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Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Heinrich Klaasen scored 62 off 41 balls to help his team score 156 against Lucknow Super Giants.

Klaasen went in to bat when his side was in trouble at 11 for 3; they had lost Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Kishan Ishan. The fourth wicket, Liam Livingston, fell on 26 to give LSG the upper hand in the match. With the Sunrisers on the ropes, Klaasen and Nitish Reddy (56) put on a 116-run fifth-wicket partnership from 63 balls. Klaasen (62) was the sixth wicket to fall with the Sunrisers on 144 with only 11 balls left, and they eventually finished on 156 for 9 in their 20 overs.

LSG, having to chase 157, started off cautiously with a 37-run partnership from 28 balls. Markram kept the scoring going with 45 off 27 balls to put LSG on a good platform in the chase. Then LSG captain Rishabh Pant steered the chase to ensure his side won their first match of the season. They eventually reached the target with 5 wickets and one ball left. The Sunrisers have played 3 matches and have only won 1 in these early stages of the IPL.