Lucknow Super Giants power-hitter Nicholas Pooran turned on his beast mode throughout his staff’s clash in opposition to Mumbai Indians on the Wankhede Stadium. Pooran launched a scathing assault on the MI bowlers throughout his mind-blowing knock of 75 from 29 balls.
Being despatched in at Number 5 and comparatively earlier than he has come out to bat this season, the West Indian took no time in toying with the MI bowlers. He smashed Anshul Kamboj and Arjun Tendulkar for enjoyable across the park throughout his knock which featured eight sixes and 5 fours. Pooran introduced up his fifty in simply 19 balls.
In the method of this knock, he equalled the record for scoring most fifties scored in lower than 20 balls in IPL historical past. This was the third time that the LSG star breached the 50-run mark in lower than 20 deliveries.
Most IPL fifties scored in lower than 20 balls:
1. Jake Fraser-McGurk: 3 fifties
2. Travis Head: 3 fifties
3. Nicholas Pooran: 3 fifties
Notably, his 19-ball ton can be the second-fastest fifty for LSG in the historical past of the event. The quickest one additionally belongs to Pooran when he made a half-ton in 15 balls vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2023.
Fastest fifty for LSG in IPL:
15 – Nicholas Pooran vs RCB, Bengaluru, 2023
19 – Nicholas Pooran vs MI, Wankhede, 2024*
20 – Kyle Mayers vs PBKS, Mohali, 2023
21 – Kyle Mayers vs CSK, Chennai, 2023
His knock carried LSG to an enormous complete of 214/6 in 20 overs. Ayush Badoni additionally performed an honest 22-run cameo from 10 balls. While Pooran was at his finest, Rahul scored one other fifty at a questionable strike price. While Pooran hit his runs at virtually 259 hanging price, Rahul made 55 from 41 balls at a strike price of round 134.
MI’s Playing XI:
Ishan Kishan (wk), Naman Dhir, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Hardik Pandya (c), Nehal Wadhera, Romario Shepherd, Anshul Kamboj, Piyush Chawla, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Thushara
LSG’s Playing XI:
KL Rahul (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Arshad Khan, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan
