| 0.0 : TOSS - The coin goes up in the air and lands in favour of Punjab. They have elected to BOWL first. |
| Impact Players for Punjab -Â Prabhsimran Singh, Mohit Rathee, Rishi Dhawan, Matthew Short, Harpreet Brar. |
| Shikhar Dhawan, the skipper of Punjab says that they will bowl first. Mentions that his shoulder is much better and pain-free. Claims that he is looking forward to playing the game and winning. Adds that he is quite happy with what has happened and they have seven games in hand so he is looking to win most of them and qualify easily. Informs that they do have a few changes to their playing eleven. |
| KL Rahul, the skipper of Lucknow says that his motivation remains the same wherever he plays and adds that he is familiar with the conditions in Punjab. He mentions that it looks like a good wicket and they need to analyze quickly and play well. States that dew is a factor on this ground and thatâs why teams opt to bowl first. Informs that they have the same team as they are batting first. |
| Impact Players for Lucknow -Â Â Krishnappa Gowtham, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood. |
| Lucknow (Playing XI) - KL Rahul (C), Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur (In place of Amit Mishra). |
| Punjab (Playing XI) - Shikhar Dhawan (C) (In place of Harpreet Singh), Atharva Taide, Sikandar Raza (In place of Matthew Short), Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada (In place of Prabhsimran Singh), Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar (On debut) (In place of Harpreet Brar), Arshdeep Singh. |
| We are all set to begin! The Punjab players are in the huddle and they disperse now to take their respective positions. KL Rahul and Kyle Mayers are the openers for Lucknow. Gurnoor Brar to start the proceedings with the ball on his debut. Here we go... |
| 0.6 : Arshdeep Singh to start from the other end. |
| 0.4 : Gurnoor Brar to KL Rahul, Pulls his length back a fraction and delivers this outside off. KL Rahul cuts this hard but is unable to get it past cover-point. |
| 0.1 : Gurnoor Brar to KL Rahul, DROPPED! Gurnoor Brar had the big wicket of KL Rahul on the first ball on his debut! This is bowled on a good length and outside the off pole. KL Rahul looks to drive on the up and hits it straight to point. Atharva Taide gets both hands on the ball to his left but spills it. KL Rahul gets a life here and also manages to open his account with a single. |
| 1.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! Kyle Mayers has the second boundary in the over and he is not allowing Arshdeep Singh to get settled here! This is short as well and outside the off stump. Sits up nicely for Kyle Mayers who pulls this towards deep mid-wicket for four more runs. |
| 1.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Kyle Mayers, Attacks the stumps this time on a fullish length. Kyle Mayers punches this to the right of mid on. |
| 0.2 : Gurnoor Brar to Kyle Mayers, Bowls this slightly back of a length and outside the off pole. Kyle Mayers pushes at this and gets an inside edge towards backward square leg for a run to get off the mark. |
| 0.3 : Gurnoor Brar to KL Rahul, On a good length once again and outside off. KL Rahul blocks this towards the cover fielder. |
| 0.5 : Gurnoor Brar to KL Rahul, Back of a length once again and outside the off stump. KL Rahul stands tall and defends this towards extra cover. |
| 0.6 : Gurnoor Brar to KL Rahul, Oh, nice shape again! A fullish delivery on middle. Swinging away and Rahul fends it off the outside half of his blade towards point. |
| 1.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! That is the first boundary for Lucknow and it comes off the bat of Kyle Mayers! Arshdeep Singh bowls this on a length and offers width outside off. Kyle Mayers carves this towards deep point and collects four runs. |
| 1.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Kyle Mayers, WIDE! Bangs this in short and in line with the stumps. Kyle Mayers ducks under this one and the umpire calls this wide. |
| 1.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! Three boundaries in the over and this has been pumped back past the bowler! Arshdeep Singh serves this full and just outside off. Kyle Mayers powers this over the bowler's head as he takes evasive action and the ball races to long off for four runs. |
| 1.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! Make that four in the over! Kyle Mayers is on a roll now and he has taken a liking to the left-arm pace of Arshdeep Singh! This is really full and on an off-stump line. Kyle Mayers gets his bat down and times this straight back past the bowler towards long off for another four. 17 runs have come from this over. |
| 2.1 : Gurnoor Brar to KL Rahul, FOUR! KL Rahul wants to join the party now! Gurnoor Brar strays onto the pads on a fuller length. KL Rahul flicks this towards deep backward square leg and collects four runs to his kitty. |
| 2.2 : Gurnoor Brar to KL Rahul, On a good length this time and outside the off stump. KL Rahul dabs this towards cover and sets off for a quick single. |
| 1.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Kyle Mayers, Goes full once again and outside the off pole. Kyle Mayers looks to swing hard but gets it off the inside part of his bat towards mid-wicket. |
| 2.3 : Gurnoor Brar to Kyle Mayers, NO BALL! Bowls this one back of a length and pitches it in line with the stumps. Kyle Mayers gets cramped for room and pushes this towards the cover fielder. Oh my... Looks like the debutant has overstepped and there is a Free-Hit coming up. |
| Gurnoor Brar to Kyle Mayers, SIX! Kyle Mayers needs no second invitation as he deposits this way into the crowd for a maximum! Gurnoor Brar bowls this full and outside the off pole. Kyle Mayers clears his front foot out of the way and has room to swing his arm. The ball flies over deep mid-wicket for six runs. |
| 2.4 : Gurnoor Brar to Kyle Mayers, Goes full this time and outside the off pole with pace taken off from 'round the wicket. Kyle Mayers looks to dig this out but misses. |
| 2.5 : Gurnoor Brar to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! Kyle Mayers does not connect this as cleanly as he would have liked but gets four runs nonetheless! This is short and outside the off stump. Kyle Mayers pulls this towards deep-midwicket for yet another boundary. |
| 2.6 : Gurnoor Brar to Kyle Mayers, Goes full this time and into the stumps. Kyle Mayers plays a checked shot and lobs this just short of the bowler. |
| Kagiso Rabada is into the attack now. |
| 3.1 : Kagiso Rabada to KL Rahul, SIX! Kagiso Rabada gets dispatched on his very first delivery! Kagiso Rabada bowls this full and outside the off stump. KL Rahul gets on the front foot and thumps this over long off for six runs. |
| 3.2 : Ayush Badoni walks out at number 3! |
| 3.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Ayush Badoni, On a good length and outside the off stump. Ayush Badoni knocks this towards point. |
| 3.2 : Kagiso Rabada to KL Rahul, OUT! CAUGHT! What a remarkable comeback by Kagiso Rabada as he draws first blood and sends the Lucknow skipper packing! This is bowled back of a length and outside the off pole, a cross-seam delivery. KL Rahul looks to cut this late but gets it off the outside edge towards the short third-man fielder. Shahrukh Khan grabs this nicely to his left and Punjab have a much-needed wicket in the Powerplay. |
| 3.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Ayush Badoni, Continues to bowl on a good length and in line with the stumps. Ayush Badoni gets behind the line of the ball and defends this back to the bowler. |
| 3.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Ayush Badoni, FOUR! Kagiso Rabada attacks the pads and gets the treatment! Delivers this full and Ayush Badoni does not miss out as he flicks this towards deep square leg for four runs to open his account. |
