SRH vs LSG IPL 2022: Who won today's IPL match? Man of the Match, Point Table, Orange Cap, Purple Cap

Who won today’s IPL match?: 12th Match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 saw Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) taking on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. The match went down the wire and gave fans many exciting moments. But it was the KL Rahul-led side who had the last laugh as they completed a 12-run victory to register their second win of the season.

Today’s IPL match result

Invited to bat first, Lucknow Super Giants didn’t have a kind of start they would’ve wanted as Washington Sundar removed Quinton de Kock (1) and Evin Lewis (1) in his first overs. Manish Pandey also perished soon as LSG found themselves tumbling at 27/3. Skipper KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda then led the rescue charge for their side and on account of their half-centuries, the Lucknow-based franchise posted the total of 169 runs on the board. For SRH, T Natarajan was the pick of the bowlers and returned with the figures of 2/26.

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Chasing the target, SRH had a poor start as Avesh Khan sent both the openers Kane Williamson (16) and Abhishek Sharma (13) packing inside the power play. Rahul Tripathi the blasted a 30-ball 44 runs to bring his side back in the game but fell to Krunal Pandya, who earlier also removed Aiden Markram. Nicholas Pooran along with Washington Sundar then stitched a crucial partnership to keep their side in the hunt but the keeper batsman fell in the 18th over for 34 runs to Avesh Khan, who on the next ball removed Abdul Samad for duck. With 16 runs needed off the last over, Holder removed Sundar (18) on the first ball and followed it with a wickets of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Romario Shepherd to win the match for his side. Khan was the pick of the bowlers and returned with the figures of 4/24.

Man of the match today IPL

Lucknow Super Giants pacer Avesh Khan was named Man of the Match in today’s IPL encounter against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The right-arm claimed the figures of 4/24 and helped his side win the game by 12 runs. He first removed Kane Williamson and Abhishek Sharma in the power play to set the tone for his side. After that, he returned in the death and took the crucial wicket of Nicholas Pooran, who was hammering the bowlers and removed Abdul Samad for a duck as well to help his side claim two points.

Today IPL highlights

You can watch highlights of the today’s IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants on IPL’s website. Here’s the link to the same.

IPL schedule

The next match of the 15th edition of the IPL 2022 will take place between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

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IPL 2022 Point Table

Teams	P	W	L	Pts	Nrr
Rajasthan Royals	2	2	0	4	+2.100
Kolkata Knight Riders	3	2	1	4	+0.843
Gujarat Titans	2	2	0	4	+0.495
Punjab Kings	3	2	1	4	+0.238
Lucknow Super Giants	3	2	1	4	+0.193
Delhi Capitals	2	1	1	2	+0.065
Royal Challengers Bangalore	2	1	1	2	-0.048
Mumbai Indians	2	0	2	0	-1.029
Chennai Super Kings	3	0	3	0	-1.251
Sunrisers Hyderabad	2	0	2	0	-1.825

IPL 2022 Orange Cap

S.NO	Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
1	Ishan Kishan	2	135	81*	135.00	148.35
2	Jos Buttler	2	135	100	67.50	140.62
3	Deepak Hooda	3	119	55	39.67	145.12
4	Shivam Dube	3	109	57	36.33	165.15
5	K L Rahul	3	108	68	36.00	140.25

IPL 2022 Purple Cap

S.NO	Player	Mat	Wkts	Avg	Econ	SR
1	Umesh Yadav	3	8	7.37	4.91	9.00
2	Avesh Khan	3	7	13.57	8.14	10.00
3	Rahul Chahar	3	6	10.00	5.00	12.00
4	Yuzvendra Chahal	2	5	9.60	6.00	9.60
5	Mohammad Shami	2	5	11.00	6.87	9.60