PBKS vs LSG: Ruthless Lucknow defend 153 towards Punjab to leap to third spot on factors desk

KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants are progressing from power to power within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. On an evening when their batters struggled on a sluggish pitch on the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, the Lucknow bowlers stepped up and efficiently defended a par complete of 153 runs.

KL Rahul didn’t get sufficient with the bat however he marshaled his bowlers properly on the sector as Lucknow Super Giants gained by 20 runs and moved to the third spot on the factors desk. The IPL 2022 newbies now have 12 factors from 9 matches after Rahul plotted the downfall of his former franchise.

Lucknow Super Giants flaunted the range of their bowling assault, making life tough for the Punjab Kings batters who by no means discovered any little bit of momentum of their chase. Sri Lanka quick bowler Dushmantha Chameera got here up with an all-round effort as he acquired the massive wicket of Mayank Agarwal (25) within the powerplay and Jonny Bairstow (32) in his second spell after he hit a quickfire 17, which included 2 sixes, that helped push Lucknow’s complete previous 150.

PBKS vs LSG, IPL 2022 Highlights

Left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya choked the run-flow and picked up the important thing wicket of Bhanuka Rajapaksa (9) and Jitesh Sharma. The in-form bowler completed with figures of 11/2 together with a maiden over as he gave nothing away within the center overs to the Punjab batters.

MOHSIN KHAN SHINES

Mohsin Khan, 23-year-old from Uttar Pradesh, is proving to be one other nice discover by Lucknow Super Giants because the left-arm pacer was sensible along with his management and variations. He knocked out the big-hitting Liam Livingstone early to dent Punjab’s hopes earlier than returning to select up the wicket of Kagiso Rabada within the 18th over.

Mohsin picked up his third wicket — Rahul Chahar for 4 – and completed with figures of three/24, becoming a member of the ever-growing checklist of younger Indian pacers who’re making heads flip in IPL 2022.

Not to overlook, Mohsin’s useful contribution with the bat because the left-hander hit 13 runs from simply 6 balls, smashing a six and a boundary.

SCRATCHY DHAWAN

Barring, Mayank and Bairstow, not one of the different Punjab batters appeared comfy within the center. Senior batter Shikhar Dhawan, who had hit a match-winning 88 not out towards Chennai Super Kings, struggled to place bat to ball within the powerplay, managing simply 5 runs from 15 balls earlier than giving Ravi Bishnoi his solely wicket of the day.

Bairstow and Livingstone stitched a 30-run stand that stored Punjab within the chase. However, after Livingstone’s exit, Bairstow was left with somewhat an excessive amount of to do on a sluggish wicket as he stored shedding companions at common intervals.

RARE RAHUL FAILURE

Earlier within the day, Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul suffered a uncommon failure and it got here towards his former franchise. The star India opener fell for six to Kagiso Rabada, who was the decide of the Punjab Kings pacers with figures of 4/38. Rahul appeared patchy towards Arshdeep Singh within the first over. The younger left-arm pacer troubled the Lucknow captain along with his skill to take the ball each methods. Rahul acquired going with a beautiful cowl drive towards Kagiso Rabada however the South African pacer pulled his size again somewhat to induce an edge that was safely pouched by wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma.

Quinton de Kock acquired going and top-scored with a 46-ball 37 as he discovered help from Deepak Hooda as the 2 added 85 runs for the 2nd wicket.

THE COLLAPSE

However, LSG went from 98/1 to 126/7, shedding as many as 6 wickets for simply 28 runs as Rahul Chahar and Kagiso Rabada ran by way of the middle-order.

Deepak Hooda’s run-out within the 14th over turned out to be a pivotal second as Lucknow misplaced each their set batters in fast succession on a sluggish pitch.

Marcus Stoinis, who shouldn’t be discovering an excellent batting spot, failed (1 from 4 balls) but once more following which Ayush Badoni and Jason Holder didn’t get going.

Thanks to Mohsin and Chameera, because the tail-enders added 28 runs which ultimately proved to be the distinction between the 2 sides.