| 3.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Ayush Badoni, Bangs this in short and just outside off. Ayush Badoni looks to pull but gets beaten. End of a successful over from Kagiso Rabada. |
| 4.1 : Sikandar Raza to Kyle Mayers, Shortish delivery to start, on off. Mayers punches it to the point fielder. |
| 4.2 : Sikandar Raza to Kyle Mayers, SIX! Kyle Mayers is putting up an exhibition of serious power! This is short and outside the off pole. Kyle Mayers rocks back and pulls this over long on for six runs. |
| 4.3 : Sikandar Raza to Kyle Mayers, Bowls this a touch fuller and in line with the stumps. Kyle Mayers defends this back down the pitch. |
| 4.4 : Sikandar Raza to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! Way too short and put away easily! Sikandar Raza bowls this outside off and Kyle Mayers pulls this towards deep square leg for four runs. |
| 4.5 : Sikandar Raza to Kyle Mayers, SIX! Kyle Mayers is striking the ball beautifully here! Sikandar Raza goes full and on a leg stump line. Kyle Mayers hits through the line and clears the long on fence for six more runs. |
| 4.6 : Sikandar Raza to Kyle Mayers, Takes a single to retain the strike. A fuller delivery on middle and leg. Mayers tucks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 5.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Kyle Mayers, Shortish delivery on middle at 145.1 kph. Mayers fends it back to the bowler. |
| 5.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Kyle Mayers, NO BALL AND SIX! Oh...what a shot and what a way to get to a fifty! He has got it in just 20 balls! A full toss on middle. Mayers shimmies down the track and just strokes it with a straight blade over long on for a maximum. Oh, Rabada has overstepped here too and it will be Free Hit coming up now. |
| Kagiso Rabada to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! Another boundary for Mayers! Short and on middle. Mayers tries to pull it but gets a top edge that goes off the bounce over the fence behind the keeper. |
| 5.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Kyle Mayers, A bouncer again and around off. Mayers tries to pull it but misses. |
| 5.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Kyle Mayers, A slower shortish delivery and around off. Mayers tries to slap it away but misses. |
| 5.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Kyle Mayers, WIDE! Bangs it short again on middle. Mayers ducks under it. |
| Kagiso Rabada to Kyle Mayers, OUT! CAUGHT! Kagiso Rabada takes his revenge and gets the wicket for his team! This is a shortish delivery on off. Mayers tries to punch it off the back foot but does not time it. The ball loops up in the air towards mid on and Shikhar Dhawan there takes an easy catch. This is excellent bowling from a world class bowler and a brilliant knock from Mayers come to an end. |
| 5.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Marcus Stoinis, Back of a length and around off. Stoinis tries to punch it but gets an inside edge that goes just past the stumps. The keeper behind the stumps does well to stop it with a dive to his left. |
| 5.5 : Marcus Stoinis makes his way out to the middle. |
| 6.1 : Rahul Chahar to Ayush Badoni, FOUR! Lovely timing! Shortish and around off. Badoni punches it off the back foot between backward point and short third man for a boundary. |
| 6.2 : Rahul Chahar to Ayush Badoni, Tossed up. around off. Badoni drives it to long off for a single. |
| 6.3 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, Bit quicker and around off. Stoinis tries reverse paddle but the ball goes off his body towards short third man. A leg bye is taken. |
| 6.4 : Rahul Chahar to Ayush Badoni, Fuller and outside off. Badoni drives it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 6.5 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, Bowls it quicker and on off. Stoinis drives it down the ground for a couple. |
| 6.6 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, Tossed up and on off. Stonis blocks it off the front foot. |
| 7.1 : Gurnoor Brar to Ayush Badoni, FOUR! Poor delivery and punished! Short and around leg. Badoni pulls it towards fine leg for a boundary. |
| 7.2 : Gurnoor Brar to Ayush Badoni, NO BALL! Short and on off. Badoni pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. Oh, Gurnoor Brar has overstepped and it is a No Ball. Free Hit coming up... |
| 7.3 : Gurnoor Brar to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Lovely shot! Back of a length and outside off. Stoinis punches it through the line for a boundary. |
| 7.2 : Gurnoor Brar to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Stoinis takes full advantage of a free hit! On a length, on middle. Stoinis gets across to his right and swipes it over fine leg for a maximum. |
| 7.4 : Gurnoor Brar to Marcus Stoinis, Short and outside off. Stoinis cuts it hard to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 7.5 : Gurnoor Brar to Ayush Badoni, WIDE! A full delivery and way outside off. Badoni lets it go. |
| Gurnoor Brar to Ayush Badoni, Short and outside off. Badoni tries to pull it hard but ends up missing it. |
| 7.6 : Gurnoor Brar to Ayush Badoni, SIX! Oh, unlucky there Gurnoor Brar! 24 runs come off his third over. Short and on middle. Badoni tries to pull it but gets a top edge. The ball goes in the air and travels all the way behind the keeper for a maximum. |
| 8.1 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, Shortish and outside off. Stoinis punches it to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 8.2 : Rahul Chahar to Ayush Badoni, Bowls it on middle stump line, quicker one. Badoni works it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 8.3 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, Bowls it flatter again on middle. Stoinis plays it back to the bowler. |
| 8.4 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, Touch short and on off. Stoinis works it right of the bowler. |
| 8.5 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, On the shorter side and around off. Stoinis makes room and slaps it left of the bowler to long off for a single. |
| 8.6 : Rahul Chahar to Ayush Badoni, Keeps it short and on off. Badoni pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| Strategic break! Lucknow got off to a great start courtesy of Kyle Mayers and have not let the momentum die despite losing a couple of wickets. The visitors have lost both their openers but a good partnership is building for them and they will hope it continues so that their big hitters can come into play in the death overs. Punjab need a few quick wickets to get them back into this game and they will be aware of Lucknow's struggles with the bat later in the inning. Sam Curran has been brought |
| 9.1 : Sam Curran to Ayush Badoni, Back of a length and outside off. Badoni cuts it to the point fielder. He misfields and a single is taken. |
| 9.2 : Sam Curran to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Lovely shot! Shortish and around off. Stoinis opens the face of his blade and gets a bit of outside edge actually and the ball races past the short third man fielder for a boundary. |
| 9.3 : Sam Curran to Marcus Stoinis, On a length, on middle. Stoinis works it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 9.4 : Sam Curran to Ayush Badoni, SIX! Badoni hits this over the fence! Smart cricket. Shorter and on off. Badoni gets a bit across to his right and pulls it over backward square leg for a maximum. |
| 9.5 : Sam Curran to Ayush Badoni, On a length, on middle. Badoni works it to the leg for a single. |
| 9.6 : Sam Curran to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Boundary to end the over and it is another big one for Lucknow! Short and on middle. Stoinis pulls it to deep square leg for a boundary. |
| 10.1 : Rahul Chahar to Ayush Badoni, Rahul Chahar bowls this short and outside the off stump. Ayush Badoni rocks back and pushes this towards long on for a single. |
| 10.2 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, Bowls this quick and into the batter on a shorter length. Marcus Stoinis punches this towards covers. |
