LSG vs SRH, 12th Match at Navi Mumbai, IPL, Apr 04 2022 - Ball by Ball Commentary

And, friends, that is all from us at ESPNcricinfo. Another total defended, another good win for the Super Giants. Trends emerging from every team now. Just makes this competition so expensive. See you tomorrow for Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore. Ta-da!

Avesh Khan is the Player of the Match. He says, "Effort was to give wickets to team because that's what the team wants from me. I wanted to give wicket in powerplay phase and slog-overs phase. (Williamson wicket) I had thought I'll bowl slow. I noticed that slower balls were working well in the first innings, so I thought I'd do that as a variation in the powerplay. (Hat-trick ball) I wanted to bowl a dot ball so thought I'll go for the yorker option. (New franchise adjustment) The set up is great with Gambhir, Bichel and Flower here. They tell me to bowl to my strengths."

Winning captain KL Rahul: "What's pleasing is that we've found a way to stay in the game and give ourselves a good chance of winning. We did that again today. Not ideal to lose three wickets early, but we need to give ourselves a little time since we bat deep and we have power at the death. That's something we need to learn as a batting group - how to do play risk-free cricket while looking for fours. But with the ball we've been brilliant in all three games. We don't chat so much in the middle. As opening batsmen, you give yourselves a couple of balls and if the wicket is good then both openers have to go. We have that extra batter with Jason coming in, so the plan is to put pressure on the opposition. That's the body language we want to carry. To go out there and hit boundaries and sixes, but choose smart shots. If we lost wickets early, we need to quickly assess the situation and see what the target should be. Quinton and Lewis wanted to put pressure on Washington, but it didn't come off. I've been playing with Hooda for last 3-4 seasons, he doesn't come out of the nets. Don't really need to do so much nets when you're batting so well, but he never comes out of the nets. He had to wait for his chance, he's using that, and now is becoming someone you can rely on, in the middle order."

Kamal: "So much young Indian leadership in this IPL: Samson, Rahul, Shreyas, Pant, Mayank, Hardik and even Jaddu. This will augur well for Team India across formats. "

Time for the presentation.

Janareddy: "Rahul and avesh combined should be the player of the match"

Krunal Pandya: "Best feeling to contribute. Had a great run with Mumbai indians, but this is a different franchise. I genuinely feel this is my first IPL season, that's how excited I am. The way boys have come back, it is showing that we know we can do something special."

Rakspace: "Full marks today for Rahul's captaincy. He is often criticized for his captaincy, but today he was spot on with bowling changes in the end."

Williamson, the losing captain: "Much better performance from the last outing. Our powerplay bowling was good with three wickets. If only we could break the next partnership but credit to Deepak Hooda and KL Rahul. That was the difference to take them to 170. There were glimpses where we put ourselves in positions to get over the line with the bat, but wasn't good enough. It was a good surface. We knew if we can get some good partnerships, there was enough power in the hut. We'll reflect on the small margins and look at the positives. I think the guys with the bowling roles were good. Some key death overs from us too. They were arguably wanting a few more runs as well. A few ones and a few twos and the chase would've taken a different shape. The game is a game of small margins but we don't want to get too far ahead and try to look back on those good bits."

The Super Giants motley crew once again win a game that they had to scrap a lot for. Wins like these will give them confidence that they can get the job done even when on the back foot. Also a sigh of relief for captains who worry too much about the toss deciding the result.

11.19pm the last three overs were impeccable from the experienced Super Giants bowlers. Avesh got the two wickets at a point when Sunrisers were ahead in the contest. Andrew Tye then conceded only 10, and with 16 needed off the last over, Jason Holder kept finding the yorker when it mattered the most. Sunrisers needed 33 in 18 balls, managed only 20. Super Giants now one of five teams on four points each.

Back to the drawing board for Sunrisers, who clearly have issues with the batting order and where their best batters should fit in. Expect some changes before their next match on Saturday.

Mustafa Moudi : "DK scored the winning run against KKR and now Holder defending it against SRH - beauty of Mega Auction !!"

Moiz: "When you have genuine openers like Markram and R Tripathi then why open with less experience player and bring them under pressure. It's not good from a team like SRH."

Guess that's two losses in two games for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Ajit: "SRH has their batting order completely wrong. Washy is not a finisher. Abhishek was decent last year at 5 or 6. Tripathi is your opener and Kane is your middle order shepherd! Too many cooks? "

Holder runs in but pulls out. He'll have to reload. Just slowing proceedings. Lots of running around happening between the Super Giants players

The batters crossed, but according to the new IPL rules, the new batter must be on strike

Kartik: "Shepherd gave 17 off the last over. SRH need 16 now....fun n games"

Holder needs to defend 15. Sunrisers need 16. Who is thinking about a Super Over?

big ball coming up.

Kirthi: "Last over highest was 26 in 2009 for Deccan Chargers. " -- Was that the Mashrafe over against KKR?

Raja Muthu: "As long as a West Indian is batting, the match isn't over."

Sunrisers need 26 off 12. The Sunrisers box looks quite nervous. To be fair, even the Lucknow camp (Gambhir et al) are quite....Gambhir

Vern: "Romario Shepard is capable of finishing this for SRH with balls to spare. "

Jigar: "In first game people were criticizing LSG for paying 10 CR to Avesh Khan or saying his bowling was mainly reflection of good bowling of rabada and nortje. Today he's answering all his critics"

So its been a top comeback after that six. Three dots, of which two are wickets. Here's Romario Shepherd.

What a crucial boundary that was. Now they need 33 in 18. Avesh is back. Pooran on strike. Expect either short balls or those quite wide outside off. Pooran will enjoy the pace if it is in his arc.