The seventh match of IPL 2025 was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. The match between the two teams was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. During this time, Nicholas Puran, playing a half -century innings from Lucknow, overtook many players in the race of Orange Cap.
Puran scored 70 runs in just 26 balls. Puran hit 6 fours and as many sixes in this innings. This is his second consecutive fifty. Earlier, he scored 75 runs against Delhi. Now Orange Cap is near Puran.
Puran has so far scored 145 runs in 2 matches at an average of 72.50. During this time he has a strike rate of 258.92. In the Orange Cap race, Puran has left behind the legendary players like Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head and Ishaan Kishan.
Mitchell Marsh is second in this list. He also scored an innings of 51 runs against Hyderabad. He has scored 124 runs in 2 matches at an average of 62. During this time his strike rate has been 185.07. Thanks to Puran and Marsh’s innings, Lucknow achieved the target of 191 runs in Hyderabad in just 16.1 overs.
Travis Head is third in this list. He has scored 114 runs in 2 matches at an average of 57. During this, he has scored runs at a strike rate of 193.22. Head had hit 47 runs in 28 balls against Lucknow at a strike rate of 167.86.
Before the match between the two teams, the Orange Cap was with Ishaan Kishan of Hyderabad. Who played a century of 106 runs in the first match of the team. But he was dismissed on zero against Lucknow.
Published at : 28 Mar 2025 11:53 AM (IST)
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