Recently in an episode of Aap Ki Adalat, Indian wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant weighed in on what he felt about the controversy that took place during the IPL where LSG owner Sanjeev Goenka and Captain KL Rahul were seen in a heated exchange of words.
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IPL 2024: Blame Game In LSG Camp After Loss To DC As KL Rahul Slams Team | cricket news
Lucknow Super Giants suffered third consecutive loss in IPL 2024 going down against Delhi Capitals (DC) by 19 runs. LSG captain KL Rahul pinpointed the team’s struggles in the powerplay as the primary reason for their position in the league. Reflecting on the match, Rahul emphasized, “Losing a lot of wickets in the powerplay was the big reason why we are in this position.” Despite a valiant effort from Nicholas Pooran and Arshad Khan, Lucknow Super Giants fell short, succumbing to a 19-run defeat at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
Coming to the match, DC, opting to bat first, posted a big total of 208/4 in their allotted 20 overs. Stubbs and Abhishek Porel spearheaded the innings with fine fifties, propelling their team to a formidable total. Naveen-ul-Haq emerged as the top bowler for Lucknow Super Giants, claiming figures of 2/51.
In response, Lucknow Super Giants faced early setbacks, finding themselves at 44/4. However, resilient half-centuries from Nicholas Pooran and Arshad Khan kept their hopes alive. Despite their efforts, the relentless bowling performance from Delhi Capitals restricted Lucknow Super Giants to 189/9 by the end of their innings.
Rahul lamented the missed opportunity, stating, “When we got JFM out in the first over we should have capitalized, but they – Hope and Porel – showed a lot of intent.” He acknowledged the significance of a solid start in setting the stage for their power-hitters like Stoinis and Pooran.
Expressing disappointment, Rahul highlighted a recurring issue throughout the season, “We keep losing a lot of wickets in the powerplay, we never get a solid start to get the likes of Stoinis and Pooran in.” This consistent struggle to establish a solid foundation has hindered Lucknow Super Giants’ performance in the league.
With this defeat, Delhi Capitals climbed to the fifth position in the standings, concluding their season with seven wins and 14 points. Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants slipped to seventh place, managing six wins and 12 points. The fate of both teams’ playoff aspirations now hangs in the balance, contingent upon the outcomes of the remaining fixtures involving other franchises.
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IPL 2024: Hailing Mayank Yadav’s Speed, Ex-Pakistan Pacer Takes Potshots At Umran Malik | cricket news
After Mayank Yadav bowled a 155.8 kph delivery in IPL 2024 contest between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Ekana, he has become a toast of the nation. It is rare to find a fast bowler in India who hits 150 kph or more consistently. Mayank is just 21 years old and can bowl in the 150 kph range consistently. He finished with a match-winning and award-winning spell of 3 for 27 for LSG but it was his pace that brought the attention of the world to him. He got praise from all over the world, not least just India.
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Former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop, Aussie legend Brett Lee and SA pace sensation Dale Steyn all hailed the superman show by quick Mayank. Like Umran Malik in 2022, Mayank has become the face of the fastest bowlers in IPL 2024.
Pakistanis were also impressed with Mayank. Pakistan is one country which has consistently produced genuine fast bowlers. Ex-Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper Rashid Latif called Mayank new sensation in IPL. Pakistani fans also commended the effort of Mayank. While former pacer Junaid Khan too had great things to say about Mayank, he took a potshot at Umran, who clocked a 157kph delivery in 2022.
Taking to Junaid wrote: “Good to see the youngster Mayank Yadav bowling 150kmh+ but hoping he can continue like this just as @shoaib100mph did and not like Umran Malik who bowled 150+ in 1 season and next he was bowling 140kmh.”
It would be interesting to see how Umran reacts to these comments. Umran is yet to bowl his quickest ball in IPL. He is playing this season with an aim to make a comeback to the Indian national team.
Mayank impressed Kevin Pietersen too. England batter posted on X about the Indian youngster, saying the spell must have impressed the great West Indian fast bowler Ian Bishop. Brett Lee tweeted: “India has just found its fastest bowler. Mayank Yadav. Raw pace, Very impressive.”
Indian selectors must keep an eye on this Delhi-born pacer, who was ignored by Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings at the trials.
