new Delhi: Sharp fifties from captain KL Rahul (50-ball 68) and Deepak Hooda (33-ball 51) followed a clinical bowling spell by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) driven by Avesh Khan (4/24) to seal a 12-run win over Sunrisers of Hyderabad (SRH) in a thrilling match at the DY Patil Cricket Stadium on Monday. After the LSG batsmen posted a competitive target of 169, their bowlers bowled remarkably well tonight as they defended 33 runs in the last three overs of the match to secure their second win in this year’s IPL. For defended his nerves.
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Earlier, Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl first. For Lucknow, KL Rahul acted with the bat as he smashed six boundaries and a six to score 68, helping his team post a respectable 169/7 in the stipulated 20 overs against Hyderabad.
great bowling performance #lsg as they defend their total 169/7 and win by 12 runs.
scorecard – https://t.co/89IMzVls6f #SRHvLSG #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/MY2ZhM3Mqe
– Indian Premier League (@IPL) 4 April 2022
The star opener was joined by the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina as he reached his half-century. Rahul tonight became the fifth Indian batsman to complete 50 fifties in T20 cricket.
Most fifties by an Indian player in T20 cricket
Virat Kohli – 328 matches, 76 fifties
Rohit Sharma – 372 matches, 69 fifties
Shikhar Dhawan – 305 matches, 63 fisties
Suresh Raina – 336 matches, 53 fifties
KL Rahul – 175 matches, 50 fifties
SRH Playing XI: Kane Williamson (c), Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Abdul Samad, Romario Shepherd, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
LSG Playing XI: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Aayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Andrew Tye, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan