Lucknow Super Giants’ Avesh Khan bowls in the course of the Indian Premier League cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur, India on April 19, 2023.
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In a low-scoring thriller, Lucknow Super Giants held their nerves as they defended the bottom goal of this season of the IPL to defeat Rajasthan Royals by 10 runs on the Sawai Mansingh stadium in Jaipur.
Batting first, in a difficult Jaipur wicket, a gap partnership of 82 runs helped the Giants put up a rating of 154/7. For probably the most a part of the chase, Rajasthan Royals appeared like getting to the goal simply with each openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler piling up 40+ scores every to sew a partnership of 87.
Jaiswal was the primary to be eliminated by Marcus Stoinis within the twelfth over adopted by Sanju Samson and Buttler within the thirteenth and 14th over respectively. It was a batting collapse from there on. Avesh Khan and Stoinis have been the decide of the bowlers for Lucknow with figures of three/25 and a pair of/28 respectively.
Avesh Khan was the star bowler and efficiently defended 18 runs within the remaining over and likewise picked up two wickets in that over. He threw mild on his totally different roles within the Lucknow Super Giants set-up.
Speaking to JioCinema, Avesh Khan stated, “If we are bowling first, I get the first or second over and if we are defending, I bowl the crucial overs such as the 4th or 6th over, depending on the situation of the game. I have also told my captain and coaches that you can make me bowl anywhere and I am always available for my team to bowl the tough overs. So, I always try to not think about when I will get the chance to bowl but whenever I get the opportunity, I always aim to get a wicket for the team.”
In spite of profitable the sport, Lucknow Super Giants didn’t have an incredible begin whereas batting. They had a gradual begin on the powerplay together with a maiden. Former India pacer RP Singh believes KL Rahul is just not enjoying the way in which he used to.
“KL Rahul never used to play like this, he used to always have a good strike rate, take the attack to the opposition and play good shots but here he seemed to be stuck and under pressure. I might be wrong, but he is probably thinking that his form might return after playing a big innings. His form is not bad, he is still playing his shots, but he is not being able to find those gaps in his shots, he should take those calculative risks which he is not taking, ” stated RP Singh on JioCinema.
Singh added, “He has stopped hitting many of his shots. He is looking at rotating the strike more, he might have changed his role as well, but he is not that kind of player. He is kind of a player who can change the course of the match in a blink when he starts hitting with his bat.”