More on Mayank Yadav
Mayank rose to prominence with brilliant show in CK Nayudu Trophy in which he picked 15 wickets in only 6 matches. He then played for Delhi in Syed Mushtaq Ali Tro[hy and grabbed 5 wickets at an economy of 6.5. He finished with 6 wickets in Vijay Hazare Trophy wherein he played 5 matches. In 2023 Deodhar Trophy, he picked up 12 wickets in 5 matches for North Zone. Mayank missed the entire IPL 2023 due to injury but is looking to make the most of the 2024 season.
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No overanalysis of loss, need more intensity on the field: LSG skipper KL Rahul
By IANS
PUNE: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul has said that the crushing 62-run defeat at the hands of Gujarat Titans will not affect the team’s “energy” and “intensity” in the field when they take on the next opponents to secure a last-four berth in IPL 2022.
Riding on the win against LSG, the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans secured a playoffs berth on Tuesday nigh.
The LSG are in a great position to secure a last-four berth, as they are on 16 points. But they still have to win one of their remaining two games to ensure there are no surprises later on, given that two teams — Rajasthan Royals and RCB — have 14 points each, while Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad — on 10 points each — can also stake claim to last-four berths provided they win their three remaining games.
The LSG skipper conceded that this was not the time to “overanalyse” but to keep the energy and intensity in the field intact.
“Obviously we’re not going to sit back and overanalyse a game like this. What we want is energy and intensity in the field and that was quite good while we were fielding. Batting, you get one chance and you can make a mistake. So you don’t want to overanalyse a game like this. You want to learn from it and see how we can do better if we’re put in a situation like this again,” said Rahul.
The skipper said that he knew the wicket would play tricky, adding that the batters should have applied themselves better than the 82 runs they managed in the chase of 144.
“We all knew it looked like a tricky wicket. That’s how it’s played here for the last two or three games that we played here. We knew it was a tricky and challenging pitch. But we bowled really well I think. Restricting a team under 150 is really commendable on any pitch and the bowlers did their job. We should have batted a lot better. Some poor shot selections and a run out didn’t help.”
He added that the defeat would serve as a wake-up call as the tournament approaches the business end.
“Some good learning from this for us hopefully. A loss for this is not what a team wants but sometimes you need a little reminder to keep turning up every game and keep doing our best. These low totals, you want to make use of the Powerplay. So for me and Quinton (de Kock), it was about getting the team off to a good start, not necessarily getting off to a 60-run powerplay, but at least get to 35 or 45 without losing too many wickets would have been ideal and set us up.
“Because we knew the pitch was going to grip a bit and scoring runs after the powerplay and hitting boundaries might be difficult so we took a few chances that didn’t come off. In the middle, we knew that their spinners will be difficult to score off, but having said that we have to find ways to score runs against good opposition on tricky pitches. That’s something that we need to learn and figure out,” he added.
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No overanalysis of loss, need more intensity on the field: LSG skipper KL Rahul
By IANS
PUNE: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul has said that the crushing 62-run defeat at the hands of Gujarat Titans will not affect the team’s “energy” and “intensity” in the field when they take on the next opponents to secure a last-four berth in IPL 2022.
Riding on the win against LSG, the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans secured a playoffs berth on Tuesday nigh.
The LSG are in a great position to secure a last-four berth, as they are on 16 points. But they still have to win one of their remaining two games to ensure there are no surprises later on, given that two teams — Rajasthan Royals and RCB — have 14 points each, while Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad — on 10 points each — can also stake claim to last-four berths provided they win their three remaining games.
The LSG skipper conceded that this was not the time to “overanalyse” but to keep the energy and intensity in the field intact.
“Obviously we’re not going to sit back and overanalyse a game like this. What we want is energy and intensity in the field and that was quite good while we were fielding. Batting, you get one chance and you can make a mistake. So you don’t want to overanalyse a game like this. You want to learn from it and see how we can do better if we’re put in a situation like this again,” said Rahul.
The skipper said that he knew the wicket would play tricky, adding that the batters should have applied themselves better than the 82 runs they managed in the chase of 144.
