Abhishek Sharma smashed 59 runs as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2025 knockout match. Read full match highlights.
Abhishek Sharma IPL 2025 Knockout
Match Result:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) defeated Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 6 wickets at the Ekana Stadium, thereby eliminating LSG from playoff contention.
Key Performances:
🏏 Sunrisers Hyderabad Batting:
- Abhishek Sharma: 59 (Blistering knock with 4 consecutive sixes off Ravi Bishnoi, 18-ball fifty – 3rd fastest of the season)
- Heinrich Klaasen: 47 (28)
- Kamindu Mendis: 30* (Impact knock including 3 back-to-back boundaries)
- Ishan Kishan: 35
SRH chased down 206 in 18.2 overs (206/4)
⚡ Lucknow Super Giants Batting:
- Aiden Markram: 61
- Mitchell Marsh: 50
- Akash Deep: 6* (helped push the total past 200 in final over)
- Nicholas Pooran: 31 (struggled to get going)
- Final Score: 205/7
🎯 Turning Points:
- Abhishek Sharma’s 4 sixes in one over (7th over off Bishnoi) shifted the momentum firmly towards SRH.
- Klaasen and Mendis kept the chase under control in the middle overs.
- Digvesh Rathi claimed 2 key wickets (Abhishek & Kishan), but SRH’s batting depth prevailed.
- Poor fielding and lapses from LSG (misfields, missed chances) added to their downfall.
🏆 Match Highlights:
- SRH won the toss and chose to bowl first.
- Despite LSG posting a competitive 205/7, the SRH chase looked in control for most of the second innings.
- LSG’s season ends here, while SRH keeps their playoff hopes alive.
🔥 Fun Fact:
Abhishek Sharma’s 18-ball half-century is the third fastest in IPL 2025, and his fireworks were the decisive blow to LSG’s playoff dreams.