Avesh Khan fires Lucknow Super Giants to a 12 run win against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their 3rd match of the Indian Premier League 2022 on Monday at the Wankhede Stadium.
The Kane Williamson-led side had the match in their hand, but it all turned upside down once Avesh Khan, Lucknow's most expensive purchase struck. It seemed Nicholas Pooran and Washington Sundar would take SRH to the finish line, but it all came crashing down after Khan took 2 back to back wickets in the 18th over. He first removed Nicholas Pooran who scored a 24 ball 34 and then on the following ball ousted Abdul Samad. In the early overs as well, Avesh Khan had removed Kane Williamson and Abhishek Sharma. Apart from Khan, Krunal Pandya picked 2, and Jason holder got 3 wickets as SRH suffered a defeat in their 2nd consecutive match.
Earlier, With half-centuries from KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda, Lucknow made a stunning comeback. The duo lifted the game for Lucknow who were struggling at 27/3 at the end of the 5th over. A stunning 87 run partnership between the 2 players helped Lucknow post a decent 170 run target. While the skipper scored 68 in 50 balls, Hooda got 51 off 33 before they were removed by T Natrajan and Romario Shepherd respectively.
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Lucknow who have now won 2 out of their 3 matches so far will next face DC on 7th April and SRH will play CSK on 9th April.