Punjab Kings registered an excellent win in the twenty first match of the IPL 2023 in opposition to Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday. In the match performed at LSG’s homeground, Ekana Stadium, Lucknow, PBKS beat LSG by 2 wickets. It’s value noting that Shikhar Dhawan was dominated out of the sport because of a niggle and Sam Curran was named the stand-in skipper. After successful the toss PBKS opted to bowl. Coming to bat first, LSG registered 159/8 in 20 overs. On the opposite hand, Punjab accomplished the chase efficiently in 19.3 overs with 2 wickets in hand.
Punjab Kings didn’t have begin as their opener Arthav Taide was dismissed in the primary over with out scoring any runs. Moreover, Prabhsimran Singh was additionally in a position to rating simply 4 runs earlier than getting dismissed. Interestingly, the primary two wickets had been taken by Yudhvir Singh Charak who made his IPL debut. However, Matthew Short stabilized PBKS innings however then was dismissed after scoring 34 runs. Harpreet Singh Bhatia and Sikandar Raza shared a formidable partnership to take Punjab nearer to victory. While Harpreet contributed 22 runs, Sikandar performed an innings of 57 runs in 41 balls. On the opposite hand, Sam Curran scored 6 runs, and Jitesh Sharma scored 2 runs. In the top, Shahrukh Khan hit some huge boundaries and guided his staff to victory after enjoying a 22-run knock.
Captain KL Rahul scored probably the most runs for Lucknow Super Giants by smashing 78 runs off 56 balls. Kyle Mayers contributed 29 runs, Deepak Hooda scored 2 runs and Krunal Pandya contributed 18 runs. On the opposite hand, Nicholas Pooran couldn’t even open his account. Towards the top, Marcus Stoinis scored 15 runs, Ayush Badoni scored 5 runs, and Krishnappa Gowtham scored 1 run to take LSG to an honest complete of 159 runs.
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Substitutes
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Nathan Ellis, Mohit Rathee, Rishi Dhawan
Lucknow Super Giants: Amit Mishra, Jaydev Unadkat, Okay Gowtham, Prerak Mankad, Daniel Sams