| 10.3 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, Follows the batter as he looks to make room. Marcus Stoinis backs away and stroke this towards the cover fielder. |
| 10.4 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Manages to put this away nicely! Loopy delivery bowled full and in line with the stumps. Marcus Stoinis gets down on one knee and sweeps this towards deep backward square leg for four runs. |
| 10.5 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, Short this time and outside the off pole. Marcus Stoinis punches this to deep cover for a single. |
| 10.6 : Rahul Chahar to Ayush Badoni, Continues to bowl short and outside the off stump. Ayush Badoni knocks this wide of long on and they run well to take a couple of runs. |
| 11.1 : Sam Curran to Marcus Stoinis, Sam Curran delivers this on a fullish length and on an off-stump line. Marcus Stoinis is watchful as he dabs this back towards the bowler. |
| 11.2 : Sam Curran to Marcus Stoinis, Short this time and wide outside the off stump. Marcus Stoinis cuts this hard towards deep point and a fumble by Arshdeep Singh in the deep allows them to take a brace. |
| 11.3 : Sam Curran to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! That is really effortless from Marcus Stoinis! Sam Curran bowls this back of a length and outside the off pole. Marcus Stoinis whips this over deep square leg for six runs. |
| 11.4 : Sam Curran to Marcus Stoinis, On a good length this time and outside the off stump. Marcus Stoinis strokes this towards deep point and takes a single. |
| 11.5 : Sam Curran to Ayush Badoni, Short this time and outside the off pole. Ayush Badoni cuts this towards the point fielder who dives but only manages to parry it towards the deep. The batters take a couple of runs. |
| 11.6 : Sam Curran to Ayush Badoni, Nails the yorker this time and aimed for the stumps. Ayush Badoni looks to dig this out but misses. The ball raps him on his pads and gets smothered into the pitch. There is a stifled appeal by the bowler and the keeper. The umpire remains unmoved but after some contemplation, Shikhar Dhawan decides to review it. There does not seem to be any bat involved but Ball Tracking shows that it is pitching outside leg. |
| 12.1 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, Rahul Chahar tosses this full and outside the off pole. Marcus Stoinis sweeps this straight to the short fine leg fielder. |
| 12.2 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! Rahul Chahar thought he had his man but Liam Livingstone has made a mess of it at the boundary line! Rahul Chahar loops this full and outside the off stump. Marcus Stoinis looks to go over long off but does not connect cleanly. Liam Livingstone grabs hold of the catch but his back foot is on the ropes. That will be six runs for Marcus Stoinis and he gets a life. |
| 12.3 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, This is short and outside the off stump. Marcus Stoinis eases this down to long on for a single. |
| 12.4 : Rahul Chahar to Ayush Badoni, Bowls this short and outside the off pole. Ayush Badoni cuts this towards deep cover for a single. |
| 12.5 : Rahul Chahar to Marcus Stoinis, Flighted full and outside the off pole. Marcus Stoinis sweeps this uppishly towards deep square leg for one. |
| 12.6 : Rahul Chahar to Ayush Badoni, Short and going down leg. Ayush Badoni looks to clip this leg side but misses and that will be a dot ball to end Rahul Chahar's spell. He has not managed to claim a wicket unluckily but has only conceded 29 runs. |
| 13.1 : Liam Livingstone to Marcus Stoinis, Liam Livingstone starts with a shortish ball outside off. Marcus Stoinis punches this towards cover and a misfield allows him to take a single. |
| 13.2 : Liam Livingstone to Ayush Badoni, SIX! A few mind games between the batter and the bowler! Ayush Badoni comes up on top at the moment as he manages to clear the ropes! Loops this full and on a leg stump line. Ayush Badoni sweeps this over deep backward square leg for six runs. |
| 13.3 : Liam Livingstone to Ayush Badoni, OUT! CAUGHT! Liam Livingstone has the last laugh as he manages to break this partnership! He tosses this one full as well and outside the off pole. Ayush Badoni looks to drag this into the leg side with a sweep shot but top edges it towards the deep square leg fielder. Rahul Chahar judges this one well and takes a nice low catch. Lucknow lose their third wicket and Punjab really needed this wicket to get back into the game. |
| Nicholas Pooran walks out at number 5! |
| 13.4 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Nicholas Pooran is off the mark in style! Liam Livingstone bowls this full and outside the off stump. Nicholas Pooran lofts this over the infield towards deep cover for four runs. |
| 13.5 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Showing positive intent here is Nicholas Pooran and not allowing the scoring rate to fall! Liam Livingstone tosses this full as well and outside off. Nicholas Pooran thumps this aerially towards deep cover once again for four more runs. |
| 13.6 : Liam Livingstone to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Make that three boundaries in a row! Liam Livingstone continues to bowl full and offer width outside off. Nicholas Pooran creams this across the surface towards deep cover to make in 19 runs in the over despite a wicket. |
| 14.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Marcus Stoinis, Arshdeep Singh starts with a low full toss at the stumps. Marcus Stoinis eases this down to long on for a run. |
| 14.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Nicholas Pooran, Goes full and outside the off pole. Nicholas Pooran strokes this towards long off and takes one more. |
| 14.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Marcus Stoinis, Goes really full and in line with the stumps. Marcus Stoinis punches this bakc past the bowler for a single. |
| 14.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Nicholas Pooran is throwing his bat at everything here and getting rewarded! Arshdeep Singh Bowls this back of a length and into the batter. Nicholas Pooran miscues his pull towards deep square leg for four runs.  |
| 14.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Nicholas Pooran, Decides to bowl full once again and angles this in from outside off. Nicholas Pooran mistimes his shot towards wide long on and they take two runs. |
| 14.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Nicholas Pooran, Bangs this in short and outside the off pole. Nicholas Pooran shapes up for a shot but decides against it. A dot ball to end the over. |
| 15.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Marcus Stoinis, Four Leg byes! Back of a length, on leg. Stoinis tries to work it towards the leg side but misses. The ball goes off his thigh pad towards the fine leg fence. |
| 15.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Marcus Stoinis, Fifty for Marcus Stoinis! Touch shorter, angling into middle. Stoinis works it past square leg for a single. Brilliant knock so from the Australian and he would like to explode now in the death overs. |
| 15.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Nicholas Pooran, Back of a length and around off. Pooran dabs it to third man for a single. |
| 15.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! BANG! On a length, on off. Stoinis stays deep in his crease, clears his front leg and smashes it down the ground for a maximum. |
| 15.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Marcus Stoinis, No Ball! Back of a length, on middle. Stoinis tries a ramp shot but does not time it well. The ball rolls towards the leg side and a run is taken. Rabada has overstepped here and it is Free Hit coming up. |
| Kagiso Rabada to Nicholas Pooran, WIDE! Short and on middle. Pooran ducks under it. |
| Kagiso Rabada to Nicholas Pooran, A full delivery on middle. Pooran heaves it to deep mid-wicket for just a single. |
