Giants set the Sun down

Pacer Avesh Khan lived up to his hefty price tag of INR 10 crore to guide Lucknow Super Giants to a nervy 12-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai. Khan claimed four big wickets at crucial stages to help LSG earn their second win of the season. He moved up in the Purple cap race with excellent figures of 4/24. Sunrisers failed to chase 16 runs in the final over and were restricted to 157/9 by a quality Lucknow bowling attack.

Chasing a 170-run target, the Orange Army lost their openers Kane Williamson (16) and Abhishek Sharma (11) courtesy Khan with just 38 runs on the scoreboard. Williamson lost his wicket on his attempt to play a ramp shot but got caught by Andrew Tye. While Sharma also played a rash shot and became the second victim of Khan with Manish Pandey grabbing an easy catch.

Million-dollar man Nicholas Pooran gave some hope to SRH fans with some exemplary shots but Khan returned to the attack in the 18th over to get the better of him and Abdul Samad on back-to-back deliveries. Pooran, who was bought by the 2016 IPL champion for a whopping 10.75 crore, scored 34 runs off 24 balls.

Brief scores: LSG 169 for 7 in 20 overs (KL Rahul 68 off 50 balls, Deepak Hooda 51 off 33 balls, Washington Sundar 2/28, Romario Shepherd 2/42) SRH157/9 (Rahul Tripathi 44 off 30 balls, Avesh Khan Khan 4/24, Jason Holder 3/34).