“We all knew it looked like a tricky wicket. That’s how it’s played here for the last two or three games that we played here. We knew it was a tricky and challenging pitch. But we bowled really well I think. Restricting a team under 150 is really commendable on any pitch and the bowlers did their job. We should have batted a lot better. Some poor shot selections and a run out didn’t help.”
He added that the defeat would serve as a wake-up call as the tournament approaches the business end.
“Some good learning from this for us hopefully. A loss for this is not what a team wants but sometimes you need a little reminder to keep turning up every game and keep doing our best. These low totals, you want to make use of the Powerplay. So for me and Quinton (de Kock), it was about getting the team off to a good start, not necessarily getting off to a 60-run powerplay, but at least get to 35 or 45 without losing too many wickets would have been ideal and set us up.
“Because we knew the pitch was going to grip a bit and scoring runs after the powerplay and hitting boundaries might be difficult so we took a few chances that didn’t come off. In the middle, we knew that their spinners will be difficult to score off, but having said that we have to find ways to score runs against good opposition on tricky pitches. That’s something that we need to learn and figure out,” he added.
PUNE: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul has said that the crushing 62-run defeat at the hands of Gujarat Titans will not affect the team’s “energy” and “intensity” in the field when they take on the next opponents to secure a last-four berth in IPL 2022.
Riding on the win against LSG, the Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans secured a playoffs berth on Tuesday nigh.
The LSG are in a great position to secure a last-four berth, as they are on 16 points. But they still have to win one of their remaining two games to ensure there are no surprises later on, given that two teams — Rajasthan Royals and RCB — have 14 points each, while Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad — on 10 points each — can also stake claim to last-four berths provided they win their three remaining games.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
The LSG skipper conceded that this was not the time to “overanalyse” but to keep the energy and intensity in the field intact.
“Obviously we’re not going to sit back and overanalyse a game like this. What we want is energy and intensity in the field and that was quite good while we were fielding. Batting, you get one chance and you can make a mistake. So you don’t want to overanalyse a game like this. You want to learn from it and see how we can do better if we’re put in a situation like this again,” said Rahul.
The skipper said that he knew the wicket would play tricky, adding that the batters should have applied themselves better than the 82 runs they managed in the chase of 144.
“We all knew it looked like a tricky wicket. That’s how it’s played here for the last two or three games that we played here. We knew it was a tricky and challenging pitch. But we bowled really well I think. Restricting a team under 150 is really commendable on any pitch and the bowlers did their job. We should have batted a lot better. Some poor shot selections and a run out didn’t help.”
He added that the defeat would serve as a wake-up call as the tournament approaches the business end.
“Some good learning from this for us hopefully. A loss for this is not what a team wants but sometimes you need a little reminder to keep turning up every game and keep doing our best. These low totals, you want to make use of the Powerplay. So for me and Quinton (de Kock), it was about getting the team off to a good start, not necessarily getting off to a 60-run powerplay, but at least get to 35 or 45 without losing too many wickets would have been ideal and set us up.
“Because we knew the pitch was going to grip a bit and scoring runs after the powerplay and hitting boundaries might be difficult so we took a few chances that didn’t come off. In the middle, we knew that their spinners will be difficult to score off, but having said that we have to find ways to score runs against good opposition on tricky pitches. That’s something that we need to learn and figure out,” he added.
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Quinton de Kock’s 50, bowlers take LSG closer to playoff berth with crushing victory over KKR
By PTI
PUNE: Quinton de Kock laid the platform with a commanding fifty and his pacers then terrorised Kolkata Knight Riders to record a crushing 75-run victory for Lucknow Super Giants which put them on top of the table with an IPL play-off berth being a formality now.
For last year’s runners-up KKR, eight points from 11 games with a deflating negative run-rate now puts them closer to the exit door with lacklustre performance and unimaginative captaincy combining for what has turned out to be a disastrous season so far.
Invited to bat, De Kock slammed a 29-ball-50 but Lucknow almost frittered away a solid start before some lusty hitting in a 30-run penultimate over off Shivam Mavi took them to 176 for 7.
The LSG bowlers then raised to the occasion to bundle out KKR for 101 in 14.3 overs, despite the heroics of Andre Russell (45 off 19 balls) to gather two crucial points and take their overall total to 16 points in the IPL standing.
KKR remained at the 8th spot after suffering their 7th loss in 11 games.
