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Lucknow Super Giants posted the second highest score in IPL history as KL Rahul’s men posted 257/5 in 20 overs against Punjab Kings. This was the highest score of IPL 2023, Kyle Mayer scored 54 runs in 24 balls, Ayush Badoni scored 43 runs in 24 balls, Marcus Stoinis scored 72 runs in 40 balls, then Nicholas Pooran scored 45 runs in 19 balls.
Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis take Lucknow Super Giants past the 200-run mark, LSG reach 200/3 after 16 overs, Lucknow eyeing a big total in four overs. Kagiso Rabada took two wickets, Liam Livingstone removed Ayush Badoni.
Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan is back to full fitness and won the toss against KL Rahul’s Lucknow Supergiants, PBKS made several changes to their side, Sikandar Raza comes in for Mathew Short, Kagiso Rabada also comes into the playing XI, while LSG Captain Rahul did not make any changes in the team. towards him.
Punjab Kings will be hoping to get their talismanic skipper Shikhar Dhawan fully fit and going against KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants, who travel to Mohali ahead of what promises to be an epic mid-table clash in IPL 2023. Are.
Stand-in captain Sam Curran led PBKS admirably in Dhawan’s absence, and was their MVP in their 13-run win over Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede. The costliest recruit in the history of the IPL auction scored a half-century and helped his side post a 214-run mark, and in turn restricted Rohit Sharma’s side to 201/6, thus winning the match which saw them Took sixth place. IPL 2023 Points Table. Punjab have 8 points from 7 matches and would be hoping to leapfrog into the LSG with a win in their den.
Rahul’s team, on the other hand, came into this match on the back of a narrow 7-run defeat at the hands of Gujarat Titans. It was a low-scoring thriller in Ahmedabad, with Rahul himself scoring a half-century, but he was undone by Mohit Sharma’s last over and Lucknow failed to chase down the 136-run target.
More than the loss, the manner of the defeat must have hurt Rahul and his team as they were in complete control of the chase before collapsing just before the death. The defeat means they have slipped to fourth in the table with 8 points from 7 matches and only their net run rate has kept them ahead of Punjab.
Rahul continues to be the leading run-scorer for his team but after his collapse against Gujarat, the 30-year-old will look to respond in spectacular fashion while a lot of focus will also be on Shikhar who has been sitting out the last three. match for PBKS due to his shoulder injury.
Dhawan is the leading run-scorer for his team, and in his absence, Punjab have played really well but one can only imagine how well they can do with Dhawan and their entire batting lineup.
Punjab Kings recently defeated Lucknow by 2 wickets earlier this season and will be hoping to do a double take on their rivals.
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