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Dhawan’s team lost after being on the verge of victory
Giants happy with Mayank Yadav’s speed
Shikhar Dhawan played an inning of 70 runs
New Delhi. Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan has been impressed by the bowling of Lucknow Super Giants’ young fast bowler Mayank Yadav. Dhawan attributed the defeat of Punjab Kings to Mayank’s fast bowling. Left-handed opening batsman Dhav said that he was surprised by Mayank’s fast bowling. Chasing the target of 200 runs, Punjab Kings had scored 101 runs without any loss. But after this Mayank destroyed the batting of Punjab Kings. He pushed Punjab Kings on the backfoot by taking the first 3 wickets. Mayank took 3 wickets in his name in the match. He was chosen player of the match in his debut match.
In the 11th match of IPL, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Punjab Kings (LSG vs PBKS) by 21 runs. Punjab team could score only 178 runs for 5 wickets. Shikhar Dhawan played an inning of 70 runs for Punjab while Jonny Bairstow was out after scoring 42 runs. During this time, Mayank Yadav made the record of bowling the fastest ball of the season by bowling the ball at a speed of 155.8 kilometers in his second over. After the defeat, Punjab captain Shikhar Dhawan looked quite disappointed. Punjab’s ace batsman Liam Livingstone also got injured during the match. Dhawan said that Livingstone’s injury affected the team’s performance. That’s why he could not reach fourth place.
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‘Livingstone’s injury affected performance’
After the defeat of Punjab Kings, Shikhar Dhawan said, ‘Lucknow Super Giants played well. Livingstone’s injury affected our performance but Mayank’s pace also defeated us. His balls felt good to play and their speed surprised me. We will learn from our mistakes and come up with a better strategy in the next matches and implement it.
‘The rhythm was broken due to drop of catch’
Batting first, Lucknow Super Giants scored 199 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. For Super Kings, opener Quinton De Kock scored 54 runs while captain Nicholas Pooran contributed 42 runs while Krunal Pandya played a explosive inning of 43 unbeaten runs on 22 balls. According to Shikhar Dhawan, ‘Mohsin Khan bowled well. He held his length. We also dropped some catches which broke the rhythm. We have to work on all these things.
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Tags: IPL, Lucknow Super Giants, Punjab Kings, Shikhar Dhawan
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 31, 2024, 07:52 IST