Defending 177, LSG left KKR tottering at 25 for four with four bowlers picking up their first wickets.
While Mohsin produced a wicket-maiden to get rid of to Baba Indrajith, Chameera sent back Shreyas Iyer after rattling him with a short and quick delivery.
It has now been an all too familiar script for KKR skipper whose discomfort while facing quick bouncers is well-documented and national coach Rahul Dravid would only be worried with this glaring technical deficiency.
Aaron Finch too perished as his miscued pull was poached by de Kock as KKR slipped to 23 for 3 in the first six overs.
Nitish Rana was then cleaned up by Avesh Khan with a yorker as KKR looked down the barrels.
Russell then used his brute force to hit Holder all across the park.
One was whacked at midwicket for a maximum, the second one was slapped to deep, while a flat-batted pull earned him another six and the last one was a four over short third.
After amassing 25 off the Holder over, Russell produced another maximum off Ravi Bishnoi as KKR reached 64 for 4 in 10 overs.
He and Sunil Narine (22 off 12) produced a small partnership but once Russell was out to Avesh Khan in the 13th over, it became a downward slide for KKR as they folded in 14.3 overs.
Avesh and Holder returned with three wickets each.
Earlier, De Kock, who was involved in a terrible mix up with skipper KL Rahul, who got a ‘Diamond Duck’ (out for 0 without facing a ball), redeemed himself with an innings studded with four boundaries and three maximums.
He added 71 with Deepak Hooda (41 off 27 balls) to give LSG a good start after being invited to bat.
Hooda made up for the loss of Rahul’s with his back to-back boundaries over extra cover off Shivam Mavi (1/50 in 4 overs), while De Kock too joined in with a special treatment to Tim Southee, clobbering him for two fours and a six in the 3rd over.
Left-arm spinner Anukul Roy and pacer Harshit Rana were next in line as De Kock smashed the former for a four before lunching into the latter for a four and two sixes to take LSG to their best score in the powerplays this season, a 66 for one.
De Kock, however, couldn’t stay much longer as he was holed out in deep only two balls after completing his fifty.
Hooda, who hit four boundariers and two sixes in his entertaining 27-ball knock tat took LSG past 100-run mark before falling to a Andre Russell delivery with his miscued pull ending in safe hands of skipper Shreyas Iyer.
Krunal Pandya then tried to keep the run-rate high and slammed two fours before ending at the hands of Aaron Finch at deep point.
The decision to promote Ayush Badoni (15 not out off 18) didn’t bear result as the young Delhi batter was under pressue after a quiet over and couldn’t find his rhythm with runs drying up between 12th to 16th over.
However, Marcus Stoinis (28 off 14 balls) changed things when he clobbered Mavi for three successive sixes before holing out.
However, new man Jason Holder (13 off 4 balls) slammed the next two balls for two more maximums as the 19th over yielded 30 runs for LSG.
In the bowling front, KKR missed the experience of Umesh Yadav, who missed out due to a muscle pull, with Hooda and de Kock going hammer and tongs early on.
However, Andrew Russell (2/22) was rewarded for bowling back of length , while Sunil Narine (20/1) and Tim Southee (1/28) also kept things tight but the rest of bowlers bled plenty in their stipulated overs.
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Quinton de Kock’s 50, bowlers take LSG closer to playoff berth with crushing victory over KKR
By PTI
PUNE: Quinton de Kock laid the platform with a commanding fifty and his pacers then terrorised Kolkata Knight Riders to record a crushing 75-run victory for Lucknow Super Giants which put them on top of the table with an IPL play-off berth being a formality now.
For last year’s runners-up KKR, eight points from 11 games with a deflating negative run-rate now puts them closer to the exit door with lacklustre performance and unimaginative captaincy combining for what has turned out to be a disastrous season so far.
Invited to bat, De Kock slammed a 29-ball-50 but Lucknow almost frittered away a solid start before some lusty hitting in a 30-run penultimate over off Shivam Mavi took them to 176 for 7.
The LSG bowlers then raised to the occasion to bundle out KKR for 101 in 14.3 overs, despite the heroics of Andre Russell (45 off 19 balls) to gather two crucial points and take their overall total to 16 points in the IPL standing.