| 15.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Marcus Stoinis, Nails a yorker this time! On off and Stonis just about manages to dig it out. 16 from the over though and Lucknow have a great chance to get 250 here! |
| Strategic break! Lucknow have not allowed the momentum to fall all through this inning as every new batter has played his shots and kept the scoring rate right. They already have 200 runs on the board and are well on course to put up the highest score in this edition of the Indian T20 League. Punjab have been really poor with the ball giving far too many loose deliveries and have been punished for it. They will be hoping to try and pull things back slightly in the last 4 overs and take that mome |
| 16.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Nicholas Pooran, Bowls a yorker on middle. Pooran works it to deep mid-wicket for just a single. |
| 16.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! Stoinis is in no mood to stop here! A fullish delivery on middle. Stoinis makes room and drills it through covers for a boundary. |
| 16.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Marcus Stoinis, Gets his yorker right this time on middle. Stoinis manages to hit it to long on for a single. |
| 16.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Nicholas Pooran, Nice bouncer on middle. Pooran goes for the pull shot but gets a top edge. The ball goes in the air and falls just wide of the fielder at short third man who runs to his right and dives full length to take. Two taken in the end. |
| 16.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Nice placement! A full delivery and outside off. Pooran drives it square of the wicket past the point fielder for a boundary. |
| 16.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Oh, the boundaries just continue to flow! A full delivery angling into middle and leg. Pooran flicks it past short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 17.1 : Kagiso Rabada to Marcus Stoinis, SIX! WOW! What a shot! A fullish delivery on middle. Stoinis whips it and smashes it all the way over deep square leg for a maximum. |
| 17.2 : Kagiso Rabada to Marcus Stoinis, A yorker on off. Stonis digs it out to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 17.3 : Kagiso Rabada to Nicholas Pooran, A yorker on middle. Pooran digs it out to deep mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 17.4 : Kagiso Rabada to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR! Lovely shot again! A full delivery on off. Pooran just lifts it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 17.5 : Kagiso Rabada to Nicholas Pooran, Back of a length, on middle. Pooran fends it back to the bowler. |
| 17.6 : Kagiso Rabada to Nicholas Pooran, SIX! 19 from the over! Wow, we are in for a huge, huge score here! Short and on leg. Pooran pulls it all the way over fine leg for a maximum. |
| 18.1 : Sam Curran to Marcus Stoinis, FOUR! This is clever batting! A full delivery on leg as Curran follows Stoinis here. However, the batter still manages to lift it over mid off for a boundary. |
| 18.2 : Sam Curran to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! A brilliant knock from Marcus Stoinis comes to an end! A slower fullish delivery, around off. Stoinis gets across to his right and tries to scoop it towards the leg side. However, he ends up getting a top edge that goes right of the keeper. Jitesh Sharma settles under it and takes a good catch. Can Punjab stem the run flow now? |
| 18.3 : Sam Curran to Deepak Hooda, Back of a length, on off. Hooda works it to deep square leg for a couple. |
| 18.2 : Deepak Hooda is the new batter at the crease. |
| 18.4 : Sam Curran to Deepak Hooda, Well bowled! A yorker on middle. Hooda digs it out back to the bowler. |
| 18.5 : Sam Curran to Deepak Hooda, FOUR! Good awareness from Hooda! He sees the fine leg inside the circe and moves across to his right. Curran bowls it very full on middle and Hooda tucks it fine for a boundary. |
| 18.6 : Sam Curran to Deepak Hooda, Shortish and slower one outside off. Hooda tries to slap it but gets an underedge to the right of the keeper. Sharma dives to stop it but fails to reach it. Prabhsimran Singh collects it at short third man has a shy at the batter's end but misses. Curran collects the ball then and tries to score a direct hit at the bowler's end but misses it too. Dot ball! |
| Arshdeep Singh has the responsibility of bowling the last over. |
| 19.1 : Arshdeep Singh to Nicholas Pooran, A full delivery on middle. Pooran heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 19.2 : Arshdeep Singh to Deepak Hooda, FOUR! 250 up for Lucknow! A full delivery and outside off. Hooda carves it through covers for a boundary. |
| 19.3 : Arshdeep Singh to Deepak Hooda, A low full toss on off. Hooda tries to hit it hard but mistimes it to long off for a single. |
| 19.4 : Krunal Pandya walks out to the middle. |
| 19.5 : Arshdeep Singh to Krunal Pandya, FOUR! Lucky for Krunal Pandya! A brilliant yorker on middle. Pandya just about manage to get a bat on it and the ball goes off the inside edge towards the fine leg fence. |
| 19.6 : Arshdeep Singh to Krunal Pandya, WIDE! A full toss and down the leg side. Pandya lets it go and Sharma makes a good stop behind the stumps. |
| Arshdeep Singh to Krunal Pandya, Single to end the innings! Arshdeep Singh finish it off with a yorker, around off. Krunal Pandya digs it out to backward point for a single. Lucknow finish with a huge total of 257/5 at the end of their 20 overs! |
| 19.4 : Arshdeep Singh to Nicholas Pooran, OUT! LBW! Arshdeep Singh finally gets a wicket and more importantly for Punjab, it is a dot ball! A fullish delivery on middle. Pooran gets across to his left and tries to scoop it but seems to have missed it as the ball goes off his pads to the right of the keeper. Jitesh Sharma takes a brilliant catch behind the stumps. The batters meanwhile take a run and there is direct hit from Jitesh Sharma at the batter's end. However, Punjab take the DRS for a ca |
| 19.6 : Lucknow have posted a mammoth total on the board! They have absolutely demolished the Punjab bowling with an exhibition of power hitting and put up 257 runs on the board which is the highest total of the 2023 Indian T20 League. They kept up the tempo all through the inning and will feel they have more than enough on the board. The Punjab bowlers lacked disciplined and gave away far too many loose deliveries with Rahul Chahar proving to be the only economical bowler. The rest went for well above |
| The visitors were watchful in the first over but once Kyle Mayers got going, they looked unstoppable. KL Rahul could not make an impact and lost his wicket early but Ayush Badoni came out at number 3 to play the perfect supporting role to the marauding Kyle Mayers who reached his fifty in 20 delivers. Once the left-handed opener perished, Marcus Stoinis continued the good work and played some outstanding shots to not allow the hosts any time to breathe. Ayush Badoni scored 43 in 24 balls bu |
| Ayush Badoni is up for a chat and he says that he was waiting for an opportunity to bat at 3 for a long time and he is happy to get the opportunity finally. Mentions that he knew that it is a good wicket and adds that instructions were to just play the shots. Tells that they just wanted to play the ball on merit. Talks about his mindset and says that he was just blank out there and reacting to the ball. |
| Right then, this is only the second time in the history of the Indian T20 League that 250 has been breached so Punjab will know that they have an uphill task at hand. That said it is not impossible and the wicket looks like a batting paradise so the home crowd will have some hopes that their batters can pull off a miracle run chase. |
| 0.1 : Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, A fullish delivery and outside off. Shaping away from the right hander and Prabhsimran Singh lets it go. |
