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Put in to bat, Mayers (54 off 24) and Stoinis (72 off 40) fired Lucknow Super Giants to 257 for five towards Punjab Kings. This was the second highest whole in IPL historical past. RCB maintain the file of scoring highest IPL whole once they scored 263/5 in 20 overs towards Pune Warriors India in 2013.
Besides being the second highest whole in IPL historical past, it was additionally the very best of the season.
Needing nearly 13 runs per over to tug off an inconceivable chase, Punjab remained behind within the sport regardless of scoring at an honest fee to finish with 201 in 19.5 overs.
Atharava Taide batted effectively for 66 off 36 balls, his maiden fifty plus rating in IPL, however the likes of Liam Livingstone (36 off 22) and Sikandar Raza (23 off 14) couldn’t keep lengthy sufficient to place strain on the opposition. Skipper Shikhar Dhawan lasted solely two balls on his return. Young pacer Yash Thakur was probably the most profitable bowler with figures of 4/37 in 4 overs.
At 152 for 4 in 15 overs,Punjab have been hanging at greater than 10 runs per over however process of getting one other 106 runs from the final 30 balls was past the attain of even Livingstone and Sam Curran (21 off 11).
Mayers went on the rampage within the Powerplay earlier than Stoinis 40) effortlessly collected boundaries at will to assist his workforce set an enormous goal. The different necessary contributions got here from Ayush Badoni (43 off 24) and Nicholas Pooran (45 off 19).
Back to guide Punjab after three video games, Dhawan opted to subject however his bowlers have been far and wide on a belter of a observe.
Barring Rahul Chahar, all the opposite six bowlers leaked greater than 10 runs per over. The often frugal Arshdeep Singh leaked 54 runs in 4 overs and Kagiso Rabada gave away 52 runs in 4 overs though he had two wickets to indicate for his efforts.
The whole was additionally the very best of the season and 6 runs shy of 263, the very best ever whole in IPL historical past achieved by RCB again in 2013 when Chris Gayle performed his epic 175-run knock.
LSG skipper Okay L Rahul (12 off 9) was the one batter, who couldn’t make use of preferrred batting circumstances. He was dropped on the primary ball of the match off debutant Gurnoor Brar however couldn’t make it depend.
Mayers seemed in menacing powerful from the get go as he smashed Arshdeep for 4 boundaries in his opening over. He began with a beautiful drive by way of level earlier than utilizing his lengthy levers to focus on the lengthy on and deep mid-wicket area, accumulating seven fours and 4 sixes in whole.
Such was his confidence and he took a few strides ahead to dispatch Rabada simply over his head.
After Mayers fell contained in the Powerplay, Stoinis and Badoni shared an 89-run stand off solely 47 balls to take care of the momentum created by Mayers.
Stoinis performed some breathtaking strokes in his belligerent knock that included 5 sixes and half a dozen boundaries.
Stoinis might have been dismissed within the thirteenth over however Liam Livingstone touched the boundary whereas making an attempt to take a regulation catch at lengthy on.
Pooran started his innings with three again to again off drives off Livingstone. LSG hammered 73 runs off the final 30 balls.
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com