Lucknow, May 19 -- Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram's blitzkrieg, along with Nicholas Pooran's finishing touches, powered Lucknow Super Giants to 205/7 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Ekana Stadium on Monday in the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Marsh's 65 and Markram's 61 laid the foundation for LSG while Pooran dazzled with his quick-fire 45 to take the Super Giants to a challenging total.

After Hyderabad put Lucknow to bat, Marsh and Markram went all guns blazing with their swashbuckling display. Marsh drew the first blood and opened his account with a boundary on the first ball of the match by pulling off a flashy upper cut.

He topped it up with an 80m maximum off Sunrisers skipper Pat Cummins on the fourth bal...