In the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL 2022), Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by six wickets on Thursday. Quinton de Kock scored a brilliant 80 for the team led by KL Rahul. At the same time, young Ayush Badoni gave the team victory by hitting a six in the last over. Delhi’s team scored 149 for 3 in 20 overs thanks to opener Prithvi Shaw’s innings of 61 runs and captain Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan’s 75-run partnership.
Lucknow achieved this target with two runs in hand. After the match, Pant said that we had decided that we will fight till the end. At the same time, Rahul praised young Badoni and gave him important advice. Delhi captain Rishabh Pant said, “We had decided that the match should go either way, but we will fight till the last ball. We bowled well in the powerplay but failed to take wickets. In batting, we scored 10-15 runs less.
KL Rahul said, “We bowled well but in the powerplay we need to work on our bowling. After the powerplay, the bowlers bowled in a planned manner. It was very dew today and I think everyone likes to chase. Badoni batted with maturity. It’s a good lesson for them, they have to work hard like that.”
In the last over, Lucknow needed five runs to win. Deepak Hooda was out on the first ball of Shardul Thakur. After this Badoni came to bat. No run was scored on the second ball, but the young batsman did not give in to pressure and gave victory in the next two balls with fours and sixes. Player of the match de Kock said, “It was a chaseable score. We just wanted to keep wickets in hand. Obviously, Prithvi made it easy and I also felt the wicket was a bit slow and the ball was gripping.
Pant finedAfter the defeat, Delhi suffered a setback. The team was fined for slow over rate. The team made this mistake for the first time this season. In such a situation, a fine of Rs 12 lakh was imposed on the arbitrator under the IPL Code of Conduct.