| 0.2 : Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, Bowls this one into the pads on a fuller length. Prabhsimran Singh flicks this towards deep square leg and takes a single to get off the mark. |
| 0.3 : Marcus Stoinis to Shikhar Dhawan, Goes full once again and outside the off pole. Shikhar Dhawan dabs this towards the cover region with soft hands and takes a run to open his account. |
| KL Rahul needs to be careful about his reviews. He has lost one early once again. |
| 0.6 : Marcus Stoinis to Atharva Taide, Bowls this back of a length and outside off. Atharva Taide is watchful as he taps this towards cover-point |
| 0.4 : Marcus Stoinis to Prabhsimran Singh, A full delivery and angling into leg. Prabhsimran Singh tries to flick it but misses.The ball hits his pads and there is a big appeal. However, the umpire says no. Lucknow take the DRS though. The replays roll in and the UltraEdge shows no bat here. The Ball Tracking rolls and it shows that the ball is missing leg. So, the original decision stays. |
| 0.5 : Atharva Taide makes his way out to the middle at number 3. |
| 1.1 : Kyle Mayers to Prabhsimran Singh, Back of a length and outside off. Singh dabs it to the point fielder. |
| 1.2 : Kyle Mayers to Prabhsimran Singh, FOUR! First boundary for Punjab! On a length and angling into leg. Singh clips it towards the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 0.6 : Kyle Mayers will share the attack and bowl from the other end. |
| 1.3 : Kyle Mayers to Prabhsimran Singh, Back of a length, on leg. Prabhsimran Singh tries to clip it but misses and the ball goes off his thigh pad to the keeper. Pooran appeals for a caught behind but the umpire says no. Pooran asks his skipper to take the review but KL is not convinced. |
| 1.4 : Kyle Mayers to Prabhsimran Singh, A full delivery and around off. Singh drives it to covers. |
| 1.5 : Kyle Mayers to Prabhsimran Singh, A full delivery, angling into leg. Singh tries to clip it but misses and gets hit on the pads. There is an appeal but going down leg. |
| 1.6 : Kyle Mayers to Prabhsimran Singh, Bowls this full and wide outside the off stump. Prabhsimran Singh punches this straight to the cover fielder. |
| 2.2 : Marcus Stoinis to Atharva Taide, A full delivery on off. Taide drives it to the mid off fielder. |
| 2.1 : Marcus Stoinis to Atharva Taide, SIX! Nice pick-up shot! Taide comes a bit forward and Stoinis bowls it tad short on middle. Taide pulls it all the way over deep square leg for a maximum. The fielder in the deep actually was little too ahead and if he would have been near the ropes, Taide would have been a goner. |
| 2.3 : Marcus Stoinis to Atharva Taide, WIDE! Length delivery and way down the leg side. Taide leaves it. |
| Marcus Stoinis to Atharva Taide, WIDE! Another slower length delivery way down the leg side. Taide lets it go. |
| Marcus Stoinis to Atharva Taide, FOUR! Nice shot! Short and outside off. Taide waits for it and cuts it over point for a boundary. |
| 0.5 : Marcus Stoinis to Shikhar Dhawan, OUT! CAUGHT! Oh, Shikhar Dhawan is gone and this is a big blow to Punjab's chances! Lucknow have drawn first blood in the first over and what a game Marcus Stoinis is having! On a length and outside off. Dhawan skips down the track and throws his blade at it. The ball flies off the outside edge towards third man and Krunal Pandya takes an easy catch. Punjab will need to rework their plans here with this early setback. |
| 2.4 : Marcus Stoinis to Atharva Taide, WIDE! Stoinis misses his mark again! On a length and spills it down the leg side. Taide lets it go. |
| Marcus Stoinis to Atharva Taide, WIDE! Bowls another one down the leg side.Taide lets it go happily again. |
| Marcus Stoinis to Atharva Taide, FOUR! Another boundary for Taide! A full delivery on off. Taide drills it past the mid off fielder for a boundary. |
| 2.5 : Marcus Stoinis to Atharva Taide, Oh, Stoinis is in lot of pain here! A full delivery on off. Taide drives it left of Stonis and the pacer gets a hand on it. The ball deflects to mid on and a single is taken. |
| 2.6 : Ayush Badoni to Prabhsimran Singh, Shortish and around off. Prabhsimran Singh cuts it to backward point. Good over for Punjab, 19 from it! |
| 2.5 : Marcus Stoinis seems to have hurt his finger and he is on the floor in intense pain. The physios are out to check on him and it does not look like he can continue. He is walking off the field and Ayush Badoni will bowl the last delivery of the over. |
| 3.2 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Prabhsimran Singh, FOUR! Lovely shot! Shortish and outside off. Prabhsimran Singh cuts it in the gap past the backward point fielder for a boundary. |
| 3.3 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Prabhsimran Singh, Bowls it full and outside off. Singh drives it hard to the cover fielder. |
| 3.1 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Atharva Taide, A slower yorker on off. Taide digs it out to mid on for a single. |
| 3.5 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Sikandar Raza, On a length, on middle. Raza fends it to the leg side. |
| 3.4 : Sikandar Raza is the new batter at the crease. |
| 3.6 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Sikandar Raza, On a length and around off. Raza punches it to the cover fielder. Good start from Naveen-ul-Haq! |
| 4.1 : Avesh Khan to Atharva Taide, Short and on off. Taide pulls it to deep square leg. The fielder there fumbles a bit and two runs are taken. |
| 4.2 : Avesh Khan to Atharva Taide, FOUR! Nice shot! On a length, on off angling from 'round the wicket. Taide pulls it wide of deep mid-wicket and Ravi Bishnoi almost reaches it but fails to get his hands down in time. |
| 4.4 : Avesh Khan to Sikandar Raza, Shortish and around off. Raza punches it to covers for a single. |
| 4.3 : Avesh Khan to Atharva Taide, On a length, on off. Taide drives it to mid on and sets off for a single. The fielder there scores a direct hit but Taide makes his ground with a dive. |
| 4.5 : Avesh Khan to Atharva Taide, FOUR! This young man from Vidarbha is a very impressive player! A fullish delivery and outside off. Taide drives it wide of mid off for a boundary. |
| 4.6 : Avesh Khan to Atharva Taide, FOUR! Cracking shot! Short and outside off. Taide gets over the bounce of the ball and cuts it hard past point for a boundary. |
| 5.1 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Sikandar Raza, Naveen-ul-Haq bowls this full and outside the off ;pole. Sikandar Raza lofts this into the air towards deep cover and takes a couple of runs. |
| 3.4 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Prabhsimran Singh, OUT! CAUGHT! Oh, Prabhsimran Singh holes out in the deep and Punjab have been rocked early. A length delivery angling into middle. Prabhsimran Singh plays a pick up shot and hits it well but straight to the deep square leg fielder. Daniel Sams (Sub) takes a fine catch and Naveen-ul-Haq strikes in his first over. |
| 5.2 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Sikandar Raza, Bowls this back of a length and outside off. Sikandar Raza pulls this towards the short fine leg fielder and a fumble allows him to take one. |
| 5.3 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Atharva Taide, Bangs this in short and outside the off stump. He takes pace off and Atharva Taide leaves the ball alone. |
| 5.4 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Atharva Taide, Goes 'round the wicket to the left-hander. Slightly short this time and angled into the batter from outside off. Atharva Taide pulls this towards deep square leg and takes a run. |
| 5.5 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Sikandar Raza, On a good length and just outside the off stump. Sikandar Raza flicks this towards deep square leg with soft hands and they run well to take two runs. |
| Naveen-ul-Haq has hurt his hand now while collecting a throw. The physio is out in the middle and the Afghani is getting some treatment. He looks alright now and is set to go... |
