IPL 2025 playoff landscape: Is Lucknow Super Giants a chance after a loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad?
New Delhi: Opener Abhishek Sharma burnt in power with 59 in the evening with 59 Sunrisers Hyderabad To assure one to win six wickets Lucknow Super Giants On Monday. Chasing 206 for victory, Abhishek’s fireworks – herbs with four borders and six huge sixes laid the foundation to chase, which Hyderabad completed with 10 balls in Lucknow.The left hand hand fell to the eighth position, but not before establishing the speed. Henrich Klassen (47) and Kamindu Mendis (32* retired injuries) stained an important 55-run stand for the fourth wicket to take Hyderabad to the brink of victory. Nitish Reddy and Aniculture Verma then wrapped things easily.With this loss, the Lucknow super veterans were officially dropped from the playoff race, which became the fifth team to end with the dispute. The final playoff spot is now a direct fight between Mumbai Indians and Delhi capitals,“Surely, it could be one of our best seasons,” a disappointed LSG captain Rishabh Pant said after the match. “But in the tournament, we got a lot of gaps and injuries. As a team, we decided not to talk about it, but it became difficult to fill those intervals.”Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore have already sealed their spots in the playoffs, which start from May 29.
For Sunrisers Hyderabad, already out of the playoff controversy, winning came as a morale booster. “This gives us great confidence for the next year,” said Skipper Pat Cummins.
Abhishek went to the attack quickly even after losing the opening partner Atharva Taid, which became the first IPL scalp of the debutant Will O’Rurke. The 23 -year -old brought his fifty in just 18 balls and claimed his dominance by hitting three consecutive sixes from Ravi Bishnoi.Leg-spinner Digvesh Rathi eventually ended Abhishek’s blistering knock, and Ishan Kishan added 35 before falling. Klassen and Mendis then stabilized the ship. Although Klassen missed a half -century and Mendis had to lame due to a leg injury, Hyderabad had done enough.The final Utkarsh came from Reddy and Verma, who was sealing a confidence -boosting victory for Sunrisers as they look forward to IPL 2026.
