Sunrisers Hyderabad have ended Lucknow Super Giants’ faint playoff hopes after a clinical six-wicket win in the Indian Premier League.

Sunrisers Hyderabad are 120-2 in pursuit of 206. If Lucknow do not stop Sunrisers in this chase they will be knocked out. Most of the damage has been done by Abhishek Sharma. The left-handed opener hit an 18-ball fifty, including four consecutive sixes, before being caught at deep cover in the eighth over.

Lucknow: Abhishek Sharma smashed half a dozen sixes in his 20-ball 59 to ensure a convincing six-wicket win for Sunrisers Hyderabad and knock Lucknow Super Giants out of the IPL play-offs race here on Monday.