| 5.6 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Sikandar Raza, Bowls this on a good length as well and follows the batter as he looks to make room on the leg side. Sikandar Raza tucks this towards deep backward square leg and picks up yet another brace. Punjab 55 for the loss of 2 wickets after the Powerplay. |
| 6.2 : Amit Mishra to Atharva Taide, Slightly short and going down leg. Atharva Taide gets down on one knee and sweeps this through backward square leg for a single. |
| 6.1 : Amit Mishra to Atharva Taide, Amit Mishra starts with a looped-up delivery bowled full and in line with the stumps. Atharva Taide flicks this towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 0.0 : The Impact Player is here! It is Amit Mishra who comes in, and replaces Kyle Mayers. Mishra is set to start his first over as well. |
| 6.3 : Amit Mishra to Sikandar Raza, Tosses this one full and just outside the off pole. Sikandar Raza eases this down to long off for a single. |
| 6.4 : Amit Mishra to Atharva Taide, SIX! Atharva Taide has used his feet beautifully here! Amit Mishra floats this one full and outside the off stump. Atharva Taide charges down the pitch and thumps this over long on for six runs. |
| 6.5 : Amit Mishra to Atharva Taide, Decides to bowl short and wide outside off. Atharva Taide cuts this towards deep point and takes a single. |
| 6.6 : Amit Mishra to Sikandar Raza, FOUR! Not a good start for Lucknow's Impact Player here! Amit Mishra flights this full and just outside the off pole. Sikandar Raza clears his front foot out of the way and hits this hard towards long on for four runs. 15 runs have come from this over. |
| 7.1 : Ravi Bishnoi to Atharva Taide, Ravi Bishnoi begins with a googly bowled outside the off stump on a shortish length. Atharva Taide looks to cut but misses. |
| 7.2 : Ravi Bishnoi to Atharva Taide, Short once again and outside off, turning away from the batter. Atharva Taide slaps this straight to the backward point fielder. |
| 7.3 : Ravi Bishnoi to Atharva Taide, Tosses this one full and in line with the stumps. Atharva Taide shimmies down the wicket and knocks this towards long off for a single. |
| 7.4 : Ravi Bishnoi to Sikandar Raza, FOUR! Misfield in the deep and Sikandar Raza picks up yet another boundary! Ravi Bishnoi bowls this full as well and outside off. Sikandar Raza thumps this towards long off and Deepak Hooda puts in a dive to his left but parries it into the ropes for four runs. |
| 7.5 : Ravi Bishnoi to Sikandar Raza, Bowls a googly this time on a shorter length. Sikandar Raza gets cramped for room and taps this back towards the bowler. |
| 7.6 : Ravi Bishnoi to Sikandar Raza, Fires this one full and into the stumps. Sikandar Raza flicks this towards deep mid-wicket and takes a single to keep strike. |
| 8.1 : Amit Mishra to Sikandar Raza, Amit Mishra floats this full and just outside off. Sikandar Raza knocks this towards cover-point and takes one. |
| 8.2 : Amit Mishra to Atharva Taide, Googly bowled full and outside the off pole. Atharva Taide pushes at this with no leg movement and gets beaten. |
| 8.3 : Amit Mishra to Atharva Taide, FOUR! A nice bit of innovation from Atharva Taide! Amit Mishra loops this full and on a leg stump line. Atharva Taide reverse sweeps this towards deep backward point for four runs. |
| 8.4 : Amit Mishra to Atharva Taide, Flighted once again and bowled full outside off. Atharva Taide looks to sweep and miscues it towards short fine leg for a single. |
| 8.5 : Amit Mishra to Sikandar Raza, Tosses this into the pads on a fuller length. Sikandar Raza clips this towards deep mid-wicket and takes a single. |
| 8.6 : Amit Mishra to Atharva Taide, Slightly short and outside the off stump, bowled really slow through the air. Atharva Taide mistimes his pull towards deep mid-wicket and takes a run. |
| 9.1 : Yash Thakur to Atharva Taide, Yash Thakur bowls this short and going down leg from 'round the wicket. Atharva Taide pulls this towards deep backward square leg and takes a single. |
| 0.0 : Strategic break! Lucknow have done well to pick two early wickets and that has ensured that Punjab need more than 15 runs per over from hereon to win this one. However, Atharva Taide is looking very fluent and Raza too has started to strike it well. Punjab also have some big hitters to follow and they would be hoping to see a blinder of a knock from someone to take them over the line. Can Punjab put Lucknow in some pressure here? Let's find out. Yash Thakur is into the attack now. |
| 9.2 : Yash Thakur to Sikandar Raza, FOUR! Sikandar Raza stays in the crease and slaps this to the fence! Yash Thakur bowls this back of a length and outside the off stump. Sikandar Raza pulls this towards deep mid-wicket and collects four runs. |
| 9.3 : Yash Thakur to Sikandar Raza, Slower delivery on a good length and outside the off stump. Sikandar Raza attempts a scoop shot but gets deceived by the pace. |
| 9.4 : Yash Thakur to Sikandar Raza, Nails this yorker and follows the batter down leg side. Sikandar Raza is unable to dig this out and gets hit on the pads. The ball goes off the pads towards short third man and they take a leg bye. |
| 9.5 : Yash Thakur to Atharva Taide, Bowls this on a length and outside the off pole. Atharva Taide whips this towards deep mid-wicket and takes a couple of runs. |
| 9.6 : Yash Thakur to Atharva Taide, Nails the yorker on an off-stump line. Atharva Taide flicks this towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.1 : Ravi Bishnoi to Atharva Taide, Dot to start the over! A quicker delivery and a googly outside off. Taide tries to slap it away but misses. |
| 10.2 : Ravi Bishnoi to Atharva Taide, Flatter and quicker on off. Taide pulls it without much timing to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 10.3 : Ravi Bishnoi to Sikandar Raza, Dot again! A quicker delivery again and it is outside off. Raza tries to swipe it towards the leg side but misses. Pooran collects the ball and whips the bails off. The leg umpire takes the stumping appeal upstairs but the replays show that Raza is safe. |
| 10.5 : Ravi Bishnoi to Sikandar Raza, FOUR! Much-needed boundary for Punjab, 100 comes up as well. A full delivery on leg. Raza heaves it off the inside half of his blade through backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 10.4 : Ravi Bishnoi to Sikandar Raza, Shortish and on off. Raza pulls it uppishly staight down the ground and takes two as the fielder at long off does well to stop it. |
| 10.6 : Ravi Bishnoi to Sikandar Raza, SIX! Just over the long on fielder! Short and on off. Raza pulls it but does not time it perfectly. The ball. however, manages to evade the jumping long on fielder for a maximum. |
| 11.2 : Yash Thakur to Atharva Taide, A full delivery on off. Taide drills it to long on for a single. |
| 11.1 : Yash Thakur to Atharva Taide, A shortish delivery, outside off. Taide gets across to his left and tries to pull it but mistimes it to backward point. The fielder there has a shy at the batter's end as the batters take a single but misses and an extra run is taken. |
| 11.3 : Yash Thakur to Sikandar Raza, OUT! CAUGHT! Yash Thakur strikes and Sikandar Raza's breezy knock comes to an end. Short and outside off. Raza cuts it uppishly and does time it well. However, he hits it straight to deep point fielder and Krunal Pandya takes a good catch near the ropes. Punjab lose their third. |
| 11.4 : Yash Thakur to Liam Livingstone, A full toss on leg. Livingstone heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 11.3 : Liam Livingstone is the new batter and he seems to have come to the crease a tad bit late. |
| 11.5 : Yash Thakur to Atharva Taide, FOUR! Nicely played! Shortish and angling into body. Taide waits for it, sways away a bit and just guides it over the keeper's head for a boundary. |
