India, April 5 -- Rishabh Pant played a captain's hand as he guided Lucknow Super Giants home against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Sunday. The left-hander played an unbeaten 68-run knock off 52 balls to help the team register their first win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season. However, it wasn't as straightforward as it seemed. The match was tricky, as Sunrisers Hyderabad made a game of it and kept pegging LSG back. However, in the end, Pant brought all his experience into play to take his team over the line in the final over of the game.

In the final over bowled by Jaydev Unadkat, Pant smashed three boundaries to seal a five-wicket win for LSG with two balls to spare. As soon as the match-...