New Delhi. Krunal Pandya, who captained Lucknow Super Giants in the last season of the Indian Premier League, played a tremendous innings on Saturday. The team was in trouble while batting first against Punjab Kings. Playing an unbeaten inning of 43 runs, he took the team’s score to 199 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. Opener Quinton de Kock scored a half-century while the captain scored 42 runs.
Lucknow Super Giants team made a good comeback in the second match after starting the Indian Premier League with a defeat. In this match, the team entered with a major change and the captaincy was given to Nicholas Puran in place of KL Rahul. Came to play the match against Punjab as KL Impact player. Starting the innings, he could contribute only 19 runs and returned after getting out.
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They set #PBKS a target of 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣
Will it be chased or defended?
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Lucknow is in trouble
Lucknow team had lost 5 wickets at the score of 146 runs in the match against Punjab. After the dismissal of captain Nicholas Pooran, it seemed difficult for the team to reach a big score. Krunal Pandya took command of the team from here and played an unbeaten inning of 43 runs on 22 balls for the team. With the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes, he scored runs and took the team to 199 runs.
De Kock’s Fifty
After getting the first blow in the form of KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock took advantage of his experience to hold one end and also increased the run rate. One fifty was seen in Lucknow’s innings and it came from the bat of this batsman. Facing 38 balls, De Kock played an inning of 54 runs hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes.
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Tags: IPL 2024, Krunal Pandya, Lucknow Super Giants, Punjab Kings
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 30, 2024, 21:48 IST