| 11.6 : Yash Thakur to Atharva Taide, FOUR! Another boundary! 12 from the over! On a length angling into middle. Taide gets across to his left and scoops it over short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 12.1 : Ravi Bishnoi to Liam Livingstone, Shortish and quicker on middle. Livingstone flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 12.2 : Ravi Bishnoi to Liam Livingstone, Just a single! Tossed up on off. Liam Livingstone drills it back to the bowler. Bishnoi manages to half-stop it and a single is taken. |
| 12.3 : Ravi Bishnoi to Atharva Taide, A Tossed up delivery on leg. Taide sweeps it uppishly but well short of deep backward square leg for a single. |
| 12.4 : Ravi Bishnoi to Liam Livingstone, FOUR! Finds the gap! Quicker and outside off. Livingstone cuts it in the gap between backward point and short third man for a single. |
| 12.5 : Ravi Bishnoi to Liam Livingstone, Tossed up on off. Livingstone drills it to long off for a single. |
| 12.6 : Ravi Bishnoi to Atharva Taide, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Atharva Taide departs! He played well though but it was too much to ask from the youngster! Tossed up nicely on off. Taide sees the opportunity and goes for a big slog-sweep. However, he manages only to get a big top edge. The ball goes high in the air and Ravi Bishnoi settles under it to take it comfortably. |
| Sam Curran makes his way out to the middle. |
| 13.1 : Krunal Pandya to Liam Livingstone, A fuller and quicker one on leg. Liam tries to sweep it but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 13.2 : Krunal Pandya to Liam Livingstone, FOUR! Good shot! Liam Livingstone skips down the track and Pandya pushes it wider outside off. Livingstone though takes it on full and drills it through covers for a boundary. |
| 13.3 : Krunal Pandya to Liam Livingstone, A full delivery on middle. Liam Livingstone works it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 13.4 : Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, SIX! Oh, Sam Curran is off the mark with a bang! A full delivery on off. Curran gets under it and tonks it over long on for a maximum. |
| 13.5 : Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, Nails a yorker on off. Curran only manages to dig it out. |
| 13.6 : Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, WIDE! A full delivery and way outside off. Curran lets it go. |
| Krunal Pandya to Sam Curran, Shortish and outside off. Curran pumps it bit aerially to long off for a single. 118 needed now from 36 balls! |
| 14.1 : Avesh Khan to Sam Curran, A length delivery on off. Curran shuffles to his left and works it to deep backward square leg for a couple. |
| 14.2 : Avesh Khan to Sam Curran, A full delivery on off. Curran digs it out to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 14.3 : Avesh Khan to Liam Livingstone, A fuller delivery and around off. Livingstone drives it through covers for a couple. |
| 14.4 : Avesh Khan to Liam Livingstone, SIX! This is what Punjab need and they need plenty of it! Short and on off. Liam Livingstone picks the length and pulls it over deep square leg for a maximum. |
| 14.5 : Avesh Khan to Liam Livingstone, Brilliant fielding! A full delivery and outside off. Liam Livingstone drives it hard to the right of point and Ravi Bishnoi there almost pulls off a blinder with a dive. The ball, however, does not stick in his hand. |
| 14.6 : Avesh Khan to Liam Livingstone, A fuller delivery again and outside off. Livingstone drives it to sweeper cover for a single. 106 needed now from 30 balls! |
| 15.1 : Ravi Bishnoi to Liam Livingstone, Ravi Bishnoi bowls a googly short in length and into the batter. Liam Livingstone charges down the wicket and looks to heave into the leg side but misses and gets hit on the body. |
| 15.2 : Ravi Bishnoi to Liam Livingstone, OUT! PLUMB! Ravi Bishnoi has yet another wicket and he gets rid of the dangerous Liam Livingstone! He bowls another googly on a fuller length and angled into the stumps. Liam Livingstone looks to hit through the line into the leg side but misses and gets hit flush on the back leg. Ravi Bishnoi goes up in appeal and the umpire raises his finger. This looks pretty straight but Liam Livingstone decides to review it. UltraEdge shows there is no bat involv |
| 15.3 : Ravi Bishnoi to Jitesh Sharma, SIX! Jitesh Sharma begins with a massive hit! Ravi Bishnoi tosses this one full and outside the off stump. Jitesh Sharma dispatches this beyond the long on boundary for six runs to open his account in style. |
| 15.2 : Strategic break! Punjab are trying hard and are almost going at 10 runs per over. However, the target is still way far from them and the best Punjab can do is to keep going for it till the end. Atharva Taide earlier played well for his fifty and other batters too chipped in with handy cameos. However, Lucknow are way ahead and would like to seal as big a win as possible in this game. Jitesh Sharma walks out to the middle. |
| 15.4 : Ravi Bishnoi to Jitesh Sharma, Fires this one full and going down leg. Jitesh Sharma looks to flick this away but misses. The ball goes off the pads towards short fine leg and they take a leg bye. |
| 15.6 : Ravi Bishnoi to Jitesh Sharma, 1 run. |
| 15.5 : Ravi Bishnoi to Sam Curran, Short this time and on a leg stump line. Sam Curran whips this towards deep square leg for one. |
| 15.6 : Ravi Bishnoi to Jitesh Sharma, NO BALL! Ravi Bishnoi tosses this full and in line with the stumps. Jitesh Sharma powers this to long on for a single and takes a single. Ravi Bishnoi has overstepped and will have to bowl one more delivery to end his spell. |
| Ravi Bishnoi to Sam Curran, FOUR! Sam Curran puts this away to the fence! Full and in line with the stumps. Sam Curran clips this towards deep square leg for four runs. |
| 16.1 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Jitesh Sharma, A fullish delivery and outside off. Sharma drills it through the extra cover region for a couple. |
| 16.2 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Jitesh Sharma, Keeps it fuller in length again and outside off. Jitesh Sharma slaps it through covers for another two runs. |
| 16.3 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Jitesh Sharma, Bowls full and outside the off pole. Jitesh Sharma goes well across to the off side even before the ball is bowled and looks to flick it leg side but misses. The ball goes off the pads towards cover and they take a leg bye. |
| 16.4 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Sam Curran, A slower ball bowled back of a length and outside off. Sam Curran waits on it and pulls this towards deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs. |
| 16.5 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Sam Curran, NO BALL AND FOUR! Naveen-ul-Haq has bowled a beamer here and Sam Curran has managed to somehow get some bat on this! This is a high full toss bowled at the batter. Sam Curran goes down on the floor but sticks his bat out and gets it over the keeper for four runs. Free-Hit coming up... |
| Naveen-ul-Haq to Sam Curran, Well bowled by Naveen-ul-Haq! He serves this back of a length and into the batter. Sam Curran looks to make room and slap it away but gets beaten. |
| 16.6 : Shahrukh Khan walks out to the middle now. |
| Naveen-ul-Haq to Sam Curran, OUT! CAUGHT! Naveen-ul-Haq gets his man and he has deceived the batter with the lack of pace! Bowls this full and into the batter. Sam Curran is early into his shot and lobs this into the air on the off side. Ayush Badoni settles under this one and takes a well-judged catch. Punjab lose their sixth wicket here and they are spiraling further down the barrel. Lucknow have complete control of this game and look to coast to a win here. |
| 17.1 : Yash Thakur to Jitesh Sharma, SIX! Jitesh Sharma is giving some fight here! This is a full toss on the pads. Jitesh Sharma flicks this over deep backward square leg for six runs. |
| 17.2 : Yash Thakur to Jitesh Sharma, SIX! Two maximums in a row and the crowd has something to cheer about! Yash Thakur bowls this back of a length and outside off. Jitesh Sharma slaps this with a cross bat over long on for six more runs. |
| 17.3 : Yash Thakur to Jitesh Sharma, Goes full and into the legs of the batter. Jitesh Sharma clips this towards long on and gets a single. |
