IPL 2022: KL Rahul hails bowling attack's brilliant show in powerplay against DC

After a thrilling win against Delhi Capitals by six wickets Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul lauded his teams powerplay bowling and said it was a complete team effort and everyone stepped up brilliant in the matchA brilliant 80run knock by Quinton de Kock and quick 10 runs by Ayush Badoni guided Lucknow Super Giants to a victory by 6 wickets in a lastover thriller against Delhi Capitals here at Dr DY Patil Stadium Navi Mumbai on ThursdayI think we were brilliant with the ball In the powerplay we obviously need to go back and work on But thats how powerplays go sometimes We assessed things well after that and bowled better Obviously would have loved the bowlers to assess things a bit earlier but it was nice to see them discuss the lines lengths and pace to bowl after the powerplay said Rahul in a postmatch presentationThat was the honest reason actually on him saying at the toss that he had no idea why he opted to bowl Cant make up a reason everytime You dont know what to expect of the pitch Early on in the competition when the pitches are fresh teams might want to bowl first Once the tournament goes on and the pitches grip a bit teams might want to bat He Badoni has held his nerve everytime he has gone into bat and hes delivered for us under pressure Great learning for him important for him to keep working hard and stay humble Been a complete team effort so far The way everyone has stepped up has been brilliant he addedChasing 150 Lucknow had an amazing start as the openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock took their side across the 50run mark in just 7 overs The duo stitched a brilliant partnership of 70 runs and provided Lucknow with great momentumDelhi Capitals finally took a sigh of relief when Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Rahul who got caught by Prithvi Shaw after scoring 24 runs with the teams total at 731 in the 10th over De Kock was then joined by Evin Lewis and kept the scoreboard moving for LucknowDe Kock scored his halfcentury in 36 balls which put Delhi under heavy pressure It was then Lalit Yadav who dismissed Lewis in the 13th over after he scored 5 runs Deepak Hooda came to the crease to join De Kock who anchored the innings and kept on thrashing Delhi bowlers at regular intervalsKuldeep Yadav struck back again and finally ended the reign of de Kock who departed after playing a blistering knock of 80 runs off 52 balls with the teams total at 1223 in the 16th over Hooda was then joined by Krunal PandyaDelhi finally saw a ray of hope when Shardul Thakur conceded only 5 runs in the 18th over and brought his side back into the game But it was Krunal Pandya who sent a ball for a six and scored 14 runs in the 19th over which was bowled by Mustafizur RahmanShardul once again came as a saviour for his side and removed Hooda on the first delivery of the final over Later Ayush Badoni came to the crease and scored 10 runs off 3 balls and took his side to the victory by 6 wickets and two balls to spareThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for the dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the contents in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever