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IPL returns to Uppal — and Lucknow spoil Sunrisers' home opener

Looking back · April 2026

BY HYDERABAD STORIES

Originally reported by IPLT20

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Uppal.
Photo: iMahesh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Hyderabad Stories published this report on 11 October 2026 as part of a review of April 2026. It was drafted with AI assistance from the reports listed at the end, each read in full; quotations are as those reports printed them. Photo above — Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Uppal.

The IPL came back to Uppal on Sunday, 5 April 2026, for the first match of the season at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium — Match 10, Sunrisers Hyderabad against Lucknow Super Giants. It did not go the home side's way.

LSG won the toss and chose to field. Sunrisers lost three wickets inside the first four overs, before Heinrich Klaasen (62 off 41) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (56 off 33) rebuilt the innings to 156/9. Mohammed Shami took 2 for 9 in his four overs; Avesh Khan and Prince Yadav took two each.

Chasing 157, Aiden Markram made 45 off 27 and Rishabh Pant finished unbeaten on 68 off 50, taking Lucknow home with one delivery to spare.

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