Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) produced an impactful performance in their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium to register their second win in the ongoing Indian Premier League ღ(IPL).
Krunal Pandya was the wrecker-in-chief f🦩or the Super Giants 🔥as he came up with an all-round show to earn his side an impressive triumph in front of their home crowd.
Batting first, Sunrisers struggled to build any momentum and eventually ended their innings with a total of 121/8 in their 20 overs. Anmolpreet Singh top-scored๊ for the 2016 champions with 31 runs off 26 deliveries.
Krunal was the standout bowler for the Super Giants, with figures of 3/18 in his quota of four overs. He dismantled the SRH batting unit by taking wickets of Anmolpreet, Mayank Agarwal (8) and Sunrisers skipper Aiden Markram (0).
In response, LSG made a solid start to their innings, with captain KL Rahul and opener Kyle Mayers putting on 35 runs for the opening wicket on a challenging surface. They lost Rahul (35) and Mayers (13) inside the powerplay before Krunal stepped up and played a crucial knock of 34 runs off 23 deliveries to guide his team to victory with foꦏur overs to spare.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Nicholas Pooran finishes things off in style. chase down the target with 4 overs t💞o spare as they beat by 5 wickets.
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Back to 𝐖inning 𝐖ays 💙
A thumping win for our 🙌🔥 | | | |
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL)
The pitch in Lucknow surely has some devils h♊idden for the spinners. Looks like SRH prepare for Mark Wood but Krunal Pandya came out of course.
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)
have playe🦹d this beautifully. Showing how to bat on this surface.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
A game to remember for Krunal Pandya:
– 3/18 in 4 overs.
– 34 in 23 balls.– He did his job excellently in both the departments, a perfect all round performance for him!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
𝓡LSG hand SRH their second defeat of the season. |
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
😌 COMFORTABLE WIN FOR LSG! With a brilliant all-round performance from Krunal Pandya, LSG registered theꦑir second win.
📷 BCCI •
— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
Krunal Pandya in this match vs SRH:
•With the ball: 4-0-18-3
•With the bat: 34(23).What a All-round performa🐭nce by Krunal Pandya, outstanding!
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh)
Lord Krunal Pandya
3 Wickets in 3 OversMI Spinners
Last 3 matches – 2 Wickets— 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 (@Shebas_10dulkar)
Really happy for Krunal Pandya.
These 2 pics tell a story.— Saikat Ghosh (@Ghosh_Analysis)
