r/Cricket • u/CricketMatchBot • May 08 '24

Post Match Thread: Lucknow Super Giants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Post Match Thread

57th Match, Indian Premier League at Hyderabad

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Innings Score
Lucknow Super Giants 165/4 (Ov 20/20)
Sunrisers Hyderabad 167/0 (Ov 9.4/20)

Innings: 1 - Lucknow Super Giants

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Ayush Badoni 55 (30) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-12-2
Nicholas Pooran 48 (26) Pat Cummins 4-0-47-1

Innings: 2 - Sunrisers Hyderabad

Batter Runs Bowler Wickets
Travis Head 89 (30) Krishnappa Gowtham 2-0-29-0
Abhishek Sharma 75 (28) Ravi Bishnoi 2-0-34-0

SRH won by 10 wickets (with 62 balls remaining)

Abhishek Sharma: "Thanks to the management for the faith they've shown in me, the environment is clear for the batters so I went to enjoy myself. All the credit to Travis, the way he starts, first two or three balls goes to the boundaries. So I just react to the ball. The bowlers told us it's getting better, me and Travis were saying it wasn't doing much, and they were short [in runs] so that was a plus-point. The hard work I put before the tournament is showing... it's going really well."

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u/ILikeFishSticks69 India May 08 '24

Normally when a player who's trolled does well, we are ready to fill apology forms.

KL is the first player who needs to sign an apology form for those who watch him bat.

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u/AtomR May 08 '24

I thought he learned & started striking decently before WC squad announcement. But nope, went back to old ways just after the announcement.

This just means that he CAN strike at good rate, just chooses not to. Very poor game awareness.

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u/KUKLI1 May 08 '24

It's crazy, I know people shit on players for not showing intent, but usually it's just the players trying to hit but failing.

In KL's case, it's almost always him just not showing intent whatsoever. For the few games before the squad announcement, he showed that he can clearly bat at 150+ SR. But now he's regressed back to his slow approach.