LSG Wins First IPL 2026 Match by 5 Wickets Over SRH

Lucknow Super Giants secured their first win of the Indian Premier League 2026 season with a tense five-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Captain Rishabh Pant anchored the chase with an unbeaten 68 off 50 balls, including nine fours, guiding his team to 157 for five with one ball to spare after electing to bowl first.

Sunrisers Hyderabad, put in to bat, suffered an early collapse, slumping to 26 for four in the powerplay. Opener Abhishek Sharma fell for a two-ball duck to Mohammed Shami, who also dismissed Travis Head for seven and Ishan Kishan for one, finishing with figures of two for nine in four overs. Liam Livingstone added 14 before edging a scoop shot to Pant, who took a stunning one-handed diving catch off Digvesh Rathi.

A 116-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy revived the innings. Klaasen scored 62 off 41 balls with five fours and two sixes, while Reddy made 56 off 33 balls featuring three fours and five sixes. Their stand pushed the score forward, but the momentum shifted late as LSG's bowlers struck back. Manimaran Siddharth claimed Reddy in the...