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Put into bat, Meares (54 off 24) and Stoinis (72 off 40) powered Lucknow Tremendous Giants to 257 for five towards Punjab Kings. This was the second highest whole in IPL historical past. RCB set the file for the very best IPL rating by scoring 263/5 in 20 overs towards Pune Warriors India in 2013.
Aside from being the second highest whole in IPL historical past, it was additionally the very best rating of the season.
Needing round 13 runs per over to chase down an inconceivable goal, Punjab fell behind within the sport regardless of scoring at an honest charge to finish with 201 in 19.5 overs.
Athrao Taide batted nicely with a 36-ball 66, his maiden half-century within the IPL, however the likes of Liam Livingstone (36 off 22 balls) and Sikandar Raza (23 off 14 balls) did sufficient to place strain on the opposition. Could not final lengthy. Captain Shikhar Dhawan survived solely two balls on his return. Younger quick bowler Yash Thakur was essentially the most profitable bowler with figures of 4/37 in 4 overs.
At 152 for 4 in 15 overs, Punjab have been hanging at a charge of greater than 10 runs per over however the activity of scoring 106 runs within the final 30 balls was past the attain of Livingstone and Sam Curran (21 off 11). .
Meares went rampage within the powerplay earlier than Stoinis (40) effortlessly collected boundaries to assist his workforce set an enormous goal. Different necessary contributions got here from Ayush Badoni (43 off 24 balls) and Nicholas Pooran (45 off 19 balls).
After three matches to steer Punjab, Dhawan opted to area however his bowlers have been all around the belt of a monitor.
Barring Rahul Chahar, all the opposite six bowlers conceded greater than 10 runs per over. The normally frugal Arshdeep Singh conceded 54 runs in 4 overs and Kagiso Rabada conceded 52 runs in 4 overs, though he had two wickets to point out for his efforts.
The overall was the season’s highest and was six runs shy of 263, the very best ever whole in IPL historical past achieved by RCB in 2013 when Chris Gayle hit his sensible 175.
LSG skipper KL Rahul (12 off 9) was the one batsman who couldn’t make use of the perfect batting situations. He was dropped on the very first ball of the match by debutant Gurnoor Brar, however couldn’t make it rely.
Mayer seemed aggressive from the beginning as he hit Arshdeep for 4 fours in his opening over. He started with a grand drive by way of level, hitting a complete of seven fours and 4 sixes, earlier than utilizing his lengthy levers to focus on the lengthy on and deep mid-wicket area.
Such was his confidence and he took a number of steps ahead to ship Rabada straight over his head.
After Mayer fell contained in the powerplay, Stoinis and Badoni shared an 89-run partnership off simply 47 balls to maintain the momentum constructed by Mayer.
Stoinis performed some breathtaking strokes in his combative innings which included 5 sixes and half a dozen fours.
Stoinis may have been dismissed within the thirteenth over however Liam Livingstone touched the boundary whereas attempting to take a regulation catch at lengthy on.
Pooran began his innings with three again to again off drives off Livingstone. LSG scored 73 runs within the final 30 balls.
(With inputs from PTI)