In a high-scoring encounter in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) dജefeated Pun꧅jab Kings (PK) by 56 runs at the Punj𒆙ab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Moh🐻ali on Friday.
Put in to bat, the Super Giants made full use of the batting-friendly conditions with opener Kyle Mayers setting the tone for LSG courtsey of a bl🌠azing knock of 54 runs knock off just 24 balls, which included seven fours and four sixes.
Ayush Badoni (43 off 24) and Nicholas Pooran (45 off 19) played their parts in the middle overs, but it was Marcus St♑oinis who stole the show with a breat💃htaking innings of 72 off 40 balls, which featured six fours and five sixes. LSG finished their innings at an imposing total of 257/5 in their allotted 20 overs.
In reply, Punjab started off disastrously, losing their opener Shikhar Dhawan for just one run. Atharva Taide (66 off 36) and Sikandar Raza (36 off 2♔2) kept the hosts in the hunt with thei🅠r aggressive stroke-play.
However, wickets kept falling at regular intervals, and no other batters could contribute significantly. Yash Thakur (4/37) and Naveen-ul-Haq (3/30) were the pick of the bowlers for LSG, as they bowled out PK for 201 runs in 19.5 overs, w🔯inning the match by 56 runs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
That's that from Match 38 of win by 56 runs and add two more points to their tally.
Scorecard –
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
What a classic team performance today from the 👏🏾🔥 Top class kno𒈔ck by , and . Brilliant bowling from & !! Complete dominance!
— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa)
2nd Player of the ma🦩tch award for Marcus Stoinis in IPL 20ཧ23.
He is turning out to be the backbone of Lucknow.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Still no smiles? Inhe 300 p🎶lus chahiye tha🎉 kya? 😂
— Ridhima Pathak (@PathakRidhima)
Marcus Stoinis won Player Of The Match award for ꦛhis incredible all round performance.
– The Hulk Stoinis!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)
Yash Thakur shined with the ball for LSG.
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
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Punjab Kings becomes the first team to score 200+ total but lose by 50+ runs in a T2✨0 match.
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
IPL is cooking.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer)
A tough loss to take. 💔
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
