The not too long ago concluded twenty first match of the continued sixteenth season of the Indian Premier League between Lucknow Tremendous Giants and Punjab Kings is a testomony to the truth that first rate run-chases may prove to turn into quintessential cliffhangers.
Chasing a 160-run goal on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Punjab registered an exhilarating victory with 2 wickets and three balls remaining within the match. Needing three runs off 4 balls, Shahrukh Khan (23*) hit a Ravi Bishnoi (2/18) supply for a boundary to not let the equation additional drop.
Coming in to bat at No. 8 within the sixteenth over, Khan hit a 4 and two sixes at a strike charge of 230 to justify the religion imposed by the franchise in him.
Requested to bat first by Kings stand-in captain Sam Curran (3/31 & 6), Lucknow scored a mediocre 159/8 in 20 overs. Though it got here at a strike charge of 132.14, captain KL Rahul scoring 74 (56) in an in any other case dismal batting effort from his teammtes.
LSG vs PBKS Man of the Match Immediately
Very like the house group, the guests had been additionally powered by a half-century from Sikandar Raza (57). Batting at No. 3 proper after the powerplay, the Zimbabwean all-rounder’s maiden IPL half-century performed a key function in a profitable trigger tonight.
Whereas Curran was the decide of the Punjabi bowlers, quick bowler Kagiso Rabada dismissed a few batters middle-order batters. The others to choose a wicket apiece had been Harpreet Brar, Raza and Arshdeep Singh. Apart from dismissing Deepak Hooda (2) within the center overs, Raza additionally grabbed a catch within the dying overs to be rightly adjudged the Participant of the Match.
Wo Sikandar hee dosto kehlata hai 😉 A preventing win to get the marketing campaign again on monitor 💪🏽 Nicely performed boys @PunjabKingsIPL 👏🏽 #LSGvPBKS #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/x2q1tOHdFi
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) April 15, 2023
“Feels nice, to be sincere. After I received out, there have been a couple of demons in my head. Credit score to Shahrukh [Khan]. Good to get a fifty but when we had misplaced, I wouldn’t have felt so good. It’s one of many greatest stage. You’re right here and also you wish to do nicely. I’ve had two common video games which was there in my head,” Raza advised Star Sports activities…
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