Obliteration
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Sunrisers Hyderabad obliterated Lucknow Super Giants’ challenge by first stifling them with the new ball and then launching a sensational chase of 166 in just 9.4 overs, the highest 10-over score in any T20. The massive win lifted them to No. 3 in the points table with 14 points in 12 matches, but also gave them a much-needed net-run-rate boost. The chase was so brutal that LSG didn’t even bother with their Impact Substitute. A lot will rightly be spoken of the explosive batting of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, who got to their fifties in 16 and 18 balls respectively, putting on a hu8ndred inside the powerplay for the second time this IPL, both the highest powerplay scores in all of T20 cricket. However, it was with the ball that SRH set up the win. Bhuvneshwar Kumar led the way with figures of 4-0-12-2, conceding only in denominations of one, completely shutting down the LSG top order, which scored just 66 in the first 11.2 overs. That they were not enterprising enough was underscored by the unbeaten 99-run stand between Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran, which eventually proved to hopelessly inadequate.