HYDERABAD — Lucknow Super Giants chased down a target of 160 to defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on April 5, 2026. The match started at 11:00 local time, with Lucknow winning the toss and electing to field first.

Sunrisers Hyderabad batted first and posted 156 runs for the loss of nine wickets across their full allotment of 20 overs.

Lucknow Super Giants reached 160 runs for the loss of five wickets in 19.5 overs, completing the chase with one ball remaining in the innings.

Sunrisers Hyderabad's starting lineup featured Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, captain and wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Liam Livingstone, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat. The Hyderabad franchise named Salil Arora, David Payne, Eshan Malinga, Shivam Mavi and Zeeshan Ansari as substitutes for the match.

Lucknow selected a starting eleven of Mitch Marsh, Aiden Markram, captain and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant, Manimaran Siddharth, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi and Prince Yadav. The Lucknow franchise's bench comprised Ayush Badoni, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anrich Nortje, Matthew Breetzke and Himmat Singh.

The Sunrisers' starting eleven included three overseas players: Australian opener Head, South African batter Klaasen and English all-rounder Livingstone. Lucknow's lineup also included multiple international players, with Australian all-rounder Marsh, South African batter Markram and West Indian wicketkeeper-batter Pooran joining Indian fast bowler Shami and captain Pant.

The match was officiated by Anish Sahasrabudhe, Saidharshan Kumar, Nitin Menon, Shakti Singh and Vinod Seshan.