Lucknow Super Giants
IPL 2023: All-round Krunal Pandya takes Lucknow to comfortable five-wicket win over SRH
Pandya then chipped in with 34 off 23 balls and shared a 55-run partnership off 38 balls for the third wicket with captain K.L. Rahul, who top-scored with 35, to complete chase of 122 with four overs to spare and take the side to a comfortable five-wicket victory. Their second victory at home meant Lucknow are the new table-toppers in the ten-team competition.
IPL 2023: Krunal Pandya stars with three-fer as Lucknow restrict Hyderabad to 121/8
Lucknow drew first blood in the third over as Mayank Agarwal went for an uppish drive against Krunal, but he was undone by the flight and ended up giving a tame chip to cover. Anmolpreet Singh got some boundaries against spinners as well as Thakur with a lovely punch, sweep and chip over mid-off.
IPL 2023: Sunrisers Hyderabad win toss, elect to bat first against Lucknow Super Giants
Both teams enter Friday's match after losses in their last game. While Hyderabad were thrashed by Rajasthan Royals by 72 runs, Lucknow suffered a 12-run defeat to Chennai Super Kings. "The wicket looks quite dry. Hopefully, we can put up a good total. Ideally, we will get to our first win. Everyone seems in good spirits and full of energy. The guys are looking excited. Since we are batting first, Anmolpreet Singh will start," said Markram.
IPL 2023: Moeen, Deshpande, Santner star as Chennai beat Lucknow by 12 runs
After Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway shared a 110-run opening stand while Ambati Rayudu and captain M.S. Dhoni, along with Moeen and Shivam Dube, propelled CSK to reach 217/7, Kyle Mayers had threatened to steal their thunder with a 22-ball 53. His efforts meant Lucknow reached 73/0 in five overs. But Moeen and Santner came in as LSG slipped to 82/3 in the eighth over.
IPL 2023: Gaikwad, Conway, Dhoni, Rayudu star as CSK post 217/7 against LSG
Both Gaikwad (57) and Conway (47) played some outstanding shots to smash 79 runs in the Power-play, which became CSK's highest-ever Powerplay score at Chepauk, beating the previous best of 75. After taking CSK to 100 in eight overs, the duo fell in quick succession. But the rest of the batting order ensured CSK went past 200, especially with Dhoni treating the crowd to a short yet sparking innings in the final over.
IPL 2023: Lucknow Super Giants win toss, elect to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings
After winning the toss, Rahul said Jaydev Unadkat goes out and Yash Thakur comes into the playing eleven, making it the lone change from their 50-run win over Delhi Capitals at home. "We want to know what we are chasing. It was a really good performance against DC, all parts of the game we did well. We need to turn up again today and better those performances."
IPL 2023: Our fielding after first four overs was really sloppy, admits Ricky Ponting
In the match, where Delhi had a forgettable time in the fielding department, Kyle Mayers was on 14 when Khaleel Ahmed dropped his catch at short third off Chetan Sakariya in the sixth over. Mayers would go on to slam an explosive 38-ball 73 as Lucknow amassed 193/6 in their first-ever home game.
IPL 2023: Must applaud Mark Wood's plans and the way he got Prithvi Shaw out, says Parthiv Patel
In defence of 193 for the Lucknow Super Giants, Wood, playing just his second IPL game, delivered one of the most scorching spells of fast-bowling in T20 cricket in recent times, as his 5/14 left Delhi in disarray and restricting them to 143/9, to set up a 50-run victory for his team.
IPL 2023: It was great to bat with David Warner, says Delhi Capitals' Rilee Rossouw
The Lucknow side put up 193/6 in their 20 overs and then restricted the Delhi Capitals to 143/9. However, there were a few positives for the former IPL finalists in that match -- a half-century struck by opener and skipper David Warner and his 38-run partnership with middle-order batter Railee Rossouw. That was the only partnership worth mentioning for in what looks like a brittle middle-order in the absence of Rishabh Pant, who is recovering from injuries suffered in a car cash.
IPL 2023: Mark Wood's fifer, Kyle Mayers' blazing 73 help LSG thrash Delhi Capitals
But before Mark Wood got into the act, Kyle Mayers blazed to a half-century with boundaries as he lifted LSG after they lost skipper K.L Rahul (8) with 19 runs on board. Mayers' brilliant batting and breezy cameos by Nicholas Pooran (36) and Ayush Badoni (18) helped LSG post 193/6 in 20 overs, scoring 63 runs in the last five overs.
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