IPL 2023: Clinical Lucknow Super Giants hammer Punjab Kings by 56 runs

Superb batting show followed by collective bowling performance helped Lucknow Super Giants LSG hammer Punjab Kings PBKS by 56 runs in an IPL 2023 match at IS Bindra Stadium here on FridayWith this win LSG jumped to the second spot in the 10team standings with 10 points in eight outings while Punjab placed sixth with eight points to their kittyAttacking fifties from Marcus Stoinis 72 off 40 and Kyle Mayers 54 off 24 set the foundation for LSGs massive total Then Ayush Badoni 43 off 24 and Nicholas Poorans 19ball 45 quickfire took Lucknow to 2575 on the board second highest total in IPL historyIn defence bowlers came up with a brilliant show as Ravi Bishnoi 241 bowled brilliantly in the middle overs to pick two wickets Yash Thakur 437 and NaveenulHaq 330 then executed their plans in the slog overs to seal a big win for LSGChasing the mammoth 208run target PBKS didnt get the muchneeded start as Stoinis struck in the first over and trapped the big fish Shikhar Dhawan cheaply for one Then Naveen removed Prabhsimran Singh in the fourth over Atharv Taide hit Avesh Khan for three boundaries singlehandedly taking the powerplay total to 552Taide and Sikander Raza then steadied the ship with a 78run thirdwicket partnership before PBKS suffered a collapse The duo collected 17 runs off the seventh over with a couple big hits Soon Taide completed his maiden fifty in 26 balls and PBKS were 932 in 10 oversRaza smashed Ravi Bishnoi for backtoback boundaries and a maximum before his breezy knock came to an end in the 12th over off the bowling of Yash Thakur and PBKS was reduced to 1093 in the mammoth chasePBKS suffered a major blow in the next over when Bishnoi caught and bowled Taide for 66 A couple of overs later he removed Liam Livingstone who was trying to inject some momentum with his hitsWith three wickets in the middle overs LSG strengthened their grip on the match as the chase became almost impossible for the hosts with 106 needed off 28 balls and half of the side was headed back to the hutAlso ReadLSG in need of underpressure KL Rahuls pyrotechnics against stable GujaratNaveen piled further miseries on PBKS run chase removing Sam Curran on a slower ball The next over Jitesh Sharma welcomed Yash with two successive maximums before falling on the fourth ball of the over He then dismissed Rahul Chahar for a duckNaveen claimed his third in the penultimate over as he cleaned up Kagiso Rabada Then Yash picked up his fourth in the final in the form of Shahrukh Khan as LSG restricted Punjab 201 to notch up an impressive 56run winEarlier putting into bat first Lucknow lost the skipper KL Rahul early in the powerplay then Mayers who completed his fifty off just 20 balls took the PBKS bowlers to cleaners before falling in the sixth over as Lucknow posted 74 for 2 in the powerplayMarcus Stoinis and Ayush Badoni continued with the onslaught as the duo kept PBKS bowlers at bay with their calculated hits and stitched 89 off 47 balls for the third wicket partnership LSG were strong in the middle overs collecting 110 runs between 715 overs for the loss of one wicketLivingstone finally managed to break the deadlylooking partnership dismissing Badoni for 43 Then Stoinis and Pooran continued with the momentum and went on to build a 76run partnership off just 30 balls which Sam Curran broke in the penultimate over sending Stoinis back for the score of 73Arshdeep denied Pooran a halfcentury in the final over With five runs coming off the last two balls LSG finished with a huge total of 2575 in 20 oversBrief scoresBrief scores Lucknow Super Giants 2575 in 20 overs Kyle Mayers 54 off 24 Marcus Stoinis 72 off 40 Kagiso Rabada 252 beat Punjab Kings 20110 in 195 overs Atharve Taide 66 off 36 Sikander Raza 36 off 22 Yash Thakur 437 NaveenulHaq 330 by 56 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever