Playing solely his second IPL match and first for the Lucknow franchise, Wood wreaked havoc along with his opening burst to rock Delhi Capitals in a steep chase of 194.
Wood’s three wickets in his first two overs utterly rattled Delhi as they by no means recovered from there, ending at 143 for 9 to lose the sport by 50 runs.
Wood figures of 5 for 14 is now one of the best ever by a Lucknow bowler.
The Englishman’s five-wicket haul fantastically complemented debutant Kyle Mayers‘ very good 73, who solely acquired an opportunity to showcase his exploits due to Quinton de Kock’s absence.
As It Happened
The trendy left-hander hit seven sixes in his 38-ball knock which was largely answerable for strong 193/6 in 20 overs.
Wood bowled back-to-back deadly in-cutters at 147 clicks which Prithvi Shaw (12) and Mitchell Marsh (0) did not even deliver their respective bats down earlier than the ball hit the ‘wooden’ work.
In case of Sarfaraz Khan (4), his weak point in opposition to pacey short-pitched stuff is effectively documented and Wood directed one at his physique, which may have blown his head off and he tried a non-existent ramp shot getting himself right into a tangle and the simplest of catches was taken at fine-leg boundary.
From 41 for no loss to 48 for 3, it occurred in an area of couple of overs DC weren’t capable of make a comeback after Wood had destroyed their confidence with uncooked tempo.
Skipper Warner and Rilee Rossouw (30 off 20 balls) did add 40 runs earlier than a freak dismissal off Ravi Bishnoi’s (2/31 in 4 overs) supply caused his downfall.
Bishnoi and ‘Impact Substitute’ Krishnappa Gowtham (0/19 in 4 overs) bowled admirably effectively in dew-laden circumstances and the later in actual fact confirmed his multi-skill value with a final ball six throughout LSG’s batting innings.
DC, on the day, did not look the half because the momentum slipped out of their grasp, manner too many instances. The 16 sixes conceded by DC bowlers was an affidavit to their inconsistency.
They did take pleasure in a superb bowling Powerplay, Mayers introduced his grand entry on IPL stage with a scintillating knock.
The left-hander from Barbados, who was included in absence of South African opener Quinton De Kock, made Capitals pay a heavy value for dropping him on 14, by blazing his strategy to a 28-ball fifty.
Deepak Hooda (17, 18b) on the different finish was a mere spectator to Mayers’ fury as they stitched 79 runs in 42 balls to speed up the run-rate within the center overs.
The duo departed within the house of 1 ball, whereas Marcus Stoinis (12) acquired out cheaply within the center overs.
But LSG maintained the momentum with Nicholas Pooran (36; 21b) and Krunal Pandya (15 not out; 13b) taking the cost, earlier than Ayush Badoni’s mini assault (18; 7b, 1×4, 2×6) and a final ball six from ‘Impact Substitute’ Krishnappa Gowtham yielded 22 runs from the twentieth over bowled by Chetan Sakariya (2/53).
The final 5 overs produced 66 runs, primarily because of Pooran and Badoni utilizing lengthy handles to good impact.
Playing their first-ever residence sport since becoming a member of IPL final 12 months, LSG have been in a spot of hassle with DC bowlers making full use of the two-paced difficult Ekana wicket after opting to bowl.
It took LSG openers, KL Rahul and Mayers, 16 balls to get going and hit their first boundary.
They have been decreased to 19/1 inside 4 overs when left-arm pacer Sakariya extended Rahul’s lean patch by dismissing the Indian opener with a slower one. It was Sakariya’s third dismissal of Rahul in 4 IPL match-ups.
But issues quickly tilted within the residence crew’s favour after Khaleel Ahmed grassed a sitter off Mayers within the final over the Powerplay.
Mayers unleashed his fury in opposition to debutant Mukesh Kumar, crunching him for 2 huge sixes within the very subsequent over.
There was no stopping Mayers as he continued his assault on their frontline spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav in his knock studded with seven sixes and two fours.
Patel nevertheless had the final chuckle when he cleaned up Mayers with a ball that turned nearly sq. from an imaginary fifth stump line.
Thereafter, it was his West Indies teammate Nicholas Pooran who seized the momentum in his 21-ball 36 (2X4, 3X6) as he together with Krunal Pandya stored the run stream.
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com