Openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma smashed half-centuries as Sunrisers Hyderabad crushed Lucknow Super Giants by 10 wickets on Wednesday.
Chasing a modest 166 for victory, Head, who smashed 89, and fellow left-hander Abhishek, who hit 75, tore apart the opposition attack to be all out with 10.2 overs to spare at their home ground in Uppal.
Australia's Head attacked with a barrage of fours and sixes on his way to a 16-ball fifty, taking him past 500 runs for the season.
Head's fourth half-century - he also has a ton - in this edition puts him third in the batting charts behind Virat Kohli (542) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (541).
Abhishek joined the chase, reaching his fifty off 19 balls, after the pair had taken Hyderabad to 107 in the first six overs of the powerplay when only two fielders were allowed outside the crease.
Sunrisers, who won the IPL in 2016 under David Warner, recorded their seventh win in 12 matches to give birthday boy and captain Pat Cummins, who turned 31 on Wednesday, the perfect gift.
Abhishek hit the winning six as Hyderabad moved up to third in the 10-team table with 14 points. Lucknow remains sixth after the crushing defeat.
The top four teams will progress to the play-offs with the final in Chennai on 26 May.
Seam bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar set up the win with impressive figures of 2-12 from his four overs to restrict Lucknow to 165-4 after electing to bat first.
Lucknow kept losing wickets - including opener Quinton de Kock for two - until Nicholas Pooran, who made 48, and Ayush Badoni, who smashed 55, put on an unbeaten stand of 99 off 52 balls to raise the team total.
But it was not enough against a side that had posted record scores of 277 and 287 in this high-scoring edition of the T20 tournament.