Nawabs of Lucknow performed Bhangra in Punjab

Mohali (Best Hindu News): Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), led by captain KL Rahul, registered a massive 56-run win against Punjab Super Kings in Mohali, Punjab on Friday.

Lucknow’s batsmen rained first runs in the field of Mohali, while bowlers later put on a downfall of wickets by performing killer bowling, as a result, the Nawabs’ team once again improved their position in the points table with pride. Got second place.

Batting first after losing the toss, LSG scored 257 runs for five wickets, which is the second best score ever in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The lions of Punjab, who came under the pressure of the mountain of runs, kept losing their wickets one after the other and the whole team returned to the pavilion after scoring 201 runs in 19.5 overs. Lucknow performed better than Punjab in every department of the game.

Earlier, thanks to the brilliant batting of Kyle Mayers (54), Ayush Badoni (43), Marcus Stoinis (72) and Nicholas Pooran (45), Lucknow Super Giants scored a challenging score of 257 runs. Later, with the help of Yash Thakur (4 for 37) and Naveen-ul-Haq (3 for 30), Ravi Vishnoi (2 for 41) bowled Punjab at home.

Although Atharv Tade (66) and Sikandar Raza (36) tried hard to increase the pace of runs in the middle overs, while later Jitesh Sharma (24) and Sam Curran (24) tried to maintain it, but the Lucknow bowlers His steady bowling and big target dashed his hopes. With this win, the Lucknow team has once again occupied the second position in the points table after Rajasthan, whose next match will be against Virat’s army Royal Challengers Bangalore on May 1 in Lucknow.

Batting first after losing the toss, Lucknow adopted an aggressive attitude from the very beginning. Captain KL Rahul (12) and Meyers added 41 runs in 3.2 overs. After Rahul’s dismissal, Badoni along with Meyers quickly got the scoreboard running and took the score to 72 runs in the sixth over of the innings itself. Meyers hit seven fours and two sixes in just 24 balls in his half-century innings before being dismissed by Rabada. Stoinis, who came to the crease after Meyers’s dismissal, did not let the pace of runs slow down and continued to rain fours and sixes along with Badoni. Both the batsmen added 89 runs at a run rate of around 11.

Badoni had done his job well when he was dismissed by Deepak Chahar at deep square leg off Livingstone. Punjab’s trouble did not subside even after Badoni’s dismissal. New batsman Nicholas Pooran kept the score board running fast with Stoinis. Stoinis was dismissed by Curran and Pooran by Arshdeep Singh.

Stoinis hit six fours and five sixes during his innings of 72 runs while Pooran hit seven fours and a six in just 19 balls.

Punjab’s star bowler Arshdeep remained on the target of Lucknow batsmen, who got only one wicket by looting 54 runs in a four-over spell. Cassigo Rabada got two wickets after spending 54 runs while Sam Curran and Livingstor got one wicket each.