KKR remained at the 8th spot after suffering their 7th loss in 11 games.
Defending 177, LSG left KKR tottering at 25 for four with four bowlers picking up their first wickets.
While Mohsin produced a wicket-maiden to get rid of to Baba Indrajith, Chameera sent back Shreyas Iyer after rattling him with a short and quick delivery.
It has now been an all too familiar script for KKR skipper whose discomfort while facing quick bouncers is well-documented and national coach Rahul Dravid would only be worried with this glaring technical deficiency.
Aaron Finch too perished as his miscued pull was poached by de Kock as KKR slipped to 23 for 3 in the first six overs.
Nitish Rana was then cleaned up by Avesh Khan with a yorker as KKR looked down the barrels.
Russell then used his brute force to hit Holder all across the park.
One was whacked at midwicket for a maximum, the second one was slapped to deep, while a flat-batted pull earned him another six and the last one was a four over short third.
After amassing 25 off the Holder over, Russell produced another maximum off Ravi Bishnoi as KKR reached 64 for 4 in 10 overs.
He and Sunil Narine (22 off 12) produced a small partnership but once Russell was out to Avesh Khan in the 13th over, it became a downward slide for KKR as they folded in 14.3 overs.
Avesh and Holder returned with three wickets each.
Earlier, De Kock, who was involved in a terrible mix up with skipper KL Rahul, who got a ‘Diamond Duck’ (out for 0 without facing a ball), redeemed himself with an innings studded with four boundaries and three maximums.
He added 71 with Deepak Hooda (41 off 27 balls) to give LSG a good start after being invited to bat.
Hooda made up for the loss of Rahul’s with his back to-back boundaries over extra cover off Shivam Mavi (1/50 in 4 overs), while De Kock too joined in with a special treatment to Tim Southee, clobbering him for two fours and a six in the 3rd over.
Left-arm spinner Anukul Roy and pacer Harshit Rana were next in line as De Kock smashed the former for a four before lunching into the latter for a four and two sixes to take LSG to their best score in the powerplays this season, a 66 for one.
De Kock, however, couldn’t stay much longer as he was holed out in deep only two balls after completing his fifty.
Hooda, who hit four boundariers and two sixes in his entertaining 27-ball knock tat took LSG past 100-run mark before falling to a Andre Russell delivery with his miscued pull ending in safe hands of skipper Shreyas Iyer.
Krunal Pandya then tried to keep the run-rate high and slammed two fours before ending at the hands of Aaron Finch at deep point.
The decision to promote Ayush Badoni (15 not out off 18) didn’t bear result as the young Delhi batter was under pressue after a quiet over and couldn’t find his rhythm with runs drying up between 12th to 16th over.
However, Marcus Stoinis (28 off 14 balls) changed things when he clobbered Mavi for three successive sixes before holing out.
However, new man Jason Holder (13 off 4 balls) slammed the next two balls for two more maximums as the 19th over yielded 30 runs for LSG.
In the bowling front, KKR missed the experience of Umesh Yadav, who missed out due to a muscle pull, with Hooda and de Kock going hammer and tongs early on.
However, Andrew Russell (2/22) was rewarded for bowling back of length , while Sunil Narine (20/1) and Tim Southee (1/28) also kept things tight but the rest of bowlers bled plenty in their stipulated overs.
PUNE: Quinton de Kock laid the platform with a commanding fifty and his pacers then terrorised Kolkata Knight Riders to record a crushing 75-run victory for Lucknow Super Giants which put them on top of the table with an IPL play-off berth being a formality now.
For last year’s runners-up KKR, eight points from 11 games with a deflating negative run-rate now puts them closer to the exit door with lacklustre performance and unimaginative captaincy combining for what has turned out to be a disastrous season so far.
Invited to bat, De Kock slammed a 29-ball-50 but Lucknow almost frittered away a solid start before some lusty hitting in a 30-run penultimate over off Shivam Mavi took them to 176 for 7.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
The LSG bowlers then raised to the occasion to bundle out KKR for 101 in 14.3 overs, despite the heroics of Andre Russell (45 off 19 balls) to gather two crucial points and take their overall total to 16 points in the IPL standing.
KKR remained at the 8th spot after suffering their 7th loss in 11 games.
