Nicholas Pooran and Ayush Badoni’s 40-plus scores each dragged Lucknow Super Giants to post 171 runs for seven wickets at the end of 20 overs against Punjab Kings.
Arshdeep Singh’s three wickets haul restricted Lucknow from scoring further. Notably, Arshdeep dismissed LSG’s key batters Mitchell Marsh(0), Ayush Badoni(41) and Abdul Samad(27).
Speaking of the match, Punjab Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first. Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh opened the inning for LSG, while Arshdeep Singh opened the bowling attack for Punjab Kings.
Arshdeep Singh in the very first over of the inning dismissed Mitchell Marsh for golden duck and drew the first blood for LSG. Soon, Ferguson in the fourth over, dismissed the Markram for 28 runs and loaded pressure over the LSG batting lineup.
In the very next over, Maxwell dismissed Rishabh Pant for two runs and made a massive breakthrough. At the end of six overs, LSG managed to score just 39 runs for three wickets.
Nicholas Pooran and Ayush Badoni started to build a partnership and managed to score 88 runs for three wickets at the end of 11 overs. Chahal in the 12th over, broke the 50 runs stand by dismissing Pooran for 44 runs.
While Ayush Badoni and David Miller slowly started to build a partnership Marco Jansen in the 16th over dismissed Miller for 19 runs and broke the partnership. With Abdul Samad’s quickfire 12 balls 27 runs LSG managed to score 171 runs for seven wicket at the end of 20 overs.
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