Match 21: Punjab Kings Vs Lucknow Super Giants.
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The match was held in Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Punjab Kings the toss and decided to bowl first. This is fifth match of PBK, where they won first & second match against KKR & RR by 7 runs & 5 runs respectively and lost third & forth match against SRH & GT by 8 wickets & by 6 wicket respectively. This is fifth match of Lucknow Super Giants, and they won three matches. Against DC by 50runs, SRH by 5 wickets, RCB by 1 wicket and lost against CSK by 12 runs.
The opening batman from LSG was KL Rahul and Kyle Mayers. Both players were given good start to LSG. They played shot all over ground. After first power play of 6 overs LSG were made 49 runs losing no any wicket. It was looking a big partnership between the two players, but Kyle Mayers lose his wicket to Harpreet Brar. He made 29 runs in 23 balls containing 3 big sixes. Deepak Hooda was next player on field. But lose his wicket after scoring 2 runs. Krunal Pandya was next player on field. KL Rahul & Krunal Pandya played good shot and moved score to 74 runs losing 2 wickets in 10 overs. Then KL Rahul made his third fifty by hitting four to Rahul Chahar. He made his fifty in 40 balls. After that while playing big shot Krunal lose his wicket to Kagiso Rabada and very well catched by Shahrukh Khan. Krunal Made 18 runs. The next player was Nicholas Pooran bur he also not did well and lose wicket on zero run to Kagiso Rabada. After 15 overs LSG were made 111 runs losing 4 wickets. Marcus Stoinis was next player on field. He maid important runs for his team in last overs. He lose his wicket on 15 runs. While playing big shot KL Rahul also lose his wicket on 74 runs made in 56 balls. Finally, LSG made satisfactory score of 159 runs losing 8 wickets.
Taking target of 160 runs in 20 overs, opening batman from Punjab Kings was Atharva Taide and Prabhsimran Singh. But there was not good opening for Punjab Kings. In first over Atharva Taide lost wicket to Yudhvir Singh on zero run. The next player Matthew Short was on field. He played some good shot on field. But Prabhsimran Singh lost his wicket to Yudhvir Singh on 4 runs. Harpreet Singh was next player on field. It was looking some good partnership between two players but Matthew Short lose his wicket on 34 runs made in 22 balls. After first power play Panjab Kings were made 45 runs losing 3 wickets. Sikandar Raza was next batman on field. But on last ball of 11th over Harpreet Singh lose his wicket on 22 runs. Then match was in interesting mode. One by one wickets were gone. Sam Curran and Jitesh Sharma also not did well and lose their wicket early. But from another end Sikandar Raza stood on crease and increased score of PBK. He made his fifty in 34 balls. This was his first fifty in IPL. Shahrukh Khan was next player on field and on his first ball he hit six runs to wood. After 16 overs PBK were made 128 runs losing 6 wickets. Now PBK required 32 runs in 24 balls. But the set batman Sikandar Raza lose his wicket on 57 runs at important moment. Harpreet Brar was next player on field. But finally, Shahrukh Khan hit four to Ravi Bishnoi and PBK won the match. Sikandar Raza was Player of the match.