Defending 177, LSG left KKR tottering at 25 for four with four bowlers picking up their first wickets.
While Mohsin produced a wicket-maiden to get rid of to Baba Indrajith, Chameera sent back Shreyas Iyer after rattling him with a short and quick delivery.
It has now been an all too familiar script for KKR skipper whose discomfort while facing quick bouncers is well-documented and national coach Rahul Dravid would only be worried with this glaring technical deficiency.
Aaron Finch too perished as his miscued pull was poached by de Kock as KKR slipped to 23 for 3 in the first six overs.
Nitish Rana was then cleaned up by Avesh Khan with a yorker as KKR looked down the barrels.
Russell then used his brute force to hit Holder all across the park.
One was whacked at midwicket for a maximum, the second one was slapped to deep, while a flat-batted pull earned him another six and the last one was a four over short third.
After amassing 25 off the Holder over, Russell produced another maximum off Ravi Bishnoi as KKR reached 64 for 4 in 10 overs.
He and Sunil Narine (22 off 12) produced a small partnership but once Russell was out to Avesh Khan in the 13th over, it became a downward slide for KKR as they folded in 14.3 overs.
Avesh and Holder returned with three wickets each.
Earlier, De Kock, who was involved in a terrible mix up with skipper KL Rahul, who got a ‘Diamond Duck’ (out for 0 without facing a ball), redeemed himself with an innings studded with four boundaries and three maximums.
He added 71 with Deepak Hooda (41 off 27 balls) to give LSG a good start after being invited to bat.
Hooda made up for the loss of Rahul’s with his back to-back boundaries over extra cover off Shivam Mavi (1/50 in 4 overs), while De Kock too joined in with a special treatment to Tim Southee, clobbering him for two fours and a six in the 3rd over.
Left-arm spinner Anukul Roy and pacer Harshit Rana were next in line as De Kock smashed the former for a four before lunching into the latter for a four and two sixes to take LSG to their best score in the powerplays this season, a 66 for one.
De Kock, however, couldn’t stay much longer as he was holed out in deep only two balls after completing his fifty.
Hooda, who hit four boundariers and two sixes in his entertaining 27-ball knock tat took LSG past 100-run mark before falling to a Andre Russell delivery with his miscued pull ending in safe hands of skipper Shreyas Iyer.
Krunal Pandya then tried to keep the run-rate high and slammed two fours before ending at the hands of Aaron Finch at deep point.
The decision to promote Ayush Badoni (15 not out off 18) didn’t bear result as the young Delhi batter was under pressue after a quiet over and couldn’t find his rhythm with runs drying up between 12th to 16th over.
However, Marcus Stoinis (28 off 14 balls) changed things when he clobbered Mavi for three successive sixes before holing out.
However, new man Jason Holder (13 off 4 balls) slammed the next two balls for two more maximums as the 19th over yielded 30 runs for LSG.
In the bowling front, KKR missed the experience of Umesh Yadav, who missed out due to a muscle pull, with Hooda and de Kock going hammer and tongs early on.
However, Andrew Russell (2/22) was rewarded for bowling back of length , while Sunil Narine (20/1) and Tim Southee (1/28) also kept things tight but the rest of bowlers bled plenty in their stipulated overs.
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LSG skipper KL Rahul surpasses Virat Kohli to become fastest Indian to score 6000 T20 runs
By ANI
NAVI MUMBAI: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul on Tuesday surpassed batter Virat Kohli and became the fastest Indian to score 6000 T20 runs in terms of innings.
Rahul achieved this feat during the clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday, here at Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. He reached the milestone in 179 innings at a strike rate of 138.18, breaking Kohli’s record of 184 innings.
The LSG skipper is now only behind West Indies batter Chris Gayle (162 innings) and Pakistan captain Babar Azam (165) in the all-time list.
Rahul is also one of the two batters of IPL 2022, who have managed to score a century, apart from Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler.
Coming to the match, Faf du Plessis’s 96-run knock and Josh Hazlewood’s four-wicket haul helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs here at the Dr DY Patil Stadium.
