IPL 2023 [Twitter reactions]: Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis drive Lucknow Super Giants to a thrilling win over Rajasthan Royals

In a thrilling encounter between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), the Super Giants emerged victorious by 10 runs in Match 26 of the Indian Premier League ♒(IPL) 2023 at the Sawai Mansingh Stad𒊎ium.

After being asked to bat, the Super Giants put up a decent total of 154/7 in their allotted 20 overs, thanks to the contributions of Kyle Mayers (51 runs off 42) and KL Rahul (39 runs off 32). Ravichandran Ashwin was t🤡he pick of the bowlers for Rajasthan Royals, wiཧth 2 wickets for 23 runs.

In response, the Royals could only manage 144/6 in their 20 overs, falling short by 10 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal (44 runs off 35) and Jos Buttler (40 runs off 41) were the leading run-scorers for Rajasthan. Avesh Khan was the star with the ball for the Super Giants, taking 3 🥀wickets for 25 runs in his 4 overs.

LSG’s bowlers kept the pressure on RR throughout the innings and restricted them to a below-par total. In the end, Lucknow Super Giants won the match by 10 runs, with Avesh Khan and Marcus Stoinis being the standout performers.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

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— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL)

Another last over victory and another case of a bowler keeping his head calm in the final over. Well done for defending a total of 154 ru✱ns, the lowest defended score of this season. A stupendous team effort! 👌

— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03)

What a brilliant last over and spell from !! A gre🎉at comeback from the bowlers after the initial partne🍎rship!! Kyle Mayers continued his good run and a super bowling display on debut from !! 👏🏾

— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)

So often when you are chasing 150-160, you can lull yourself into thinking you can accelerate at any point if yo♔u have wickets in hand. That is where a lot𓆏 of such games are lost

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)

Break-out-of-jail wi🌃n for LSG this. Quite a bowling performance!

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula)

Wit▨h that RR defeat, every side has no🌱w lost at least one game at their original home ground in

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)

LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS WON.

What a comeback win, Royals were 87 for 0 while chasing 155 runs and then LSG won b⛄y 10 runs.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)

Fought till the end, but it just wasn’t ou🍨r night. ☹️

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals)

Whaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt a turnaround from the🔴 Lucknow Super Giants!

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— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)

LSG players when Gambhir pra꧟ises them after a match

— Anurag Dwivedi 🏏 (@AnuragxCricket)

Riyan Parag is either very lucky or very unlucky, dependin🌠g on the prism of your eyes

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)