Lucknow, Apr 1: West Indies opener Kyle Mayers had a brilliant IPL debut as his 73 off 38 balls propelled Lucknow Super Giants to a solid 193 for six against Delhi Capitals in an IPL match, here on Saturday.

 

Mayers, who is playing in place of Quinton de Kock, who is currently on national duty, smashed seven sixes apart from a couple of boundaries while adding 79 runs with Deepak Hooda (17).

 

Nicholas Pooran, a Rs 16 crore recruit, scored a quickfire 36 off 21 balls as Axar Patel (1/38) and Kuldeep Yadav (1/35) got some turn off the surface. Khaleel Ahmed was the most successful bowler with figures of 2 for 30.

Brief Scores:

LSG 193 for 6 in 20 overs (Kyle Mayers 73, Nicholas Pooran 36; Khaleel Ahmed 2/30, Axar Patel 1/38) vs DC.

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Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.

Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.

Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.

Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.

MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.

MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.

Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).