| 17.4 : Yash Thakur to Shahrukh Khan, Continues to bowl full and going down leg. Shahrukh Khan looks to flick this fine but finds the fine leg fielder for a run. |
| 17.5 : Yash Thakur to Jitesh Sharma, OUT! CAUGHT! Yash Thakur has the second for the night and Jitesh Sharma's cameo comes to an end! Yash Thakur bowls this full and outside the off stump. Jitesh Sharma looks to go over the mid off fielder but does not connect cleanly. KL Rahul takes a couple of steps back and grabs onto the ball over his head. Punjab lose their seventh wicket and are staring at a certain defeat. |
| 17.6 : Yash Thakur to Rahul Chahar, WIDE! Goes full and down leg side. Rahul Chahar looks to clip this fine but misses and the umpire calls this wide. |
| 17.5 : Rahul Chahar walks out to the middle now. |
| 17.6 : Yash Thakur to Rahul Chahar, OUT! CAUGHT! Yash Thakur gets two in one over and Rahul Chahar bites the dust! Yash Thakur bowls this full and into the stumps. Rahul Chahar looks to clip this leg side but mistimes it towards wide long on. Deepak Hooda has an easy catch to take and Punjab are now eight down. |
| Kagiso Rabada is the next man in. |
| 18.1 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Shahrukh Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq bowls this full and outside the off stump. Shahrukh Khan knocks this towards cover. |
| 18.2 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Shahrukh Khan, WIDE! Bowls this one just beyond the tram line on a fuller length. The umpire indicates wide and the bowler is not too happy. |
| Naveen-ul-Haq to Shahrukh Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq bowls this full and outside the off pole. Shahrukh Khan lofts this towards deep cover and takes a couple of runs. |
| 18.3 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Shahrukh Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq goes full and outside the off stump. Shahrukh Khan strokes this towards long off and takes one. |
| 18.4 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Kagiso Rabada, OUT! TIMBER! A well-disguised delivery and Naveen-ul-Haq has his third wicket! He comes 'round the wicket and bowls this full into the stumps. Kagiso Rabada does not read the slower ball and is early into the shot. Kagiso Rabada pushes at it and misses as the ball goes on to shatter the stumps. Punjab have just one wicket left and Lucknow will want to wrap this up in a jiffy. |
| Arshdeep Singh is the last man in. |
| 18.5 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Arshdeep Singh, Another slower ball bowled slightly short and in line with the stumps. Arshdeep Singh looks to tuck this away but misses and the ball goes just over the stumps. |
| 18.6 : Naveen-ul-Haq to Arshdeep Singh, A fullish delivery on middle. Arshdeep Singh slogs it wide of long on for a couple. |
| 19.1 : Yash Thakur to Shahrukh Khan, Yash Thakur bowls this really full and at the stumps. Shahrukh Khan digs this out back towards the bowler. |
| 19.2 : Yash Thakur to Shahrukh Khan, Short and going down leg. Shahrukh Khan pulls this towards fine leg and they do not take a single. |
| 19.3 : Yash Thakur to Shahrukh Khan, Nails the yorker on a leg stump line. Shahrukh Khan clips this towards deep square leg for a run. Some sloppiness from Lucknow allows the batters to take a second. Brings up the 200 for Punjab but there are still nowhere near the target |
| 19.4 : Yash Thakur to Shahrukh Khan, Bangs this in short and going down leg. Shahrukh Khan misses his pull and the ball goes through to the keeper. |
| 19.5 : Time for some interviews. |
| Time for the Presentation now... |
| Yash Thakur to Shahrukh Khan, OUT! CAUGHT! Yash Thakur has a four-fer and a comprehensive win for the visitors! Yash Thakur bowls this really full and into the pads. Shahrukh Khan goes for the flick into the leg side but hits it straight down the throat of the deep square leg fielder. Ravi Bishnoi keeps his concentration and holds onto the catch as Lucknow have bowled their opponents out here. The visitors have managed to exact revenge for their loss at home with a 56-run win and wi |
| Lucknow have notched up an impressive win here! Punjab batters tried hard but when you have been handed a target of over 250 runs in a T20 game, then we all know who needs to take the blame here. Lucknow batters set up this win and their bowlers just needed to do the basics right which they eventually did. Lucknow, now move to the second spot with this comprehensive win. |
| As mentioned before, the win for Lucknow was set up by their batters. Mayers started off the carnage and almost everyone who followed kept going as they went on to get the second-highest total in the history of the Indian T20 League. Lucknow were always favourites to win the game from thereon and KL Rahul went on to use 9 bowlers which shows the nature of the pitch here in Mohali and the kind of resources Lucknow have at their disposal. What helped Lucknow further is that they got Shikhar Dhawan |
| Punjab have a quality bowling attack but they were way below par in this game. The bowlers of the class of Rabada, Arshdeep Singh and Sam Curran bowled way too many loose deliveries and extras and Lucknow made them pay heavily. Rahul Chahar was the only one who bowled well and with the bat, it was Atharva Taide who impressed with his classy strokeplay. After losing two early wickets, the young batter from Vidarbha batted with intensity and scored 66 off 36 balls while other middle-order batters |
| Shikhar Dhawan, the skipper of Punjab says that they gave away too many runs and paid the price for it. Admits that he could not contribute and explains that the ball did not come quickly enough so it went straight to the fielder. Adds that they were chasing a big score so he had to get going straight away. Claims that his strategy didnât work and they played with a spinner less but it is a learning curve for him and he will look to come back stronger. Ends by saying that the Impact Player ru |
| Nicholas Pooran is down for a quick chat. He says that he is very happy with the performance of the bowlers and is more happy about getting two important points. Adds that they knew that there is one shorter side on this ground and once they had controlled the powerplay, they tried to make batters hit on the bigger side of the ground. Mentions that he has not been successful in taking reviews in recent times and thatâs why let one pass in this game. Informs that he tries not to do much wicket |
| KL Rahul, the skipper of Lucknow says that their 10 wins batting first out of 12 is against the T20 trend and adds that he canât figure out one reason for it but he is very happy with it. Tells that every game in the second half becomes important and they wanted to do well in this game and adds that the break after the last game helped them and they were always clear about how they wanted to bat. Applauds his teamâs batting and says that getting to 250 speaks highly of how they batted. Stat |
| Right then, that is all we have from a high-scoring encounter here in Mohali. On Saturday, 29th of April, we have a double dose of action coming your way. First up, it will be Kolkata taking on Gujarat at Eden Gardens and that game will start at 3.30 pm IST (10 am GMT). The second game will be between Delhi and Hyderabad, starting at 7.30 pm IST (2 pm GMT). Do join us for the build-up of both games. Cheers! |
| Marcus Stoinis is the Player of the Match for scoring 74 of 40 deliveries and chipping in with a wicket. He says that his finger is alright and they will get the scans later. Mentions that they were joking about how this wicket is compared to the wicket at home and wanted to capitalize on a good batting track. Admits that when he was batting with Ayush they never thought they will reach 250 but they played their shots freely and mentions that he is a very talented player. Informs that it is mor |
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