<p>Krunal Pandya's 3-18 led a wounding spin attack for Lucknow Super Giants to outclass Sunrisers Hyderabad on a slow pitch during Friday's five-wicket victory in the Indian Premier League.</p>.<p>The visitors wilted under a relentless 13 overs of spin and managed to cobble together just 121-8 after electing to bat first.</p>.<p>Veteran leg spinner Amit Mishra, who missed last year's tournament, vindicated his return to the IPL with 2-23 in four overs on the slowest pitch of the season so far.</p>.<p>"I am happy to play a limited role for the side," said Mishra, 40.</p>.<p>"There is less bounce on this black soil wicket, and that's the beauty of different conditions in the IPL. We did well to win in these conditions."</p>.<p>The Sunrisers tried hard to fight fire with fire but their own spin attack took too long to yield results with too small a total to defend.</p>.<p>Lucknow scored 127-5 in 16 overs and Pandya also shone with the bat, scoring 34 off 23 balls for the third wicket.</p>.<p>But it was his left-arm spin that sealed the win, with Mayank Agarwal sent back for eight and Aiden Markran falling for a golden duck during his debut as skipper on consecutive balls.</p>.<p>"We didn't really have enough runs on the board. It wasn't a great wicket for batting," said Markram.</p>.<p>"We tried to fight and scrap as much as we could, but they bowled well as per the conditions. We didn't have any momentum at all."</p>.<p>Leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi took 1-16 for Lucknow and now has six wickets in three outings.</p>.<p>He trails English teammate Mark Wood, who has eight wickets in two games but missed Friday's match to illness.</p>.<p>Skipper KL Rahul anchored Lucknow's innings with a sedate 35.</p>.<p>Hyderabad has now lost both its opening games and is languishing at the bottom of the IPL points table.</p>.<p>Lucknow leads the tournament with its second win in three games.</p>.<p>They next face Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday, when flashy South African Quinton de Kock will hope to return after sitting out Friday's home match.</p>
<p>Krunal Pandya's 3-18 led a wounding spin attack for Lucknow Super Giants to outclass Sunrisers Hyderabad on a slow pitch during Friday's five-wicket victory in the Indian Premier League.</p>.<p>The visitors wilted under a relentless 13 overs of spin and managed to cobble together just 121-8 after electing to bat first.</p>.<p>Veteran leg spinner Amit Mishra, who missed last year's tournament, vindicated his return to the IPL with 2-23 in four overs on the slowest pitch of the season so far.</p>.<p>"I am happy to play a limited role for the side," said Mishra, 40.</p>.<p>"There is less bounce on this black soil wicket, and that's the beauty of different conditions in the IPL. We did well to win in these conditions."</p>.<p>The Sunrisers tried hard to fight fire with fire but their own spin attack took too long to yield results with too small a total to defend.</p>.<p>Lucknow scored 127-5 in 16 overs and Pandya also shone with the bat, scoring 34 off 23 balls for the third wicket.</p>.<p>But it was his left-arm spin that sealed the win, with Mayank Agarwal sent back for eight and Aiden Markran falling for a golden duck during his debut as skipper on consecutive balls.</p>.<p>"We didn't really have enough runs on the board. It wasn't a great wicket for batting," said Markram.</p>.<p>"We tried to fight and scrap as much as we could, but they bowled well as per the conditions. We didn't have any momentum at all."</p>.<p>Leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi took 1-16 for Lucknow and now has six wickets in three outings.</p>.<p>He trails English teammate Mark Wood, who has eight wickets in two games but missed Friday's match to illness.</p>.<p>Skipper KL Rahul anchored Lucknow's innings with a sedate 35.</p>.<p>Hyderabad has now lost both its opening games and is languishing at the bottom of the IPL points table.</p>.<p>Lucknow leads the tournament with its second win in three games.</p>.<p>They next face Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday, when flashy South African Quinton de Kock will hope to return after sitting out Friday's home match.</p>