IMAGE: Sikandar Raza and Sam Curran put up match-winning performances for Punjab Kings on Saturday, April 15, 2023. {Photograph}: BCCI
Simply 18 video games into the match and we have already been handled to a sequence of edge-of-the-seat contests. The competitors within the Indian Premier League is changing into more durable and the result tougher to foretell.
The continuing season has already served up a sequence of final over finishes and Saturday’s Punjab Kings-Lucknow Tremendous Giants match was one other epic conflict. It isn’t over until it is over –a section we have heard the commentators say too many instances now.
Punjab entered recreation 18 on the again of two straight losses. The visiting workforce had been the underdogs in opposition to the favoured Lucknow aspect, for whom a win would propel them to the highest of the IPL 2023 factors desk.
Nonetheless searching for their maiden IPL trophy, Punjab noticed two excellent performances — Sam Curran and Sikandar Raza — as PBKS picked up a two-wicket win over Lucknow with 3 balls to spare.
IMAGE: PBKS stand-in Skipper Sam Curran returned with a 3 wicket haul in opposition to LSG. {Photograph}: BCCI
Sam Curran
The England all-rounder led the aspect within the absence of the injured Shikhar Dhawan, and his present with the ball noticed PBKS decelerate Lucknow’s innings.
Simply because the hard-hitting Marcus Stoinis threatened to speed up the scoreboard, Curran handed Punjab the breakthrough.
Following a giant enchantment within the 18th over, Stoinis wasn’t given out. Curran — the bowler, and skipper — thought lengthy and arduous and took the evaluate. It was a stellar name as Stoinis fell for 15 off 11.
Within the ultimate over of the LSG innings, Curran pocketed back-to-back wickets to save lots of essential runs and limit Lucknow to 159/8.
IMAGE: Participant-of-the-Match Sikandar Raza posted an all-round present for the Punjab Kings. {Photograph}: BCCI
Sikandar Raza
The Pakistan-born Zimbabwean cricketer ticked all of the containers throughout Punjab’s win; not solely did he ensnare the hard-hitting Deepak Hooda, he took a high quality catch and went onto dazzle with the…
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