Mohammed Shami and Rishabh Pant star as Lucknow defeat Hyderabad in tight IPL clash

[p]Pace bowler [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/shami-mohammed/KrcDlD7e/"]Shami[/a]'s inspirational opening spell had [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunrisers-hyderabad/ltywUfPr/"]Hyderabad[/a] tottering at 26-4 before the home team reached [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/lucknow-super-giants-juEriKhI/sunrisers-hyderabad-ltywUfPr/?mid=jDdHk8OH"]156-9[/a] at the Uppal stadium.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lucknow-super-giants/juEriKhI/"]Lucknow[/a] started strongly but wobbled in the middle phase before the left-handed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pant-rishabh/KKYC7ObS/"]Pant[/a] kept calm to steer the team home with one ball to spare for their first win of the season in two matches.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/markram-aiden/t2HJVWpB/"]Aiden Markram[/a]'s 45 off 27 balls set up the chase but Lucknow lost quick wickets including impact substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/badoni-ayush/UVdpcJ5t/"]Ayush Badoni[/a], stumped for 12, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pooran-nicolas/AR46XyCI/"]Nicholas Pooran[/a], run out for one.[/p][embed guid="180089a5-a5d0-4285-9b71-7ee409393c5a" url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DWwJaghjial/" social-type="instagram" /][p]Needing nine off the final over, Pant, a wicketkeeper-batter, hit three fours including the winning boundary off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/unadkat-jaydev/rm5pvXEA/"]Jaydev Unadkat[/a].[/p][p]Shami stood out after he took down Hyderabad's dangerous openers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sharma-abhishek/xxgJnSUg/"]Abhishek Sharma[/a], for a duck, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/head-travis/EiBJThAd/"]Travis Head[/a], for seven, on successive balls in his first two overs.[/p][p]He had Sharma caught at short third off the last delivery of his opener and Head then taken at mid-off from the first ball of his second over.[/p][p]India's veteran quick Shami has 462 international wickets across three formats but has fallen off the radar of national selectors despite consistent domestic performances.[/p][embed guid="951e7e7c-b76d-4f14-ac44-c8f1b27f6af6" url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DWwImd1k4yX/" social-type="instagram" /][p]The 35-year-old Shami last played for India in the final of the 2025 ODI Champions Trophy in Dubai.[/p][p]England's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/livingstone-liam/lSOz1l08/"]Liam Livingstone[/a] avoided the hat-trick but soon fell for 14 after skipper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kishan-ishan/vsVSOdKD/"]Ishan Kishan[/a] was bowled for one before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/klaasen-heinrich/2eSomXze/"]Heinrich Klaasen[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kumar-reddy-nitish/t0X4fwjH/"]Nitish Kumar Reddy[/a] hit back.[/p][p]Klaasen top-scored with 62 and Reddy hit 56 off 33 balls as the two put on 116 runs in a counter-attacking stand that gave Hyderabad a fighting chance.[/p][p]But once the two departed, Hyderabad's batting fell apart as fast bowlers [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/yadav-prince/MRG7anj2/"]Prince Yadav[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/khan-usman/tCNrrQuh/"]Avesh Khan[/a] finished with two wickets each to provide able support to Shami.[/p]