Lucknow Super Giants defeated Punjab Kings by 56 runs in a high-scoring contest on Friday. Achieving the second-highest total in IPL history thanks to a power-hitting masterclass by Marcus Stoinis and Kyle Mayers.
Lucknow Super Giants defeated Punjab Kings by 56 runs in a high-scoring contest on Friday. Achieving the second-highest total in IPL history thanks to a power-hitting masterclass by Marcus Stoinis and Kyle Mayers.
Lucknow Super Giants defeated a wasteful Punjab Kings team with a score of 257 for five thanks to the brutal hitting of Mayers (54 off 24) and Stoinis (72 off 40).
Despite scoring at a decent rate and reaching 201 in 19.5 overs. Punjab remained behind in the game and required nearly 13 runs per over to complete an unlikely chase.
Atharava Taide batted well for 66 off 36 balls, his lady fifty or more score in IPL, yet any semblance of Liam Livingstone (36 off 22) and Sikandar Raza (23 off 14) couldn’t remain to the point of coming down on the resistance.
Captain Shikhar Dhawan endured just two balls on his return. Youthful pacer Yash Thakur was the best bowler with figures of 4/37 of every 4 overs.
While Punjab Kings suffered their fourth defeat in eight games, it was LSG’s fifth victory in eight games.
Punjab was 152 for four in 15 overs, scoring more than 10 runs per over. But even Livingstone and Sam Curran (21 off 11) couldn’t get another 106 runs from the last 30 balls.
It was not only the highest total of the season but also the second-highest total in IPL history.
Before Stoinis’s 40, Mayers went on the attack in the Powerplay and effortlessly and at will collect boundaries to help his team set a huge goal.
All six bowlers, with the exception of Rahul Chahar, gave up more than 10 runs per over. Arshdeep Singh, who is typically thrifty, lost 54 runs in four overs. Kagiso Rabada lost 52 runs in four overs despite taking two wickets.
In addition, the total was the highest of the season and was six runs short of 263. Which was the highest total in IPL history set by RCB in 2013 when Chris Gayle played an epic 175-run inning.
LSG captain K L Rahul (12 off 9) was the main player, who couldn’t utilize ideal batting conditions. He was dropped by debutant Gurnoor Brar on the first ball of the match, but he was unable to score.
When Mayers smashed Arshdeep for four boundaries in his first over, he made an intimidating and tough appearance right away.
He started with a stunning drive-through point and then used his long levers to hit the long-on and deep middle wicket, scoring seven fours and four sixes in all.
Such was his certainty and he took two or three steps forward to dispatch Rabada simply over his head.
Stoinis and Badoni shared a 47-ball 89-run stand to keep Mayers’ momentum going after he went down in the Powerplay.
In his aggressive round, Stoinis hit some jaw-dropping shots, including five sixes and half a dozen boundaries.
Stoinis might have been excused in the thirteenth over yet Liam Livingstone contacted the limit. While attempting to take a guideline to get at long-on.
Pooran kicked off his innings by hitting Livingstone with three consecutive off drives. In the final 30 balls, LSG scored 73 runs.