Lucknow will be going up against Mumbai Indians for their next IPL 2022 clash on Sunday, at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
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LSG skipper KL Rahul surpasses Virat Kohli to become fastest Indian to score 6000 T20 runs
By ANI
NAVI MUMBAI: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul on Tuesday surpassed batter Virat Kohli and became the fastest Indian to score 6000 T20 runs in terms of innings.
Rahul achieved this feat during the clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday, here at Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. He reached the milestone in 179 innings at a strike rate of 138.18, breaking Kohli’s record of 184 innings.
The LSG skipper is now only behind West Indies batter Chris Gayle (162 innings) and Pakistan captain Babar Azam (165) in the all-time list.
Rahul is also one of the two batters of IPL 2022, who have managed to score a century, apart from Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler.
Coming to the match, Faf du Plessis’s 96-run knock and Josh Hazlewood’s four-wicket haul helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs here at the Dr DY Patil Stadium.
Lucknow will be going up against Mumbai Indians for their next IPL 2022 clash on Sunday, at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
NAVI MUMBAI: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul on Tuesday surpassed batter Virat Kohli and became the fastest Indian to score 6000 T20 runs in terms of innings.
Rahul achieved this feat during the clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday, here at Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai. He reached the milestone in 179 innings at a strike rate of 138.18, breaking Kohli’s record of 184 innings.
The LSG skipper is now only behind West Indies batter Chris Gayle (162 innings) and Pakistan captain Babar Azam (165) in the all-time list.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); });
Rahul is also one of the two batters of IPL 2022, who have managed to score a century, apart from Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler.
Coming to the match, Faf du Plessis’s 96-run knock and Josh Hazlewood’s four-wicket haul helped Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs here at the Dr DY Patil Stadium.
Lucknow will be going up against Mumbai Indians for their next IPL 2022 clash on Sunday, at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
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Mike Hesson feels RCB is ticking along nicely as team after victory over LSG
By ANI
MUMBAI: After registering an 18-run win over Lucknow Super Giants, Royal Challengers Bangalore Director of Cricket Operations Mike Hesson said on Tuesday that the side is ticking along nicely and will continue to strive for improvement.
Captain Faf Du Plessis regained form to hit a quick-fire 96 off just 64 deliveries and pacer Josh Hazelwood’s spell of 4/25 helped RCB gain an 18-run win against Lucknow Super Giants at the DY Patil Stadium on Tuesday.
“We are ticking along pretty nicely as a team. Anuj and Faf have had three fifty-run partnerships that have been important for us. We have also had to bat in challenging conditions at times when we lost the toss and struggled to get underway. Faf came really good today and took the pressure off us when we lost early wickets. We are ticking along nicely but we will continue to try striving for improvement,” said Hesson in a post-match press conference.
Hesson said that the side was pretty fortunate to get LSG captain’s KL Rahul’s wicket, who got dismissed by Harshal Patel for 30 in the eighth over of the game.
“I would like to say that it was a pre-planned move, but it was not. We have had difficulties getting rid of KL Rahul. We were very happy to get that dismissal. Before that, we had made enough pressure from the scoring point of view,” he added.
On Siraj not bowling during the death overs, Hesson said that the side has the flexibility to pick and choose as per the opposition and who is doing at a particular moment in time.
“It is the beauty of our side that we have three very good death bowlers in Siraj, Hazelwood, and Siraj. Often they cover the final five overs. Today we felt that Siraj was doing a nice job. He got us a wicket, which is important. He was able to bowl nicely to the new batter. Ideally, we do not want two bowlers bowling the final over at the back-end, but today they did it. They did an excellent job,” added the Director of Cricket Operations for RCB.
Coming to the match, put to bat first by LSG, RCB posted 181/6 in their 20 overs, largely powered by Plessis’s brilliant 96, well supported by brief but impactful innings from Shahbaz Ahmed (26) and Maxwell (23). For LSG, solid knocks from Krunal Pandya (42), KL Rahul (30), and Marcus Stoinis (24) kept the scoreboard ticking and hopes alive amid the consistent falling of wickets, but Hazelwood had the last laugh with his 4/25, who with Harshal Patel (2/47) ensured that the Giants fell 18-runs short of their fifth run in the tournament.
RCB are at the second spot in the points table with 10 points and will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 23. On the other hand, LSG is at the fourth spot in the table and will take on Mumbai Indians on April 24.