Sunrisers Hyderabad have ended Lucknow Super Giants’ faint playoff hopes after a clinical six-wicket win in the Indian Premier League.

Sunrisers Hyderabad delivered a clinical performance in Match 61 of IPL 2025, knocking Lucknow Super Giants out of the playoff race with a commanding 6-wicket victory. The match, held at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow,

Sunrisers Hyderabad are 120-2 in pursuit of 206. If Lucknow do not stop Sunrisers in this chase they will be knocked out. Most of the damage has been done by Abhishek Sharma. The left-handed opener hit an 18-ball fifty, including four consecutive sixes, before being caught at deep cover in the eighth over.