IPL 2023: Prerak Mankad, Nicholas Pooran power Lucknow Super Giants to win over Sunrisers Hyderabad

Prerak Mankad and Nicholas Pooran steered Lucknow Super Giants to a seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League match marred by unruly fans on Saturday.

Chasing 183 for victory, Lucknow looked in trouble at 54-2 in 8.2 overs but Mankad’s 64 and a series of key partnerships including an unbeaten 58-run stand with left-handed Pooran guided the visitors to victory with four balls to spare.

Mankad, an up-and-coming batter, first set the pace with a 73-run partnership with Marcus Stoinis, who hit a 25-ball 40.

Mankad raced to his first IPL fifty and then changed gears with Pooran, who scored a rapid 44 off 13 balls.

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The West Indian smashed three consecutive sixes in a 31-run over as LSG moved into the top four to bolster their playoff hopes.

South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen stood out with 47 for Hyderabad, in an innings interrupted by crowd trouble as the home team lost momentum and finally the match to stay in ninth position.

Things got heated in the stands after Hyderabad’s Abdul Samad, who hit an unbeaten 37, received a waist-high delivery that was called a no-ball by the on-field umpire but overturned on review.

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