant’s poor form continued as he was dismissed for seven runs.
Nicholas Pooran played an aggressive innings to take Lucknow Super Giants close to 200 runs.
In the final over, Nitish Reddy conceded 20 runs, and Akash Deep hit a six off the last ball to take the score past 200.