In the third match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defea𒉰🐷ted Delhi Capitals (DC) at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Luckไnow 🌟on Saturday.
Put in to bat, the Super Giants lost captain KL Rahul early as he could not contribute much, scoring only 8 runs off 12 balls. However, Kyle Mayers kept the pressure on and took the DC bowling attack to the cleane🉐rs.
Mayers played a brilliant innings of 73 runs off 38 balls, hitting 2 fours and 7 sixes. Nicholas Pooran also played a crucial knock of 36 runs off 21 balls, hitting 2 fours and 3 sixes as LSG managed to put up a massive total of 193/6 in🐻 their 20 overs.
In response, the Capitals got just couldn’t get going and kept losing wickets at regular intervals only to reach 143/9 in 20 overs, losing the contest by 50 runs. DC skipper David Warner was the only batsman who🍷 stood out for the Capitals, scoring 56 runs off 48 balls with the help of 7 fours.
Mark Wood was the standout performer for the Super Giants in the bowling department, picking up 5 wickets for just 14 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Avesh Khan also bowled well, taking a couple of scalps for 29 run♐s in 4 ove♒rs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
A co🦩mprehensive victory at home to mark the first win of the season! 🙌🏻 clinch a 50-run victory over !
Scorecard ▶️ |
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Mayers sahab toh full gully cricket rules use kar rahe hain…batting bhi pehle, bowling bhi pehle 😂👏 | | | |
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL)
Other than that 2nd over, went nowhere with their chase. Very off-key innings fꦕr🐼om Warner.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Today for LSG
– Kyle Mayers scores 73(38) on IPL career debut.– Mark Wood takes five-wicket haul in his 2nd IPL match of career, after going wicketless in his first match (in 2018).
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Highest score in debut IPL innings
158* B McCullum KKR vs RCB Bengaluru 2008
116* M Hussey CSK vs PBKS Mohali 2008
84* S Marsh PBKS vs Deccan Hyderabad 2008
73 Kyle Mayers LSG vs DC Lucknow 2023— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
Kyle Mayers today innings:
•First 17 balls – 17 runs.
•Last 21 balls – 56 runs (266.66 SR).Mad innings from Kyl🦩e Mayers, and incredible acceleration!
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh)
Very good win for The key moment was the dropped catch of Mayers. Delhi had the match in control in the powerplay and that catch would♒ have made it very difficult for Lucknow. How one mistake changes a game! And then Mark Wood’s back to back gems!𒁏
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
Lucknow Super Giants register a thumping w�ꦅ�in against Delhi Capitals. | 📝
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Mark Wood played 1 match in IPL 2018.
Mark Wood missed IPL 2022 due to injury.
Mark Wood took a five-wicket haul in IPL 2023.
The journey of his cricket career has been tough but his ability ꦅto fight & fight ✤to come back is remarkable.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Kyle Mayers another monster from West Indies. What a ball st⛎riking ability.
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan)
This bowling performance by Mark Wood wi𒆙ll fill Ekanna stadium.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
Kyle mayers to DC bowlers 🥲
— ROH!TH 🌶️ (@_rohith_08)
People should stop getting surprised by this ꦏMayers b🐻litzkrieg
Guy toyed Jofra Archer, Rashid Khan & Sam Curran at the𓆉ir own home ground this𓃲 SA20
This is nothing
WI players have got the power & flair always
— Sinlesan (@Sinlesan_)
Half-century on IPL debut for Kyle Mayers 🔥🔥
He's entertaining the Lucknow crowd here with some big blows!
— Hemanth Kumar 👑🇮🇳 (@hemanthkumar_62)