10.26pm Well... got any plans for the rest of the evening? Still sunny in London so I'm off to give the dog a bonus walk... he'll be delighted, a diehard SRH fan is born!

A reminder of where that leaves the tournament standings... Sunrisers are back in the mood after a mid-tournament blip, and looking on course for a play-off berth thanks to that net-run rate boost. As for Lucknow, they need some luck now...

Thanks for joining us, that was remarkable viewing! From Miller, Ashish and Sudeep, good night!

Travis Head is the player of the match: A lot of fun, Abhi and I have had good partnerships. It was nice to get it done. Very very good fun. [What's changed] Just concentrating harder, trying to get into good positions. We got ahead of the rate and thought it was a great opportunity to maximise that. [Some of his shots vs spin] Something I have been working on with spin, something I have been working hard on. It will be a big part in the Caribbean. Nice to get 360 and get to the parts of the ground I have not been to. Dan and Pat have asked me to play that way. We want to maximise the powerplay. It is not going to work every time but we want to go for it. [On Abhishek] Beautiful for him to get a score. He missed out in the last few. His spin game is something else. We complement each other so well. [NRR being a factor?] We didn't think about it till the timeout. We have got ahead of the rate tonight which is good. [On the surface] Pick it up and take it everywhere. Nice to win at home. The crowd was exceptional tonight. A little break and we get into the last two. We start again, chasing has been tougher, but nice to get a win tonight.

Pat Cummins: [Changed the pitch midway?] Maybe Trav and Abhi did. [Openers] I just let them go. Two guys who are very positive about the game. It's hard to have some answers as a bowler, they have been fantastic. [On Head] He doesn't surprise me anymore. He has always been the guy who hits to tough areas. Might not be very conventional but gets the job done. [On Abhishek] Just an incredible player of spin but also pace. With only two fielders out, it is really tough to bowl to him. Real exuberance of youth. [What's changed with batters this year?] Just the par scores have gone up. When the wicket is really good, it is tough to come up against batters who are red-hot. [Expected that kind of birthday present?] Not to that extent. Super confident, we love playing here. To win none down and win like that was great.

Abhishek Sharma: "Thanks to the management for the faith they've shown in me, the environment is clear for the batters so I went to enjoy myself. All the credit to Travis, the way he starts, first two or three balls goes to the boundaries. So I just react to the ball. The bowlers told us it's getting better, me and Travis were saying it wasn't doing much, and they were short [in runs] so that was a plus-point. The hard work I put before the tournament is showing... it's going really well."

Impressive honesty from a shellshocked LSG captain, KL Rahul: "I'm lost for words. We've watched that batting on TV but that was unreal. Everything was hitting the middle of the bat, kudos to their skill, they've worked very hard on their six-hitting. They didn't give a chance to see what the wicket was playing like, it didn't change much, but that mindset and freedom to tee off from ball one... the only way to stop them was wickets in the powerplay and we didn't do that.

"Once you're on the losing side, always question marks but we thought it was a good decision to put runs on the board. Ayush and Nicholas fought well to put 166 on the board, but if we'd got 250 it seemed like they'd get it."

10.16pm Incredible scenes. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have demolished this chase in barely 45 minutes. An extraordinary 148 of those runs came in the space of 30 boundary balls, 16 fours and 14 sixes. It's a bruising display from the most sensational batting line-up of this tournament. And the middle-order didn't get a look-in!

9.4
6
Yash Thakur to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, And that, my friends, is that! In the slot outside off, and butchered over extra cover. SRH have chased 166 inside 10 overs!
9.3
1
Yash Thakur to Head, 1 run, width outside off, and cut off the toe out to cover. A direct-hit would have been close... in the not-very-literal sense
9.2
2
Yash Thakur to Head, 2 runs, wide line, flapped down to long-off, gets back for two
9.1
1
Yash Thakur to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, outside off, crashed up and into the off side, another single... Head needs 4, 4, 6...

END OF OVER:
9 | 14 Runs | SRH: 157/0 (9 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 17.44, RRR: 0.81)

  • Abhishek Sharma68 (26b)
  • Travis Head86 (28b)
  • Naveen-ul-Haq2-0-37-0
  • Ravi Bishnoi2-0-34-0

Shankar: "With all due respect, Pat Cummins did promise "fireworks" during his interview as a loosing captain last match. "

8.6
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Abhishek Sharma, 1 run, tight on the back foot, tucked to the on-side, Abhishek keeps the strike, and probably ends any hope of Head winning it with a hundred...

This won't now be the final over...

8.5
0
Naveen-ul-Haq to Abhishek Sharma, no run, pace off the ball, beaten as Abhishek swings a rare air-shot in the general direction of cow corner

Hruturaj: "Looks like someone slipped the Sunrisers Hyderabad a cheat sheet from the old EA Cricket game! I mean, are they playing with a secret controller combo or what? hitting boundaries as if they've got a cheat code for unlimited sixes! Someone needs to check their game settings"

8.4
4
Naveen-ul-Haq to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, slower ball, back of a length, on the pads, helped through fine leg. Remorseless!
8.3
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Head, 1 run, swings into a pull to leg, not timed on this occasion but another single

Siva: "Nervous CSK fan calculating how much will be SRH's NRR"

8.2
6
Naveen-ul-Haq to Head, SIX, Like pinging off the lid of a tin of treacle! Almost a perfect yorker, but out comes the bottom hand, levering the ball high over long-on again!
8.1
2
Naveen-ul-Haq to Head, 2 runs, wiped off the good length, back over the bowler's head, mopped up at long-on

This could be the final over... no really...

Indian Premier League

TeamMWLPTNRR
KKR1493201.428
SRH1485170.414
RR1485170.273
RCB1477140.459
CSK1477140.392
DC147714-0.377
LSG147714-0.667
GT145712-1.063
PBKS145910-0.353
MI144108-0.318